Example sentences of "could [vb infin] i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be glad if Miss Marsden could spare me a few moments . ’ |
| 2 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 3 | I was wondering if you could spare me an hour . ’ |
| 4 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps you could lend me a servant to guide me back to the Grange ? ’ |
| 6 | Does anyone know of a signwriter who could paint me a decent menu board for my catering trailer ? |
| 7 | ‘ Daddy , ’ she said , ‘ do you think you could buy me a book ? ’ |
| 8 | Later , when I visited the vice-chairman of the PCC , who is also the vicar 's warden , he could give me no explanation of why the candle was there . |
| 9 | ‘ I Spent yesterday at Eastleech , Highworth and Letchlade , searching for her , but none of her relatives could give me a clue . |
| 10 | In fact I was wondering if you could give me a hand . ’ |
| 11 | He did explain what this was but I did n't catch all he said and I wonder if you could give me a little more detail ? |
| 12 | And anyway , only Jenjin here could give me a match . ’ |
| 13 | I wonder if you could give me a quick ( and hopefully positive ) decision ? |
| 14 | I wonder if you could give me a quick ( and hopefully positive ) decision ? |
| 15 | Is there anybody who is going to Old Trafford on Jan 1st who could give me a lift from the Leeds region ? ? |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe you could give me a dose of bicarb — that 'll shift it . ’ |
| 17 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 18 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 19 | We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet . |
| 20 | Surely she could send me a message of some sort ? |
| 21 | I understand the facility fee for our filming will be 75 and I would be most grateful if you could send me an invoice in due course . |
| 22 | We retraced our steps to the car , and Gerry next drove me to a field near Dundalk where he said he could show me an altar used in the Penal Days . |
| 23 | If you could show me the way out- ’ |
| 24 | Then you could do me a favour . |
| 25 | ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ? |
| 26 | Erm well I 'll if you could , if you could do me a list of , of what you 've , what you 've missed so far so we know where we are as it were erm what er mm |
| 27 | And she said I wondered if you could do me a favour . |
| 28 | ‘ Ye could gie me a wee bit . ’ |
| 29 | I suppose you could call me a born optimist . ’ |
| 30 | Well , this voucher scheme sounds like it could be worth the 12 quid alone … any chance you could fax me the application form Gavin ? |