Example sentences of "[subord] you could [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye cos if it was like family you could lay it on to family easier than you could lay it on to somebody |
| 2 | and so you could pull it in just until it stops flapping and then you 'd be able to sail away and we 'd never see you again . |
| 3 | Well , in some countries this might be the only opportunity learners get to hear extensive chunks of the language , so you could treat it as a " language bath " session and concentrate on helping your learners come away with a general idea of the content . |
| 4 | It was only when he moved round to the side that he saw the blue , chapped ears and the hair , frozen and brittle , as if you could snap it off . |
| 5 | But , erm , actually it would be probably be nice for you if you could record it in your training session because you can take in your pocket and sometimes you , you can get a better idea of how it 's |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If , if , if you could explain it by that because presumably their standard of living did change between eighteen fifty |
| 8 | Okay Suzanne , now you had to slacken off the halyard to let me tie that last knot so if you could tighten it up again that will pull the sail up to the top of the mast . |
| 9 | We do not appear to have received this year 's Statistics Form with details of your classes , and would be very grateful if you could send it back as soon as possible . |
| 10 | ‘ If you could do it discreetly , yes . ’ |
| 11 | leaving it and then going back to it to see if you could integrate it plus some graphs . |
| 12 | The call the night before : Mohammed ca n't fly tomorrow , his gland has come up again , anyway , he mentioned your name , said you 're rated for the 35 , wonder if you could make it £200 cash and your exes ? |
| 13 | All the parties were the same ( such cynicism from our beautiful people , I thought ) , although , someone droned , ‘ Maybe anarchy would be alright if you could make it work . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Anything will do , though I 'd rather go away , if you could manage it . ’ |
| 15 | We would be grateful if you could check it for accuracy and also for any changes since you first kindly provided the information . |
| 16 | We knew if you could catch it , it 'd be a great wave . ’ |
| 17 | It was therefore possible to argue that you did not want it even if you could have it . ’ |
| 18 | If you could digest it , it was excellent , but many women found its side-effects intolerable . |
| 19 | If you could dig it out if you could dig it out |
| 20 | If you could dig it out if you could dig it out |
| 21 | The north-east was no place to refine one 's art , but the money was good ( if you could prise it from the agent ) and it widened my working circle ( if you survived . ) |
| 22 | In later letters to Hanns , John mentioned that ‘ we have quite a lot of black tarlatan , so if you could use it in your designs , do so ’ , as about £1 had been allowed for each costume and the tarlatan was free . |
| 23 | If you could work it out and see how much it would be |
| 24 | Dear Newsagent , I would be Judith-Chalmers-ly indebted to your good suntan if you could find it in your deckchair to reserve me my very own monthly copy of that phew-missus-it's-a-scorcher gamesplaying bible , ZZAP ! 64 , starting with the July issue , on sale Thursday 25 June . |
| 25 | Even if you could afford it , letting off these kind of fireworks safely requires the kind of knowledge normally found in an artillary regiment . |
| 26 | A FEW years ago , unemployment and sickness insurance for a mortgage was regarded in the same light as private health insurance is now : fine if you could afford it , but not essential . |
| 27 | But I just thought that if you could afford it |
| 28 | Should be easy , he decided , you broke the eggs , bashed them around with a fork , not spilling them over yourself if you could help it , then put them in the frying-pan . |
| 29 | But she was n't away till the third or the fourth , if you could get it within the very first few days |
| 30 | Yeah I mean the would be very nice if you could get it to go cos it is it is quite acceptable speech . |