Example sentences of "you could [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now put mm now think of something that you could times that adds up to three hundred and sixty . |
| 2 | You could of course invest in a total systemised tank . |
| 3 | You could of course call on Messrs Bradshaw or Cornish to sort out the confusion , but they 'll cost you all four limbs and a second mortgage . |
| 4 | You could of course opt for the new Marshall JMP-1 MIDI preamp , which would almost certainly do the job ; I could equally recommend Boogie 's TriAxis , but that breaches your £1,000 ceiling . |
| 5 | While you could of course do press-ups and go for walks , you will probably have a much better time if you join the new keep-fit brigade . |
| 6 | " You could of course tell her the truth , " Jane suggested . |
| 7 | Yes , because in that case you could of , we could of drawn in people , describers from Perth |
| 8 | You could of bought your own equipment |
| 9 | Yes you could of |
| 10 | Now have a look at the work now , hands up and see if you could tell me , just looking at your work , is there some way you could of improved it . |
| 11 | Erm you could of underline down by the bottom |
| 12 | Right , so you could of written , when you say you could of written better , what do you mean ? |
| 13 | Right , so you could of written , when you say you could of written better , what do you mean ? |
| 14 | When you saw what a disaster you had caused , you could of started again and taken some time , oh sorry I forgot that 's not godlike , you probably did n't want to know or is it that you enjoy what you made , a sort of entertainment , better than Home and Away , watching wars and diseases and things . |
| 15 | I , when I took them back and looked at them , there were lots and lots of , of re er , errors if you like that if you had really looked at them you could of picked out yourself . |
| 16 | I it it 's oh no , we do n't want war , we 're all against war , but nobody is prepared to bother actually to go to a meeting or , or pay a small subscription and , and then you w you could of had a very strong United Nations now the same as after the first world war , but it 's the people that did n't do it . |
| 17 | and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out . |
| 18 | Oh er , usually pale er , pale pink er again the ever cream colour which seem to , you could of painted the fifties with cream I think , erm and erm pale blue , powder blue colour er , they were all pale colours , er pale yellow or an amber colour , they had to be pale otherwise they would n't let the light through |
| 19 | Did you notice that , you could of you could have ended about you know the last the last six sentences , you could have ended |
| 20 | You could of could n't you ? |
| 21 | You could of done could n't you ? |
| 22 | if I 'd got here a minute quicker I 'd got you some chocolate biscuits you could of been having with that cup of tea |
| 23 | walking keep you fit its a bit you had a hair cut last week if you 'd of left , if you had n't of had it done you could of taken this thing down |
| 24 | no never thinks she 'll thought any thing like that , well you could of bought one could n't you out of that |
| 25 | well I , getting back to the picture you see , I , when I looked at it I thought good god it 's our Bill , I , I you could of thought it were twin brothers when I |
| 26 | You could of told me Tracey 's on . |
| 27 | You could of got this dark green suit over the market today for forty five quid . |
| 28 | And you could of done that last weekend , . |
| 29 | You could of given me a little bit more room . |
| 30 | You could of had a shoulder bag . |