Example sentences of "[adj] you could " in BNC.
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| 31 | and you 're not commissioned communicating professionally or particularly politely if you do n't ring up that day or the next day anybody understands if you have a puncture a road accident a client crashes but there 's nothing to actually stop you ringing up the next day and saying so sorry you could n't make it |
| 32 | Grey you could say they were dark , if you did n't know for definite you could say they were dark trousers . |
| 33 | Distinctively tinted , the aromatics are so strong you could confuse it with cologne as it glugs out of the bottle ; there is almost a lavendery quality . |
| 34 | All aboard and she was nodding in the sardine swelter on seats so narrow you could lose your virtue and never miss it . |
| 35 | It was only a little narrow you could step from one pavement to the other on the other side of the road . |
| 36 | He got his head so low you could practically see the cleft in his buttocks . |
| 37 | More Melina Mercouri , hi , knees , glad you could make it , check food , what the hell that 's never a problem . |
| 38 | She gave him no more than a perfunctory ‘ So glad you could come , ’ before passing him on to her husband . |
| 39 | ‘ I 'm so glad you could make it tonight , Stefan . |
| 40 | ‘ Ah Major , I 'm so glad you could come . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ So glad you could make lunch today . ’ |
| 42 | We 're so glad you could make it . |
| 43 | It 's why I was so glad you could come today . ’ |
| 44 | The reception , a buffet , so glad you could come , yes did n't she , yes I am , O ha ha Uncle Tom 's sozzled ha ha good old Uncle Tom , accustomed as I am to public speaking , a glass of champagne cider each , I give you the Bride 's parents I My own parents looking a bit sick of all the tipsy Irish . |
| 45 | ‘ Glad you could make it , ’ he said . |
| 46 | ‘ I 'm glad you could n't . |
| 47 | ‘ Welcome to the Wood ménage , I 'm so glad you could come . ’ |
| 48 | The main route for Day 10 is a fairly short walk in any case , as is Day 11 , so if you 're feeling fit you could combine the two . |
| 49 | If we had n't got you up here pretty quick you could 've lost it , you know . ’ |
| 50 | Well if you we if you knew you were gon na be sick you could have made it a bit more a different colour than that ! |
| 51 | The sound was deep , electronically slick and fluid , but feathered with a tremolo so fine you could only just distinguish the individual notes . |
| 52 | Should you find out there is probably little you could do about it anyway . |
| 53 | If you have a kitchen/dining room and want to make it look particularly warm and comfortable you could make a visual division between working and eating areas by stapling the dining walls with a cheap cotton treated with a protective spray . |
| 54 | Some viruses can be so vicious that if you do not take care of yourself for a couple of days when you first fall ill you could spend three weeks or more under par . |
| 55 | You 'd go in and have to queue up , wait for the chance to get the frying pan to put bacon and egg in it , and your hands so cold you could hardly hold it , and that would take up a quarter of an hour . |
| 56 | It was raining , sleety rain , and so cold you could have frozen milk . |
| 57 | My legs were so cold you could really feel the draft ! |
| 58 | You know , you 're so pretty you could have anyone , but you 've got to go and pick one of the Feltons . |
| 59 | ‘ Imagine how much more good you could do if you gave your whole life to teaching ! ’ |
| 60 | Perhaps you could play along and pretend they were you know that would have been good you could pretend that you were sort of erm I I erm er er Christie Brinkley . |