Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] you could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Dad is a war movie buff you could treat him to the classic Bridge Over The River Kwai . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ said David , ‘ but your throat condition means you could become seriously ill if you came into contact with the wrong sort of germs . |
| 3 | Sorrel could n't run to the back of an envelope , but found instead a spare section of Filofax pages , just about the most expensive scribble pad you could get short of using ten-pound notes . |
| 4 | And , with up to five dividends payable , even with six or seven score draws you could collect a big cash prize . |
| 5 | A few years ago they were making some of the best pop singles you could play on a jukebox : ‘ Something About You ’ , ‘ Leaving Me Now ’ , ‘ Lessons In Love ’ , all the kind of thing that you felt you were going to be sick of hearing before long but which still sounded good after the thousandth time . |
| 6 | ‘ All that stuff about community meant you could leave the kids with your mum if you had something to do , and you would n't grass on Charlie if the police came looking for him , and you could borrow ten bob to keep you going to the end of the week . |
| 7 | ‘ With most criminal kidnaps you could expect a long wait . |
| 8 | Your determination to ‘ get it right ’ will impress far more than a false sense of confidence or a reluctance to admit you could do with assistance . |
| 9 | But with a bit of money spent you could have a nice little spinney there — be pretty in the spring . |
| 10 | For a comedy touch you could add a small sign saying ‘ nice to see you ’ . |
| 11 | Every colour moon you could imagine ( and some you could n't ) . |
| 12 | Besides just the impact environmentally of the road , and besides the traffic flows you could get , the generation of traffic that these roads in fact will bring with them development . |
| 13 | ‘ Are these the best lamb chops you could get ? |
| 14 | And yet , almost against Henry 's will , the real suburb kept breaking in until among the paper houses you could smell the decaying leaves , the acrid exhaust of cars and hear the children shouting to each other under the huge sky on the common . |
| 15 | ‘ Thought mebbe you could use them . ’ |
| 16 | Erm , let's say you had a client who knew how much they could afford to spend , so what you were doing then was you 'd tell them how much life cover you could afford . |
| 17 | That was when Man discovered you could blow molten glass into a bubble at the end of a long metal pipe . |
| 18 | See , where we live up London , there ai n't no grass or garden places you could do this . ’ |
| 19 | No directory information is provided so if you ca n't remember the file or path name you could get a bit stuck . |
| 20 | If you wanted to describe the position of the pieces on a chess board you could use a 2 dimensional array . |
| 21 | Work out the maximum benefit you could get . |
| 22 | If your income is more than your ‘ applicable amount ’ the maximum benefit you could get is reduced by 15% ( 15p in every £1 ) of the difference between the applicable amount and the income . |