Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] you could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at it , Nutty realized you could use the Smiths ' bath without the Smiths knowing . |
| 2 | Ali MacGraw set the ball rolling with Love Story ; Shirley MacLaine examined sex after 40 and death at any age in Terms of Endearment ; Bette Midler proved you could hate and loathe your best friend in Beaches ; and Juliet Stevenson screamed the fury of love lost — and the disappointment of love regained — in Truly , Madly , Deeply . |
| 3 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 4 | Jack said you could hide a small army in the various wardrobes around the house . |
| 5 | ‘ God knows you could do with it ! ’ |
| 6 | If only Italy believed you could get ahead without it , simply by doing things well . |
| 7 | Joan is proud of both talent and talent-spotter : ‘ Graeme said that just by watching Steve work you could see he had something , that he instinctively knew how to handle the food . ’ |
| 8 | Mary took the five pound salmon from her bag , wrapped in newspaper , ‘ in which case , ’ she continued , ‘ Yanto said you could have this one for a pound , and it 's worth a least two pounds ten , as you know . |
| 9 | Well he was probably actually hammering on the door now to er come and see where he 's going to put his ladders , he wanted er a bit of wall to put the brackets up to put his ladders but Paul said that he Paul thought you could suspend ropes from my garage roof , you remember what a lot of criss-cross bracing there is |