Example sentences of "you could [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And therefore you could associate liberalism and nationalism with war , terror erm and perhaps therefore it was n't all that desirable . |
| 2 | And on that there was a typewriter and you could send signal messages , and everything . |
| 3 | Now , you can see that coin down there , if you look carefully , you can see it you ca n't get it , you know where it is , it has n't gone through a hole into the centre of the earth it has n't , sort of , disappeared into outer space , you know exactly where it is , the chances are you could pin point it within a few inches of where i , even if you ca n't see it you know where it is , but you ca n't get at it to you , it 's lost you know it 's geographic location , you know when it went there , you know everything about it , you only thing is you ca n't get at it ! |
| 4 | Or , you could fix floor to ceiling mirror panels to the walls , either at right angles to the window , or on the wall opposite . |
| 5 | If you used a hardwood sill , you could fix draught-strip to it instead of the door . |
| 6 | ‘ You never told me you could cook lasagne . ’ |
| 7 | If you could eat frost , you might think |
| 8 | Then we could make for home , and you could meet Mother . ’ |
| 9 | These brushes soak up unwanted colour but are soft against the paper — mind you , as the Bockingford paper will withstand a lot of scrubbing , you could lift colour out with other stiffer brushes if you wanted to . |
| 10 | So you could relate positivity to achievement and see what you have access to that might express that . |
| 11 | I do n't suppose you could spell football could you ? |
| 12 | You could rent office space and video equipment there . |
| 13 | You could give nanny a lift . |
| 14 | So if you could create equality |
| 15 | Yeah well I did n't know you could change gear I just thought it was automatic . |
| 16 | Apart from teaching the children to be quiet , and to wear slippers and not heavy shoes in the house , you could lay carpet and thick underlay over the floors and up the stairs . |
| 17 | But nineteen thirteen I went to this examination and it was called a Labour Examination , and if you were able to pass this examination you could leave school at thirteen . |
| 18 | birthday was on the eighth of September or before , if it was in the summer holidays or up until the eighth of September , you could leave school and my birthday was the eighth of September so I left school at fourteen . |
| 19 | Three , you could arrange payment of the deposit as requested , possibly for a certain period of time and possibly for a smaller amount than demanded , this would no doubt by in the process of the licence . |
| 20 | ‘ If only you could sing opera . ’ |
| 21 | If you feel you could offer support , to a new mum , please contact on |
| 22 | Hysteria had nothing to do with reality , it was something you could n't help , could n't hold back any more than you could stop flood water finding out the weak places in a dam . |
| 23 | It looks just like smalltown America — the kind of place where you could set Twin Peaks or Back To The Future 4 — but it 's bigger . |
| 24 | It looks just like smalltown America — the kind of place where you could set Twin Peaks or Back To The Future 4 — but it 's bigger . |
| 25 | What he most liked , so he explained , was the feeling that from that proximate stretch , you felt that you could set sail , if the impulse took you , to any part of the world . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 27 | One could almost go over there to do one 's weekly marketing — or on into Rouen , where the big market day is also on Tuesday , and from where you could bring home butter made from unpasteurized cream , great bowls of tripes à la mode , and duck pâtés , and baskets full of big round Breton artichokes for a tenth of the price we have to pay here . |
| 28 | That in 1925 you could watch motor-racing on the Promenade from a tramcar grandstand ? |
| 29 | By 1990 you could watch TV round the clock . |
| 30 | If you came to supper now , you could watch television , and Violet learnt how to play poker in California , she 's teaching me , we could have a game and Perdita would love to see you . ’ |