Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Think of a question you could ask to find out more |
| 4 | He could see it ahead of him , like a rock you could not miss . |
| 5 | HAMLET : … for you yourself , sir , should be as old as I am if like a crab you could go backward . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought for a minute you could have been Billy sitting there , ’ she said as she put the tea down on the desk . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
| 11 | ‘ For a start you could do with a new burglar alarm ’ |
| 12 | Everything was waiting for you ; for a start you could get money left to you in a will . |
| 13 | Well in them days you could , if you got fed up with a job you could just go and move on to another |
| 14 | If you are handy with a needle you could sew in another lining or backing in a contrasting or toning fabric to the existing one . |
| 15 | The dandelion quiche was curling up at the edges and the semolina pudding congealed into a wodge you could use as Polyfilla . |
| 16 | So if you hide something in a book you could say ‘ If you read you 'll find me ’ or if you hide a clue under a towel you could say ‘ You will find me when it 's time to dry yourself ’ . |
| 17 | From a distance you could never tell he was Mexican . |
| 18 | In a night-club you could show me how you chat-up . |
| 19 | Er in a sense you could say that the leader becomes the conscience of the , of the group . |
| 20 | I suppose in a way you could draw parallels with the old Samson and Delilah story , ’ he said , leaning forward in his seat to make his point . |
| 21 | So the divorce of sex from reproduction which is erm a very common and even fashionable view in the later twentieth century and of course is one very much facilitated by modern birth control technology and things like that this , this divorce of sex and reproduction is in a way you could say a characteristically male way of looking at things if the male 's er contribution to offspring does n't go much further than the initial fertilization . |
| 22 | So you would still be able to identify targets but those targets may become a bit more general , I E because in the past the landlord as a class had always sided with the Kuomintang then i it gives you the opportunity to go back and attack them , almost the landlords per se in a way you could n't during the Japanese war because clearly loyal landlords were fighting the Japanese . |
| 23 | But she was in a frenzy you could see that ! |
| 24 | So if you hide something in a book you could say ‘ If you read you 'll find me ’ or if you hide a clue under a towel you could say ‘ You will find me when it 's time to dry yourself ’ . |
| 25 | Once upon a time you could get your pilot 's licence in him for £20 . |
| 26 | The fabric was so delicate that if she wore it without a brassiere you could just see the outline of her nipples . |
| 27 | If you want to give the bookmark to a friend you could put their name on it . |
| 28 | How did you apply pressure to a man you could not even find ? |
| 29 | I tell her of my travels , although none of them is to a place you could easily find on a map , and of the people I have met . |
| 30 | The door swinging on a hinge you could put your fist through |