Example sentences of "[conj] could [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could Ireland only be prevented from copying England by English rule , or could she somehow rediscover her pride , her lost Sovereignty ? |
| 2 | Was it paranoia or could she really feel someone closing in on her ? |
| 3 | Or could it simply be that the theory is grossly at fault ? |
| 4 | Or could it simply be that many of our best satirical writers were themselves college lecturers ? |
| 5 | Is it a training need , or could it just be the fact that if they pass it on to you , they know you 're dead ? |
| 6 | Or could it also be to do with conflicting concepts of femininity , both competing in the specific historical arena of élite European culture ? |
| 7 | The headline in the London Standard read ‘ The professor what do n't know nothing ’ , and the subheading expressed the exact opposite of the truth : ‘ Is correct English just a dialect or could it possibly be a useful tool for a youngster in search of a job ? |
| 8 | ‘ Could Beatrice perhaps be getting a bit old in herself , ’ I had suggested , ‘ or could it perhaps be something to do with the accident she had as a child ? ’ |
| 9 | And you made you in like camera work , or could you actually |
| 10 | In Pomerania the general impoverishment and the already poor Pomeranian soil meant that very few peasants could gather together enough money to buy their own farm equipment — a necessary prerequisite for purchase of their land from the estate — nor could they ever manage to garner a purchase price that was often the equivalent of over 25 years ' rent . |
| 11 | Further , the judges in relation to their judicial duties as to who should have the rights of audience have never divested themselves of those duties , nor could they ever do so . |
| 12 | Nor could they ever again find the paths they had taken that day . |
| 13 | Camden writing in the late sixteenth century states they ‘ destroyed everything with fire and sword : Nor could it ever after recover its ancient dignity ’ . |
| 14 | Nor could you just shut your eyes and throw them down the hatch ; because the whole pleasure of a chicken 's foot would come from sucking and nibbling it slowly , seeking out the tasty skin and the fragments of flesh like the last moments of a particularly luscious spare rib . |
| 15 | Nor could he even remember now what he had said in that burst of spleen . |
| 16 | Nor could he safely convey tissue to his mouth on such a blade ; which could easily sever his own tongue . |
| 17 | Nor could he possibly notice her dipping hemline . |
| 18 | Nor could she then justify employing a cleaner and the odd-job man who kept all the local gardens more or less under control . |
| 19 | But if Betty began to weep Lydia would be , in humanity , bound to put her arm about her in consolation ; so she said earnestly that she was suddenly terribly hungry and could it possibly be time for lunch . |
| 20 | And could it only be two days since she had realised fully that she loved him ? |
| 21 | Therefore I 'm afraid were going to have to pass Sue 's book around , we 'll leave the lights on and erm she 's changed the scripture of her talks so that she will be describing the picture why 'll its been passed round and could you please sort of pass it fairly quickly , I 'll be at the back and then I 'll come down into the front again , is there anyone who 's a poet ? |
| 22 | Now could you get together and spend five or six minutes as a group , having a look at the other group 's presentation and could you please make a note |
| 23 | And could you please put your hand up if you have n't got |
| 24 | And could you just briefly describe the er the dimensions and the look of that ? |
| 25 | Er and could you also comment perhaps on the safeguarding of assets and any er points you would like to make in relation to the present five per cent limit on self investment . |
| 26 | And could I just say that I think that the issue of sustainability does also touch upon the need for the new settlement to be be located on a public transport corridor , preferably an existing public transport corridor , and I think again that argument for for s for somewhere where a rail link , preferably , could be provided , and that of course would tend to support all those factors tend to support a location on the Northern side of York rather than the Southern side of York . |
| 27 | And could I just ask you , just now , to take a minute and listen intently . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , and could I please have the hot-water ration today , Mama ? |
| 29 | And er I had a letter back on the Friday from Stuart to say er according to Mr 's description it was very interesting and could I possibly meet him at Station on the Saturday morning . |
| 30 | And could I now call upon the Chair of the standing orders committee , John , to move standing orders committee report number one . |