Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] you could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try smaller local companies who might benefit from some publicity or for whom you could attract extra business or perhaps create an enduring and prestigious work of art . |
| 2 | Take a walk around the streets one day and have a look at all the innocent objects lying about which you could use to defend yourself in a desperate situation . |
| 3 | To his right was a high sunny window , through which you could see the high green leaves of St James 's Square . |
| 4 | Now and again , however , we caught glimpses of its Templar past : black Beauce crosses printed on the walls which the passage of time had not faded ; old arrow slits through which you could glimpse the snowy fields beyond ; small gargoyles , some depicting wyverns or dragons , others the faces of long-dead knights . |
| 5 | If you succeed in finding another job , or already have one lined up at the time that you go , it may not be worth suing your employer because the losses for which you could claim reimbursement may be minimal . |
| 6 | Conveniently one of them you could call long-term , one medium-term , and one short-term . |
| 7 | ‘ Now you think of someone you could marry , miss , ’ said Liddy , ‘ then read aloud the words on that page , and if the Bible moves , perhaps you 'll marry him . ’ |
| 8 | So in a group you do n't need one of everybody you could have just half of these but everybody could fall in maybe two roles within that group . |
| 9 | That 's right and put your paddle in that and you scull you had to come down every time and many a time people 'd learn that that paddle will come out , but once you got the knack of it you could do it one hand , cos you was cutting down all the time like that 's what it was . |
| 10 | I mean there 's , there 's the practical side of actually having , I mean well there 's various aspects of it you could have someone as a figurehead |
| 11 | If the existing carpet is in reasonable condition but you 're sick to death of it you could add rugs to cheer it up . |
| 12 | Come to think of it you could call anyone by a name which is not their own and make them sound stupid . |
| 13 | So you were n't aware of what he could n't do , so much as what he could do and did do , and how little of it you could understand . |
| 14 | • If you do n't know of anyone you could share a job with , try approaching employment agencies who might be able to match you up with someone . |
| 15 | This figure does not , of course , take account of what you could earn on or do with your money if it was available to you . |
| 16 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 17 | ‘ How right I was , ’ she whispered , ‘ to be afraid of what you could do to me . ’ |
| 18 | On the opposite page we 've put together three outfits from the Freemans catalogue spring/summer collection — just to give you an idea of what you could win . |
| 19 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
| 20 | How any reparation could be made , and talking about reparation , this business over absent fathers , er , has just killed that idea of us getting more and more in that kind of way , but I 'm sure there are many people , and I 'm not thinking about those who have been , committed an act of violence , and said , well they might do it again , but say , I 'm pretty sure people who have been committed in effect of what you could call civil crimes , that is putting their hand in the drawer , should never be in prison . |
| 21 | It was white now , and behind it you could see the shape . |
| 22 | If you 'd come out on the gig with me you could have held it for me . |
| 23 | These were not gods with whom you could speak . |
| 24 | and erm like I said up to about , up to about two years ago you could claim housing benefit with which you could pay your rent , and that was a great help to students you know , but now that 's been stopped , but you do n't get anything like that , so you 've got thirty five pound a week to pay for food , rent , community charge , everything |
| 25 | Well , my basic kit of hand tools consists of 12 items with which you could tackle any common gardening job . |
| 26 | He tried , without much success , to look like a man who had a soul into which you could look . |
| 27 | This is a lively , swinging hotel with everything you could need for a holiday to remember . |
| 28 | I mean it would n't be the truth but you , if they did n't look into it you could say it could n't you ? |
| 29 | yeah , basically , I mean you could go to poly with what you could get , yeah |
| 30 | The ideal working dress would , therefore , be one in which you could reach up high to bring down the best china , bend down low to pick up the dropped toy , feel comfortable in for walking around the park and pushing a pram or playing ball , not worry about if baby food was deposited on it , move around in easily with a baby on your hip and cover up totally for rolling out pastry or helping with painting . |