Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] you could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you were caught you could point to the cucumber and deny responsibility . |
| 2 | Well we all put five initially , but we were told you could put it up to ten . |
| 3 | whatever they were using as bait presumably some mackerel or something like that but , but as I was saying you could see it trailing through and then all , suddenly out of like nowhere this fish would come and like chase after it |
| 4 | ‘ Ah , I was hoping you could tell me that . |
| 5 | ‘ I was hoping you could fill in his background for us , sir , ’ Bragg continued . |
| 6 | ‘ I was hoping you could pick up Eddie from the Blackfriars at one sharp . |
| 7 | I was thinking you could put Thomas and the carriages in there . |
| 8 | Well if he was sleeping you could leave him the car . |