Example sentences of "the [adj] you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seriously though , Fenland people are some of the nicest you could wish to meet and they will often help you if they possibly can . |
| 2 | I mean , the re at the least you could go and have a look I suppose if |
| 3 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 4 | The party was the quietest you could imagine and they kept complaining that we were making too much noise . |
| 5 | The only you could of had was the snow ! |
| 6 | Once the best you could hope for was a 50-year-old prima ballerina who sometimes starred at the local opera house . |
| 7 | The best you could do would be to sit very close to another frog , and if possible between two frogs which are close to one another . |
| 8 | A quick scan was the best you could hope for before launching into the preparation of a cross-examination . |
| 9 | ‘ You have done the best you could . |
| 10 | That afternoon a friend came round , Ruth and Jim , and they come round with a bottle of champagne , the best you could buy , and it was just like we 'd had a baby … |
| 11 | I have a super research team one of the best you could have in this country , equipment , materials , laboratory space , so why move ? ’ |
| 12 | It made its own terms , and the best you could hope for was it would n't happen the way it had happened to Mary Moxton at the Turk 's Head . |
| 13 | You did the job in hand the best you could and few things irritated her more than people wasting energy bemoaning the starving millions . |
| 14 | The best you could expect under your statutory rights would be a small compensation claim . |
| 15 | The best you could expect was a doorstep sandwich ! |
| 16 | You could you could n't feel it if you 're standing on the middle of the floor but when you went up to the grating with your chest on the grating you could feel the tower swinging away back from you I do n't know what er distance probably maybe twelve inches maybe more I do n't know . |
| 17 | One day he would say , ‘ Hello , Jim , how are you today ? ’ and the next you could say ‘ Hi , Frank , ’ and he 'd walk right by you . |