Example sentences of "you could [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could start a trend , dear , ’ said Francis . |
| 2 | Till we get the thicker card you could start the painting . |
| 3 | Make sure you do n't put the ice directly on the skin as you could burn the area — wrap it in a tea towel or an old shirt first . |
| 4 | If you could burn the fuel at a higher temperature , then the second law of thermodynamics says that the conversion can be more efficient . |
| 5 | And you could inherit a couple of million and go to Oxford . |
| 6 | You could trap a foot between the joists or something . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps you could open the door , could you ? ’ |
| 8 | Alternatively , you could open the dog 's mouth and remove the item . |
| 9 | However , when you move into your new house you could reestablish a garden of remembrance , a stone plaque or a special plant . |
| 10 | Alternatively , you could place the template on the cake and stick little pins in along the outline and any details . |
| 11 | You could stand a spoon in the cream here , it 's so thick . |
| 12 | ‘ They 've great coal fires , and bands come in , and crowds and crowds of solid drinkers , you could stand a spoon up in the fug . |
| 13 | Not a true beauty , but the girl beckoned you off the paper ; confident , sexy , that face invited you to join in if you could stand the pace . |
| 14 | Well , if you think you could stand the strain of being part of this family , you 're welcome . |
| 15 | It would be a great help to all our officers in planning future strategies ( and probably of considerable interest to you ) if you could enlist the help of your class members to complete the enclosed survey ( either by photocopying the form and filling in one each or by a show of hands and entering the total numbers ) Please let Pat Palmer have the results at or before the Reunion on 19th November . |
| 16 | You said that only you could assemble the apparatus . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Just twenty bottles for lunch — She 's got such a tremendous nose You could stuff a loaf of bread in it — She 'd got such beautiful bazooms , You could fill … . ’ |
| 18 | Depending on the obstructions you find , you could site the building exactly alongside the house , bring it forward of the building line ( if the planners will allow this — see later ) , or set it back into the garden . |
| 19 | If this report is available to the public , I should be most grateful if you could send a copy to the Library . |
| 20 | dolls clothes ' patterns as well yesterday and they were n't half old cos on one of them there was a , a doll that you could send the doll for , there was a lot of those in Women 's Weekly were n't there ? |
| 21 | I would be grateful if you could send the cheque along with the attached application form to : |
| 22 | I would be most grateful if you could send the print as soon as possible to : Please send the invoice to me at our office in Welshpool . |
| 23 | I should be most grateful if you could send the Library a copy of the above work . |
| 24 | I understand that you have recently been allocated a new ISBN prefix by the Standard Book Numbering Agency Ltd and I am writing to ask if you could send the Library copies of your current and forthcoming publications . |
| 25 | In fact , I was told of an occasion when a power-pole had to be replaced because a woodpecker had dug a hole ‘ you could hide a beer can in ’ , as my informant said ! |
| 26 | You could — you could hide the Crown Jewels there , ’ Oliver said blissfully . |
| 27 | I wish you could stay a bit longer . |
| 28 | Whatever you do , do n't press both sides of the neck at the same time : you could diminish the flow of blood to the head , or even cut it off . |
| 29 | If you could wave the programme we 're more likely to see you . |
| 30 | You could cook a chicken in that in about three seconds ! |