Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] could [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's another story I could tell you it 'd er er make your hair curl . |
| 2 | I ca n't see her in the dark , but from the hushed swell of her breathing I could draw you the map of her body . |
| 3 | So yes , it 's one to forty ca n't be one to forty five because you have n't had tea well if you had tea you could say you were fortified |
| 4 | ‘ That 's better , ’ said Joe , ‘ in that kind of mood I could put you on a horse and let you join in the charge of the Light Brigade . ’ |
| 5 | And he landed out at the Dardanelles , and here they discovered his age he was away near , he was fif about fifty six or something or fifty eight or something and he was out there in the Dar and they packed him straight back home but oh boy he could tell you the stories about America . |
| 6 | He came to start again , to build a home he could bring you to , even if only for your holidays . |
| 7 | Erm if I knew the pages in the report as well as I try to know my bible I could point you to another place Moderator where er |
| 8 | But that 's it , on a good day we could give you ten only , and we could n't give you any more . |
| 9 | Personal Accident Insurance has helped them … … one day it could help you . |
| 10 | I I remember er that was the way my father used to get a a bit of pocket money to buy tobacco and things , a shilling a sack and the other farmers they used to find the the biggest sack they could find you know , and cram it with oats and then you used to be after supper . |
| 11 | It 's the hardest thing I could ask you to do . ’ |
| 12 | But obviously if you 're going to do that you 'll have to do it during next week some time On the other hand I could give you a list of five topics and you could choose one . |
| 13 | down here the fir , eighth year parents into the sixth of July and judging , working back from weeks that we 'll need to collect information it could bring you right back into the twelfth |
| 14 | If you have the right skills , the knowledge , the personal qualities and the management potential it could take you from a purely scientific discipline into the most senior scientific managerial ranks within the Civil Service . |
| 15 | ‘ Then suddenly I just could n't take it any longer — the knowledge that the only effect I had on you was sexual , the only way I could influence you was physically , whereas you loved Jones , as I thought ; your relationship with him was emotional … |
| 16 | The only way I could protect you was to make myself scarce that evening . ’ |
| 17 | There was just no way I could get you to talk to me . |
| 18 | I ought to say , however , that I am in the habit of writing on any scientific topic which may arise , and have such excellent opportunities of getting the best scientific information , that I have no doubt I could please you on any subject connected with my department of science which you may suggest . |
| 19 | That way they could see you are treating them equally even though your daughter 's children are less bother . |
| 20 | ‘ In fact I could fix you up with something interesting right away . |