Example sentences of "you could [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Outremer the stars seemed closer , the velvet darkness of the heavens so near you felt you could stand on tip-toe and pluck the lights from the sky . |
| 2 | If only you could pay by cheque , as in the UK ! |
| 3 | Because I could n't countenance how you could stay under water without being asphyxiated , and yet at the same time I was incapable of comprehending the trick . |
| 4 | Well you could stay in bed all day on Friday . |
| 5 | Of course , well you could stay in bed all day on Friday And I could take the kids to schools and go back |
| 6 | If he agrees , the two of you could travel in harness . ’ |
| 7 | If repression was your problem you could engage in Co-Counselling , sensitivity training and T-grouping . |
| 8 | A SKIING holiday is for those with more money than sense , giving you the chance to meet a lot of people you could meet at home for nothing . |
| 9 | That 's not a criticism you could level at Language — the loaded weapon by Dwight Bolinger ( Longman , 1980 ) . |
| 10 | If the difficulties arise at work , perhaps you could study in order to understand the job better . |
| 11 | You could walk of course . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe you could go to church . ’ |
| 13 | yeah , basically , I mean you could go to poly with what you could get , yeah |
| 14 | ‘ Or , ’ she added , as one who makes a surprisingly original suggestion , ‘ you could go to school . ’ |
| 15 | But round here you could go to sleep , wake up in the morning and half the flat 's have been burnt down and shops have been looted and you do n't know where you are . |
| 16 | ‘ You could go to work in my Lincoln , ’ said Mercy . |
| 17 | Or you could go to bed with him just for fun and one day you 'd suddenly find you were in love with his body and you could n't live without it and you 'd be stuck with his rotten mind for ever and ever . |
| 18 | If you feel specially stressed , you could go to relaxation classes , or ask your doctor to arrange counselling for you . |
| 19 | I think y yo you could blip from month to month er , er as a priority slipped in or changed , or a person slipped out or , or somebody forgot to zero something or y |
| 20 | You could think of course do have children , dad , can I , can I , can I , bed you go , just to shut them up so if you have two small children there , the chances are you will lose the woman put them to bed or . |
| 21 | I would be grateful if you could arrange for clause two to be completed and initialled and the documents signed and returned to us for signature on behalf of the Press . |
| 22 | He went adrift by imagining that you could float in water head up and then duck your head under , thus displacing an extra quantity of water , which could be measured . |
| 23 | Wella 's high quality , creamy formulations give you a look you never dreamed you could achieve at home . |
| 24 | You could partition off part of the tank for the other fish but this would detract from the overall appearance and may not necessarily work . |
| 25 | Alternatively , you could partition off part of a large bedroom to create a small en suite bathroom or shower room . |
| 26 | Edward Teller , in a reassuring article in Readers Digest , said that the human race would survive nuclear war because radioactivity was finite and you could wash off fall-out . |
| 27 | You could decide in advance to record one activity , or to record only one particular stage of the lesson . |
| 28 | If you feel you could benefit from HRT , but your doctor refuses even to consider it , you can visit a private or NHS menopause clinic at a hospital independently for a consultation there . |
| 29 | But it 's rare and it depends on all kinds of things — like how mature you both are , how much experience of relationships you have and how well you could cope with time spent apart . |
| 30 | Your determination to ‘ get it right ’ will impress far more than a false sense of confidence or a reluctance to admit you could do with assistance . |