Example sentences of "[noun sg] you [verb] [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked upwards now at the bunting stretched across the girders of the platform , then said , ‘ With a little imagination you know I could dismiss the Coronation and take it that this show of affection was all for my being twenty-one today . |
| 2 | One minute you discovered you could do a falsetto , the next that there was a reason why a woman had given you a sweet . |
| 3 | I think you said it was on channel four that will be , in the morning if you look at , look at channel four programme and get your glasses cos if you miss it Monday night you said you could have it |
| 4 | About , you know , the horrible charges , and they were horribly badly charged , I mean , Lloyds Bank you reckon they could activate ten and a half percent in its first year to actually break even you know , because of the initial charges setting up fees , etcetera . |
| 5 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 6 | Now you suggested you had a very good idea you said we could cut it up into twelfths . |
| 7 | And they were er er erm house higher up they were Italian like Italian they did coffee you know you could smell them grinding , and hams and old old style grocery shop , tea and all that sort of stuff . |