Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] you could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what they did eventually , they put sort of call boxes occasionally , in different parts of the borough so during the night you could ring up the station . |
| 2 | Then through the window you could see it-smaller than a Concord and almost completely open with its canvas side-curtains rolled up and fastened-just turning out of the yard , and the next moment the jingling , rattling sound was right out front . |
| 3 | I had an English teacher , every time she stood in front of the window you could see — ‘ |
| 4 | Below is an example of the way you could organise your notes as you preview a story . |
| 5 | But the first week of the quarter you could get messages all that week which you did n't have to pay till the end of the quarter . |
| 6 | To help you get out of the red you could call on a qualified chartered accountant for between £50 and £60 an hour . |
| 7 | They were not all scandalous , though ; some were conventional love songs of the sort you could hear at the cinema or on the radio , if you had one . |
| 8 | He hated the smell and the noise of the drill you could hear from the treatment room . |
| 9 | ‘ With the money I 'm prepared to pay you for your half of the house you could buy a more than adequate little base for yourself — and still have change left to indulge in a few luxuries . ’ |
| 10 | It also , in those days was mileage for the tyres was paid on the number of miles run per tyre , so at the end of the month you could record , you knew what tyres were on a certain bus , you knew of how many miles that bus had done , so you recorded that particular tyre on that bus had run so many miles and it was that that we paid for our tyres that way . |
| 11 | Indeed , even if you find Prune a bit of a bore you could find the stories behind the character and the ‘ finger ’ awards entertaining and funny . |
| 12 | Even before you understand the words of a text you could play it sometimes for the sake of the intonation , as mentioned in ch. 2.1.1. of this book under the heading of LISTENING . |
| 13 | Think of a question you could ask to find out more |
| 14 | HAMLET : … for you yourself , sir , should be as old as I am if like a crab you could go backward . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought for a minute you could have been Billy sitting there , ’ she said as she put the tea down on the desk . |
| 16 | And for a penny you could have a thick slice of bread , about one and a half inches , loaded with dripping , so that was your meal at lunchtime , before you nipped back to do other jobs . |
| 17 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
| 18 | ‘ For a start you could do with a new burglar alarm ’ |
| 19 | Everything was waiting for you ; for a start you could get money left to you in a will . |
| 20 | In celebration , I 'm told you shot off every flare you could get your hands on . |
| 21 | Erm the point that both the others raised about my objection with the large document and my objection regarding what you were going to do with the information you could have apacked and come out with a stronger result . |
| 22 | Yeah , eh with the end you could have B equals minus fifteen over here and you would have still got the same answer . |
| 23 | On one occasion the door to his bedroom was left open and if you had passed along the corridor you could have caught a glimpse of the Collector , slumped on his bed , haggard and ginger-whiskered , the very picture of despair . |
| 24 | You will also receive half your husband 's graduated pension and all of his additional pension if he contributed to SERPS , so long as this would not take your pension above the maximum you could have had if you had been earning at the upper earnings limit throughout . |
| 25 | If you are handy with a needle you could sew in another lining or backing in a contrasting or toning fabric to the existing one . |
| 26 | The dandelion quiche was curling up at the edges and the semolina pudding congealed into a wodge you could use as Polyfilla . |
| 27 | So if you hide something in a book you could say ‘ If you read you 'll find me ’ or if you hide a clue under a towel you could say ‘ You will find me when it 's time to dry yourself ’ . |
| 28 | From the top you could see right over the seaside resort out into the countryside beyond . |
| 29 | From the window you could see one thin strip of blue between the houses opposite ; her view of the harbour . |
| 30 | ‘ And from the noose you could tell which man you 'd hanged and which you had not ? ’ |