Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] you could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And somewhere along there you could say , ‘ Right . ’ |
| 2 | But round here you could go to sleep , wake up in the morning and half the flat 's have been burnt down and shops have been looted and you do n't know where you are . |
| 3 | From there you could go on to be the lucky winner of a brand new limited edition Escort/Dash Cabriolet ( worth £15,000 approx ) and £1,000-worth of Dash leisurewear . |
| 4 | ‘ The theme of the story was that something very sinister had happened a long time ago which had left the planet looking entirely different from anywhere you could see on Earth . |
| 5 | of the client to lead you on to perhaps you could introduce more elements into your actual |
| 6 | ‘ If I left the can just over there you could say you found it . ’ |
| 7 | And we also talked about maybe you could say , erm , you know , if you continue to do a job , maybe we 'll look you know , at developing you further , but it 's all sort of , pretty similar sort of things you 're going to say to him in that situation . |
| 8 | At least you could prove who you were . ’ |
| 9 | At least you could tune out the gawkers when you did catwalk modelling , but down here , wandering through the crowd , people treated you as if you were — |
| 10 | At least you could climb away — just — if an elastic broke after take-off . |
| 11 | But , to be honest , Mildred felt that there had been quite enough animal enchantments in the school to last a lifetime , and it seemed a less desperate measure to do a nice , straightforward kidnap where at least you could see exactly what was happening . |
| 12 | Tourists navigated with resigned expressions : this was Holiday and at least you could understand the lingo . |
| 13 | I said because at least you could have some nude men for me ! |