Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | As secretary of state for defence you could never have afforded a position like this . |
| 2 | The menu is varied and if you choose to do so , you could make a full meal of it — for instance you could choose calamari , followed by Scottish salmon , followed by delicious fudge brownies . |
| 3 | For instance you could n't , like nowadays , tighten up a slack scene where people were n't picking up their cues so quickly by cutting out a few pauses here and there . |
| 4 | For instance you could learn to be a , a motor driver , you could learned to be an electrician , you could learn to be an engineer , you could learn to be anything . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll agree that on the For side you could put the things you listed the other day , that he has all the skills to set the trap and the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 6 | All that was changing when Diane Keaton appeared in Annie Hall , looking no more than passably pleasant and sporting the sort of garb you could find in any Oxfam shop . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course you could not , ’ Miss Millicent agreed , ‘ and Violet is silly to expect an introduction . |
| 8 | Of course you could once , when they knew their place ( ’ The poor will long remember / The kind repast they did enjoy / On the 24th of September ’ ) . |
| 9 | Of course you could say that we do not need all the animals anyway , but at the moment we have got them , so there is a conflict here . |
| 10 | Of course you could never forget about it . |
| 11 | The full amount of your initial investment plus bonuses is guaranteed to be returned to you on completion of the five year term — and of course you could see a healthy return on your investment due to stock market growth during this time . |
| 12 | Of course you could always just turn it off — but that 's not always possible , especially if the air pump is being used to run a sponge or box filter . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course you could , ’ Mrs Carson assured her . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course you could , my sweet ’ Louise replied . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course you could n't , ’ young Michael said . |
| 16 | Of course you could try a tantalising headline but do remember that in the first instance you have to attract the attention and interest of the journalist or editor , who is not going to be tempted quite as easily as the reader might be . |
| 17 | Of course you could n't blame Hector entirely . |
| 18 | Of course you could n't . |
| 19 | Huh , er just , please help us , you know we get on much better , of course you can give an explanation , all Mr wants , you requested is said whether you did raise it , of course you could say , we did n't , I did n't because erm of so and so , because there was n't an opportunity or whatever , but do tell us whether yes or no whether you raised it surely that 's possible Mr is n't it ? , is n't it ? , am I trying to assist you , during my people are just not answering the questions , put it again in blunt form Mr would you please |
| 20 | Of course you could have become Lord Mayor then if you 'd been an alderman ? |
| 21 | Yes , of course you could , and not just because there 's pretty coloured pictures in one and not in the other although that 's part of it , that 's part of the presentation . |
| 22 | You can do that , yeah , of course you could . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course you could always marry me and blame the lack of children on my war wound — ’ |
| 24 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
| 25 | Washing machine and cooker and fridge So of course you could have in here . |
| 26 | Of course you could stay in an hotel ! |
| 27 | So I told the press the next morning who were mega grumpy at all of this and I do n't blame them , so when the ceremony started Pat took the stills photographer round to the front and the television guys as the Princess began to inspect er the crew pulled all their gear through the Band of the Royal Marines over their toe caps under the tubas and pressed their cameras under the nose of the Princess Royal which would n't have happened had the Lieutenant Commander been prepared to listen to us and of course you could see him getting angrier and angrier |
| 28 | So if you wanted to be a removal man you had to find the work to justify you having an A licence , but of course you could n't because you had n't got an A licence to do it with . |
| 29 | Oh and if you 're paying that kind of money you could afford a mortgage could n't you ? |
| 30 | What followed was the only bit of gamesmanship you could accuse Lee Trevino of . |