Example sentences of "i [vb past] you could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |
| 2 | The first was a good attempt but yeah you missed misled or confused then there could be several others I felt you could 've picked up that would be highlighting the second appointment that carried the whole process through |
| 3 | I knew you could do it . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew you could do it . |
| 5 | You 're brilliant , I knew you could do it , it 's wonderful , now then what else do we need to do in there ? |
| 6 | That 's when I thought you could make money out of gardening . |
| 7 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 8 | Mrs Willmot was now going on about a film evening in October : ‘ I thought you could lay on some nature things — I know that 's your forte . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought you could handle this — ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you could tell the Ship what to do ! ’ said Masklin . |
| 11 | I thought you could take charge of that . ’ |
| 12 | I thought you could take them back to that Wilko 's if they were no good , you know . |
| 13 | He took command three from home and won by ten lengths , but Davies , with a typical wisecrack at trainer Gardie Grissell , exclaimed : ‘ I thought you could train — he blew up at the water . ’ |
| 14 | But I thought you could look at it here , by your fire , and think of Rodie at La Gracieuse , with hers . |
| 15 | I thought you could keep hold of that ? |
| 16 | You once said I should let you know when I thought you could help the work of CPRW . |
| 17 | I thought you could find some Copydex could n't you ? |
| 18 | ‘ Last night , I thought you could have told from last night — ’ |
| 19 | I thought you could have that . |
| 20 | ‘ I said you could trust me . |
| 21 | ‘ You know how I said you could save me and only you . |
| 22 | ‘ I said you could call me Mollie . ’ |
| 23 | As I said you could take that down Reggie 's then |
| 24 | I think you , the people you know and I said you could apply it to Tory M Ps , God knows if you 're gon na get a Tory MP for with their organization , but I 'm damn sure you can get G Ps for and you can get pharmacists for or whatever . |
| 25 | He paused a moment and then added , " You know , Sara , I meant it the other evening when I said you could ride whenever you want . |
| 26 | I said you could pick out the ones Ma had done . |