Example sentences of "[pers pn] could use a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when we came to make the recording in Vienna I asked Strauss through a mutual friend we had at that time if I could use a fuller body of strings in the climaxes . |
| 2 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 3 | ‘ I think I could use a drink after that . ’ |
| 4 | I could use a strong vodka and tonic . ’ |
| 5 | All of the sources on the on the network look like so for instance I can do joins across two heterogeneous R D B M Ss. you can have a table with departments in , employee 's in Oracle , and salaries in D B two and I could use a single select statement and join all that information together in a single request to the Omni SQL Gateway . |
| 6 | ‘ Please — I could use a break . |
| 7 | They agreed Madonna had ‘ the right idea ’ , but suggested that ‘ she could use a little training ’ . |
| 8 | She could use a Mars Bar you could . |
| 9 | ‘ You could use a haircut . ’ |
| 10 | You could use a bike , walk , or run rather than use a car , bus , or train . |
| 11 | For very oily skin or acne , you could use a more astringent base such as witch hazel . |
| 12 | Alternatively , you could use a medium-weight microfibre , wool or a wool mix , leaving it unlined , or lining it with the fabric of your choice . |
| 13 | You could either buy a lot of 10V , 5 per cent Zeners and sort out one with the right voltage ( up to 10.5V is possible at 5 per cent tolerance ) , or you could use a 9.1V Zener in series with two high-current silicon rectifiers , which will drop about 0.5V each . |
| 14 | Otherwise , you could use a mobile camera , but curtain the window if there is risk of backlight or mixed light problems . |
| 15 | Beware of matching too many colours together — if you have chosen a fairly strong coloured mount then it may be easier to have a plain white or cream silk as the background , or you could use a plain mount card in a neutral shade like cream , behind the coloured mount of your choice . |
| 16 | If , for example , the bridesmaids all wore deep pink dresses , you could use a gold oval frame with the appropriate fabric as backing , assuming that you have access to some matching material . |
| 17 | Alternatively you could use a dark red velvet or watered silk , but I chose a very dark cream silk to counteract the busy effect of the frame . |
| 18 | The lining is disposable , although alternatively you could use a blanket . |
| 19 | You could use a largely inorganic balanced source like Growmore , and rely on the bulky peat or compost for the organic input , but better still is to use organic matter like sewage sludge , poultry , farmyard and animal manures , blend them to achieve balance both in content and time , and to dry and concentrate them so that they are pleasant to handle and easy to spread . |
| 20 | At a push , you could use a disk editor , such as the one included with Norton Utilities , to recover files — just hunt down the file you want and copy it to a new file . |
| 21 | The top of the cage is covered with nylon or terylene netting tied with string — you could use a scrap from an old net curtain . |
| 22 | This is a useful basis for thinking about how you could use a story in class . |
| 23 | Or you could use a recording as an example of the performance of a task you set the students — the preparation of a report for example . |
| 24 | Curtains and towels make good costumes and you could use a doll as the baby Jesus . |
| 25 | ‘ You both look as if you could use a stiff drink , ’ said Harris , softening the natural rasp of his voice with an almost paternal note of concern . |
| 26 | Alternatively , you could use a three pin plug with a built-in thermostat , available from electrical retailers . |
| 27 | You could use a copy command , in which case it is recommended that you verify the copies using BACKUP , or you could use BACKUP and do the copy-and-verify in one operation . |
| 28 | Or you could use a text which has been translated from one medium into another . |
| 29 | You could use a chronic adulter to actually write it a bit easier but er I did n't know about that when I wrote these slides many many years ago and it 's carried on since . |
| 30 | It 's Stuart , instead of using a full stop between the two short sentences , you could use a conjunction to join them together , which would give you one sentence . |