Example sentences of "you could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , you could say worse , I suppose you could cheat , but erm , |
| 2 | ‘ You could start a trend , dear , ’ said Francis . |
| 3 | You could start your own playgroup so if you want any help or advice contact the Pre-School Playgroup Association ( address opposite ) . |
| 4 | You may well be wearing 30 's clothes and I suppose you could start wandering around feeling like Gatsby , but for a man who is a very fine actor and mime artiste , and who learned from Lindsay Kemp way before I met him everything about it being a show off stage and on , I do n't really think there 's too much relevance . ’ |
| 5 | You could start making your own dreams come true . |
| 6 | Now you not only had the wine but also found that the bees had multiplied , so that you could start off three or four jars . |
| 7 | Although many Homes may not give you an induction pack , you could start to make up one of your own . |
| 8 | You could start from today . |
| 9 | ‘ If there is n't , you could start one . ’ |
| 10 | You could start by adapting and changing the ones shown here . |
| 11 | You could start your holiday with a one hour round-trip by boat . |
| 12 | Right next part of section one , did you collect the information by the deadline which means were you able to complete it in your form time with your form tutor and bring it to the lesson so that you could start on the s on the graph . |
| 13 | well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing . |
| 14 | For example , when the subject of your speech is a soldier you could start , ‘ According to the British Grenadiers , Some talk of Alexander , and some of Hercules , and others of Lysander and such great names as these . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could start to tell me the truth , ’ she said finally . |
| 16 | Cos the the reason they , they er done away with the steam tugs and had a diesel , because a diesel you could start up and er when the dredging finished they tipped the tug at Ipswich and er if they want they one of the big ships up the river , cos then they could start the diesel up quite , right away , whereby a steam tug you a fire there all the time . |
| 17 | ‘ You said yesterday that you wanted a divorce , so that you could start a new life . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You could start by furnishing it , ’ he said drily . |
| 19 | You could start another , different , private day all over again when normal work was done . |
| 20 | I am anxious that you should start work on this project as soon as possible , so that there are no last-minute delays , I should therefore be grateful if you could start on the first batch of frames , of which I give details below : |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps you could start this evening , ’ she offered . |
| 22 | The price is to be announced later this month , but the word is you need £20,000 plus to own one … and then you could start saving up for the insurance ! |
| 23 | But er she does want to pay it back , she does want to pay it back , and er well she wants to pay it back , erm , if you could start it this time next year she 'd be er she would be grateful for that . |
| 24 | It was the cheapest , thinnest , shiniest material that Madge could find and she had told Therese it would just about last out the Season before you could start shooting peas through it . |
| 25 | It has four areas , I happen to have chosen to start it on the point , you could start it look at , you can see area , but , this , just look at erm , it 's this way round . |
| 26 | it 's very awkward sharing three of them out , so you could start of with by just sharing one out , if we just shared one pizza out between twelve how much would you get ? |
| 27 | Essentially the four areas are computational modelling , what contribution a do n't write these down because they 're not the same as the ones on the board , but it 's looking at the role of computational modelling in perception , although you could start off with a broader definition of it within cognitive psychology . |
| 28 | Perhaps you could start off by telling me how you came into working in the lock trade . |
| 29 | Till we get the thicker card you could start the painting . |
| 30 | Paul , do you think you could start loaning this directly in the whole article about loneliness ? |