Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] your [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She could kill your pet pup with her eyes closed . |
| 32 | She could kill your pet pup with her eyes closed . |
| 33 | Seven-thirty came and she glanced through the curtains to see if she could see your car drawing up . |
| 34 | I 've got to hand it to you , son , you 're the only one who really managed to deceive me , the only one who could break your father 's heart . |
| 35 | Someone who could draw your attention without being seen . |
| 36 | You could start your holiday with a one hour round-trip by boat . |
| 37 | and erm like I said up to about , up to about two years ago you could claim housing benefit with which you could pay your rent , and that was a great help to students you know , but now that 's been stopped , but you do n't get anything like that , so you 've got thirty five pound a week to pay for food , rent , community charge , everything |
| 38 | You could pay your mortgage on what you smoked ! |
| 39 | " You could invent an argument with her — and have a huge blazing row — and then you could demand your freedom . " |
| 40 | You are bound to lose her trust and you could wreck your marriage . |
| 41 | You are bound to lose her trust and you could wreck your marriage . |
| 42 | England used to be a country with red pillar boxes and policemen with red noses and decent law-abiding citizens you could eat your dinner off . |
| 43 | As he put it : ‘ You could blow your budget by 15% without consciously doing anything . ’ |
| 44 | Alternatively you could extend your walk from the summit of Grisedale Pike and head over south-west to Hopegill Head and join the forest road at Swinside . |
| 45 | Or you could give your room an interesting old country look by adding a ‘ wainscot ’ of boarding to a free wall , or at least some moulding at dado level . |
| 46 | Perhaps you could pass your Medau News on to friends with an encouragement to them also to join a class . |
| 47 | Given a large aquarium , a varied diet and a lot of it , you could expect your Snakehead to reach almost its full length of about 100cm . |
| 48 | Then put the pin in , then you could load your hopper . |
| 49 | Perhaps you could change your name to Gamboge Yellow and be a different person . |
| 50 | It 's so small you could change your scale . |
| 51 | When you grow up you could change your mind , you know . ’ |
| 52 | You could change your mind three times in as many seconds , and that was the exhausting thing about being in love . |
| 53 | ‘ You could change your coat first . ’ |
| 54 | He was so full of life , it was — well , you felt you could light your cigarette off him . ’ |
| 55 | A layout of that kind would have the advantage that you could leave your work out on the desk in the room and go back to it later — you would n't need to tidy up before you started on another piece of work , because you 'd go to another room to do it . |
| 56 | You could leave your bicycle at Dingle Station every day for a week for only 6d , at your own risk of course . |
| 57 | Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth . |
| 58 | The boys obviously like you so perhaps you could show your wife that a relationship with them based on mutual love and respect is far more likely to give better results . |
| 59 | If you have not really thought how you could improve your space , or ca n't quite place what is wrong , ask yourself the following questions : |
| 60 | If you suspect you could improve your business banking , simply return the coupon or , better still , call free on , anytime . |