Example sentences of "could [vb infin] you " in BNC.
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1 | I could reassure you with talk of progress and produce another pile of evidence to back me up : more family planning , more education , more employment , constitutional changes . |
2 | And on the M forty , between junctions four and five , that 's between High Wycombe and Stokenchurch , it 's down to two narrow lanes in both directions , and a contraflow system for a short stretch about midway between the two junctions , also that 's down to single line traffic at times , so that could slow you down quite a lot . |
3 | Then the receiver would know that this was a trustworthy messenger and could treat you accordingly . |
4 | ‘ That 's absolutely right , Celia , I never could fool you . |
5 | ‘ He is fully committed for several weeks ahead , but he could spare you a few minutes at the end of his list one day . ’ |
6 | you may gain a sense of control over the ways in which HIV could affect you , your partner and your family |
7 | And foreseeing that necessity , you made sure that you knew something which could earn you money at need . |
8 | ‘ I wish I could court you with beautiful words , ’ the farmer went on , ‘ but I can only say I love you madly and want you for my wife . |
9 | I would n't trust you further than I could throw you — though that 'd be a fair way , you 're flimsy enough . |
10 | Chances are that the build-up to the Full Moon on the 16th will prove emotionally and financially draining , and there will be one last hurtle late in the month which could throw you temporarily off balance . |
11 | I could eat you up . ’ |
12 | ‘ He looks at you as though he could eat you ! ’ |
13 | Marie thought of the open plan patch of lawn , covered in dog dirt , outside the bungalow : ‘ I could plant you some flowers , if you like . ’ |
14 | ‘ Then suddenly I just could n't take it any longer — the knowledge that the only effect I had on you was sexual , the only way I could influence you was physically , whereas you loved Jones , as I thought ; your relationship with him was emotional … |
15 | If meeting him could make you reach for something a lot stronger than H 2 O , you will be relieved to hear that he 's anchored to the ground . |
16 | Crabtree and Evelyn is not a name I would instantly associate with culinary excellence — though I always knew they could make you smell nice . |
17 | However , unsettling influences could make you over-emotional at home . |
18 | Further on were those who were compelling to listen to ; and above them were those who could make you laugh , too . |
19 | ‘ I could make you better . |
20 | I wish I could make you happy , ’ he said , so sweetly and gently that I was ashamed of the laughter building up inside me , and of the thought , why he 's old enough to be my father . |
21 | The stars could make you cry . |
22 | ONE MORE DANCE COULD MAKE YOU BLIND |
23 | That kind of damp , chill August day only Blighty can produce , a large , scrubby field , a bill that could make you weep it was so poor . |
24 | Natalie Merchant 's voice — so emotive it could make you like a song about King Of The Gits Jack Kerouac and feel sorry for the little bunny rabbits that we cruelly kill for a laugh — rose through songs which flew and were simultaneously ecstatic and melancholy . |
25 | The family liked her — Cis and Hilda , Ifor and David , Pontrhydyfen and Port Talbot : she was Welsh and so pleasant and easy , lovely personality , beautiful voice , could make you laugh , just what Rich needed , just right for him . |
26 | I said , ‘ I do n't know , he has a title , I 'd be a lady , ’ and she said : ‘ Darling , nothing could make you a lady . ’ |
27 | It was frightening how hunger and lack of sleep could make you behave and think like a real bastard . |
28 | We will see , in Part Two , how much better stopping them could make you feel . |
29 | ‘ They said on the radio that toothpaste could make you ill . |
30 | Erm on the other hand if you s in some situations er i i your anger would , would , could make you acutely aware of something , more acutely aware than the other , so it depends . |