Example sentences of "you could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could start a trend , dear , ’ said Francis . |
| 2 | ‘ You said yesterday that you wanted a divorce , so that you could start a new life . ’ |
| 3 | And you could inherit a couple of million and go to Oxford . |
| 4 | You could trap a foot between the joists or something . ’ |
| 5 | However , when you move into your new house you could reestablish a garden of remembrance , a stone plaque or a special plant . |
| 6 | You could stand a spoon in the cream here , it 's so thick . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | And you could collect a substantial cash sum free of personal taxation under current legislation in the year 2001 . |
| 9 | And , with up to five dividends payable , even with six or seven score draws you could collect a big cash prize . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 … . ’ |
| 11 | However , you could send a ‘ closing thought ’ to your partner before you ground and enclose yourself . |
| 12 | If this report is available to the public , I should be most grateful if you could send a copy to the Library . |
| 13 | BLINK at the wrong moment on Christmas Eve and you could miss a new world record being set . |
| 14 | Jack said you could hide a small army in the various wardrobes around the house . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | ‘ Apart from the danger , there are all sorts of places in that mausoleum where you could hide a small elephant . ’ |
| 17 | Because I was a really shy teenager , and I thought it was a great place to hide ; where you could talk about things and express these feelings that you had , but you could hide a wee bit too . |
| 18 | ‘ Presumably you could pay a flying visit to Sarah Chester Fabrics printing plant and see for yourself some time ? ’ |
| 19 | I wish you could stay a bit longer . |
| 20 | There are several stylish set-pieces and more imaginative slang than you could shake a cheer-leaders ass at . |
| 21 | You could cook a chicken in that in about three seconds ! |
| 22 | You could choose a plain dark colour and cover it with a pale piece of lace , or even make a patchwork background on which to place your flowers . |
| 23 | For example , if your theme is pink , you could choose a pink silk background and no mount for one picture , have a pink mount with a cream silk backing for another picture , choose a cream card with a pink wash line around the aperture and pink paper behind the mount for a third , and perhaps create a fourth with a plain cream satin background . |
| 24 | For example , there are some very attractive red lacquered frames which could be very useful , you could choose a dark mahogany frame with a reddish tinge , or even a gold or wood frame if it sets off a dark red mount or background . |
| 25 | For instance , you could choose a cushion , chair seat or bell pull , though you may wish to make something relatively simple and uncomplicated on your first attempt . |
| 26 | You may even be able to use flowers that are native to the particular country in which the composer in question was born , or match the flowers to the piece of music — you could choose a selection of country flowers for a pastoral composition , for example . |
| 27 | If you wish to use the wedding flowers but they have long since passed their best , you could choose a suitable selection from a florist or your garden and press those . |
| 28 | This possibly had something to do with my early days in Mespot , where the Wapiti had huge doughnut wheels and literally you could choose a very restricted area and get the aircraft down . |
| 29 | You could well you could choose a graph to indicate G. |
| 30 | Or do you suppose you could eat a dog and not think anything of it ? " |