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 .
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