Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | That that was so was originally was available for the ticket you could actually have some supper before you went in or perhaps supper when you came out and that was the sort of thing that was available . |
| 2 | But once you were qualified for the job you could n't put a stranger on you had to ta teach that stranger a job . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | and , and forty three previous to that , oh then it was just wiped off the map you could n't get to it no way |
| 6 | ‘ By the end of the fortnight you could certainly see the difference in the children and the orphanage ’ she said . |
| 7 | If you decided on the first day of the PIW you could not pay the SSP or that you had to stop paying SSP during the PIW , you employee can not get SSP now . |
| 8 | I had an English teacher , every time she stood in front of the window you could see — ‘ |
| 9 | Communication between the front of the vehicle and the back was via a small hatch , but because of the noise of the engine you could only be heard by putting your face close to the hatch and yelling . |
| 10 | Below is an example of the way you could organise your notes as you preview a story . |
| 11 | In many parts of the land you could n't get ‘ Royals ’ so this sort of brogue ( black ) was worn as an acceptable alternative . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | To help you get out of the red you could call on a qualified chartered accountant for between £50 and £60 an hour . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He hated the smell and the noise of the drill you could hear from the treatment room . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Most of the time you could just ignore a lot of the stuff you did n't know ; it 'd come in time , you 'd be told when you needed to know … |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Think of a question you could ask to find out more |
| 22 | He could see it ahead of him , like a rock you could not miss . |
| 23 | HAMLET : … for you yourself , sir , should be as old as I am if like a crab you could go backward . |
| 24 | The glare dimmed and outlines of roofs and trees and angles at street junctions , lampposts , signs , doorways , scaffolding and cranes — too molten to look up at at two in the afternoon — calmed into focus , became distinct against the astounding pure clarity of the sky , and later became so sharp and clear that looking at them was like a note you could not hear but only sense within the ear by some change in vibration . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought for a minute you could have been Billy sitting there , ’ she said as she put the tea down on the desk . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | These feelings — homesickness for a place you could n't wait to leave ( Manchester ) , nostalgia for a time that was never any good in the first place ( adolescence ) — were why the music of the Smiths refracted the quandaries of the eighties like no other . |
| 28 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
| 29 | ‘ For a start you could do with a new burglar alarm ’ |
| 30 | Everything was waiting for you ; for a start you could get money left to you in a will . |