Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | All aboard and she was nodding in the sardine swelter on seats so narrow you could lose your virtue and never miss it . |
| 2 | " I 'm glad for you , my lord , but I expect that as you 're so rich you could have had any woman you wanted . |
| 3 | Distinctively tinted , the aromatics are so strong you could confuse it with cologne as it glugs out of the bottle ; there is almost a lavendery quality . |
| 4 | He got his head so low you could practically see the cleft in his buttocks . |
| 5 | Söll is so warm-hearted you could almost get a tan from the welcome . |
| 6 | So sorry you could n't schmooze your way into our fabbo album launch shindig , dear reader ( see pages 28 and 29 for celeb-filled fun ) , but hey ! |
| 7 | and you 're not commissioned communicating professionally or particularly politely if you do n't ring up that day or the next day anybody understands if you have a puncture a road accident a client crashes but there 's nothing to actually stop you ringing up the next day and saying so sorry you could n't make it |
| 8 | ‘ It was so loud you could n't ignore it . |
| 9 | ‘ I want you to know we did n't use any of this nonsense ’ , Koch protested between the titters ; ‘ … you would sort of start down that road and get so self-conscious you could n't do it . ’ |
| 10 | As decoration is so popular you could , of course , use lavish appliqué decorations for a really glittering late day look as well . |
| 11 | It went so fast you did n't know how fast it was going ; it went so high you could n't see how high it was . |
| 12 | The sound was deep , electronically slick and fluid , but feathered with a tremolo so fine you could only just distinguish the individual notes . |
| 13 | She gave him no more than a perfunctory ‘ So glad you could come , ’ before passing him on to her husband . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm so glad you could make it tonight , Stefan . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah Major , I 'm so glad you could come . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So glad you could make lunch today . ’ |
| 17 | We 're so glad you could make it . |
| 18 | It 's why I was so glad you could come today . ’ |
| 19 | The reception , a buffet , so glad you could come , yes did n't she , yes I am , O ha ha Uncle Tom 's sozzled ha ha good old Uncle Tom , accustomed as I am to public speaking , a glass of champagne cider each , I give you the Bride 's parents I My own parents looking a bit sick of all the tipsy Irish . |
| 20 | ‘ Welcome to the Wood ménage , I 'm so glad you could come . ’ |
| 21 | You 'd go in and have to queue up , wait for the chance to get the frying pan to put bacon and egg in it , and your hands so cold you could hardly hold it , and that would take up a quarter of an hour . |
| 22 | It was raining , sleety rain , and so cold you could have frozen milk . |
| 23 | My legs were so cold you could really feel the draft ! |
| 24 | You know , you 're so pretty you could have anyone , but you 've got to go and pick one of the Feltons . |
| 25 | The programme did n't work particularly well , it was pretentious and chaotic , and the audience was so noisy you could n't hear the performers or the presenters , but it did try to get away from conventional gender roles as well as subvert the arts programme format . |
| 26 | Sometimes on a winter afternoon it would start coming in and get so black you could n't see . |
| 27 | It was a trick she 'd learned long ago ; if you bit hard enough all you could think of was the pain ; the misery and sorrow , in that instance , faded into insignificance . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm so happy you could make it , my favourite jockey . ’ |
| 29 | But inside you 're so angry you could kill her , you really wish she were dead . |
| 30 | ‘ So what was so pressing you could n't be here on time ? ’ he enquired sarcastically . |