Example sentences of "[noun sg] you [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | In the middle of the window was a shiny red car you could sit in with a driver 's wheel you could turn and a horn you could peep . |
2 | The body is made from a single piece of mahogany , which came as quite a surprise , because at a casual glance you 'd think it was ash . |
3 | At a glance you could think she really was asleep . ’ |
4 | It 's no good thinking you 'll bring home this gorgeous kid and everything will be fine , because it is n't . ’ |
5 | If , at any point , I thought that his solicitude was the sort of tender kindness you might show to someone utterly dependent and helpless — a prisoner or a caged bird — I was ashamed at once and re-doubled my efforts to be a good wife , asking Nonni to teach me how to cook the elaborate dishes Richard liked , and taking care to change my dress before he came home in the evening . |
6 | The command you can see starts or switches to Word for Windows ( the USEEXIST makes the button switch to Word if it 's already open , and the IMAX sizes its window to leave the Power Launcher toolbar clear at the top of the screen , and icons clear at the bottom ) . |
7 | For an update of what I have in stock you can give me a ring anytime , but visits are by appointment only at the moment . |
8 | If you do n't have a pond you may have missed out on our series on waterlilies . |
9 | If you have an Access or Visa card you may use this to pay for your holiday and should complete the form . |
10 | Read the instructions supplied with the card as if there are serial and parallel ports on the card you may need to configure them as LPT2 , COM3 and COM4 if those devices are already installed . |
11 | But you 'll you 'll if you 're only doing the card you 'll do that much quicker . |
12 | Plus , the card you can bank on … the hole in the wall where money REALLY talks . |
13 | If you take the children and have a family rail card you can get a reduction one third off if it 's a standard fare , a quarter off if it 's a saver . |
14 | With a Cashline card you can have cash at your fingertips from our network of Cashline machines nationwide . |
15 | Windows 3.1 now allows you to add sound events to certain system procedures This means that from your PC speaker , using the speaker driver program , or your Soundblaster card you can play certain sounds ( stored in . |
16 | Till we get the thicker card you could start the painting . |
17 | It is clear , though , that if you decide to help your elderly parent or parents to apply for local authority grants , you are probably going to need to have great determination and infinite patience , and in the meantime there is a great deal you could do yourself to improve their comfort and living conditions in small but important ways . |
18 | In Use It 's a simple task to produce a banner — there 's not a great deal you can alter in the way of system settings , but the bits you do get to play with are nicely implemented . |
19 | When you all have to wear the same uniform , there is n't a great deal you can do to make yourself stand out from the crowd , but we did our best , washing and setting each other 's hair and sharing out what precious bits of makeup we owned . |
20 | That 's the problem , if it 's a one-off party there 's not a great deal you can do . |
21 | But there is a great deal you can do to ease your misery , alleviate the worst of the symptoms and let you join in most of the fine weather fun without spending your days in a darkened room with a crate of Kleenex . |
22 | ‘ My experience has shown ’ , said an American steelmill superintendent in 1875 , ‘ that Germans , Irish , Swedes and what I denominate ‘ Buckwheats ’ — young American country boys — judiciously mixed , make the most effective and tractable force you can find' ; in fact , anything was better than ‘ Englishmen , who are great sticklers for high wages , small production and strikes ’ . |
23 | The church used to talk about the ‘ natural law ’ and if that was in full force you 'd get up on every good-looking woman within sight . |
24 | Right , so your customer has the menus you get some feedback , and the feedback you might need to modify your product which is really what David 's just said . |
25 | I was left feeling confused and wonder if you could clarify what recommendation you 'd make . |
26 | Things are changing but not with the speed you 'd like . ’ |
27 | that 's the maximum speed you can do |
28 | I was just building up my first business then , and a thing like that is a bit like riding a roller-coaster — you need all the speed you can collect on the downhill runs to take you over the next hump . |
29 | Go at a speed you can enjoy it . |
30 | The more emotion you can muster , the more effective it will be . |