Example sentences of "could always [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you could always change your hairstyle you know that ? |
| 2 | One or other of these could always give you a clue . |
| 3 | Most days they were invisible behind low cloud , but if Martha could not see them she could always feel them in the cold fury of the river and the eddying downdraughts of chill air which occasionally penetrated the valley . |
| 4 | At first she had been shy and reluctant — until she discovered the power over him this could give her — that she could always command his interest and attention by resurrecting some memory long buried by forgetfulness and , sometimes , shame . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course you could always marry me and blame the lack of children on my war wound — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They could always hold their breath ! |
| 7 | And ever afterwards , when Father began to criticise my general angling inability , I could always stop him , instantly , by muttering under my breath the word ‘ Brora ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I could always pull him in for questioning . ’ |
| 9 | So you could always borrow somebody else 's notes to write them up . |
| 10 | You could always borrow mine . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose I could always suckle it myself — give the twins one breast and the calf the other . ’ |
| 12 | You could always negotiate it with me Mark . |
| 13 | ‘ He could always make you tingle , just being near him , ’ wrote one old woman who had worked with him in Bury as a girl in 1929 . |
| 14 | You could always tell they were , they were er they 'd been wounded and , and they were i in hospital by their dress . |
| 15 | ‘ I was the only one who really knew Nora — I could always tell what she was thinking . |
| 16 | ROBBIE You used to say you could always tell what was bothering me , you said my face gave me away . |
| 17 | Stuart Surridge was regarded by Jim Laker as the ‘ finest captain under whom I ever played ’ , while Alec Bedser put a spotlight on Surridge 's special quality when he wrote : ‘ One of the privileges of friendship is a free exchange of views , and we could always tell him honestly what we thought of his plans , and , in turn , he could be equally honest with us . |
| 18 | You could always tell who they were . |
| 19 | I could always tell who was worth talking to and who was n't . |
| 20 | I could always warm you up , if you like ? ’ |
| 21 | He saw himself as a great , strong animal who could always protect his girl . |
| 22 | Or you could always eat them straight away ! |
| 23 | They looked brilliant and you could always eat your way out of check , by devouring the opposition . |
| 24 | You could always do her first so that that does n't |
| 25 | I could always do it and then pay me next week could n't you ? |
| 26 | If Sister does n't get a move on , they could always content themselves with the shortest children 's story ever told . |
| 27 | They had arranged between themselves that if by chance Miriam was seen entering the house by day , she could always pretend she was visiting the dentist . |
| 28 | Then she could always pretend it was a nightmare . |
| 29 | One could always spell it out : " The final word or words of a clause or sentence repeated as the first word or words of the next clause or sentence " ; and only use anadiplosis if the regularity of the feature required the economy of a label . |
| 30 | She could always watch it at nine , though this was not the same . |