Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] you could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I says I would n't phone in , I 'd let you know and you could do it and I 'll pay you myself , I do n't mind , you know , losing a day 's pay . |
| 2 | and you can probably do , I do n't know if you could do print screen , no , if you got , you 'll have to learn graphics , but anyway , I 'll tell you about that when , when you do it , my numbers in there , take all the rubbish away . |
| 3 | No I did n't know if you could walk if there 's any short cuts if you wanted to walk into town . |
| 4 | it 's only last night , I did n't know if you could hear , it come on three times and they were nobody there ! |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't know if you could understand it , but it is a strange feeling for a sailor to sink a ship — for a split second you have the idea , should I or should n't I ? |
| 6 | And then you could go for a swim over , go and do his suit and you could have a swim at Guildford . |
| 7 | I should not object if you could introduce a note of patriotism in the schools ’ , And then , with a grin … |
| 8 | Obviously eventually if people keep on leaking blood their pressure will fall but you could have a situation where there 's not a single drop of blood yet lost to the system and yet the person 's in shock because the blood 's not being circulated properly off the heart , not a drop of blood lost to the system , but insufficient pressure , so shock can be caused by either of those two things , failure of the circulatory system because the pressure of the volume drops dangerously low , okay , you did a lot of work on what the person looks like , yes you as the casu you as the first aider will see this person in front of you , what will they be like ? |
| 9 | Do you think that you could send it on ? |
| 10 | Well do you think that you could make a ‘ bit of a window ’ for the Church ? ’ |
| 11 | Do you think that you could stop me ? ’ |
| 12 | And I know it 's difficult to get people motivated when they 've been hit down and hit down so often , er but and I do n't think that you could do er any great erm as as we said when we went into the flats , we did n't go in with any big , world shattering ideas of of causing a revolution or you know , of doing er putting on a big project or anything , it was actually to be with the people in their situation and gradually to help improve somehow , if we could . |
| 13 | and we do n't , we do n't think that you could do the job . |
| 14 | Going back to the scene of the Crucifixion , do you think that you could add something to a scene which has been treated for almost 2000 years ? |
| 15 | What would you do if you could live for ever ? |
| 16 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
| 17 | ‘ Was it not an instinctive reaction to break and see if you could help them , just in case you had to stop to do something about them ? ’ |
| 18 | But imagine how easy your monthly budgeting would become if you could reduce your mortgage payments for the next three years . |
| 19 | Do this in a clockwise direction , not anticlockwise or they will unscrew and you could have a length of drain rod stuck down the drain — as well as the original blockage ! |
| 20 | People whom you would never meet if you could do the old coats-on-the-seat trick . |
| 21 | Do n't you wish that you could possess him again just like you own Hosanna ? |
| 22 | City and Aston Villa ) , I would appreciate if you could find out if Mr. Silver has thought about bringing Leeds over to play . |
| 23 | I would appreciate if you could publish this so that the proper acknowledgement can be made to Network Craigavon . |
| 24 | you know I mean sometimes it is erm so , I mean is there anything that you think , you know , we could change or you could change to , to like improve the situation ? |
| 25 | That 's fine but sentence six Florence teased Dougal , and did so Brian too does n't sound right but notice that 's exactly what you would get if you could substitute the proform for a subject verb construction and then it would mean Florence teased Brian too . |
| 26 | As far as the ‘ artisan'-producer is concerned , Carole King 's picture of institutionalized song-writing in New York in the early 1960s — ‘ squeezed into our respective cubby-holes … you 'd sit there and write and you could hear someone in the next cubby-hole composing a song exactly like yours ’ ( Frith 1983a : 13–12 ) — fits into exactly the same frame of reference as Abner Silver and Robert Bruce 's classic 1939 text , How to Write and Sell a Hit Song , which describes the ‘ standard ’ forms and techniques , and from which Adorno quotes with withering relish ( 1941 : 17–18 ) . |
| 27 | Cos I had it for a month , cos I did n't know whether I was gon na like it , I 'd never been on one before and er I 'd heard Judith say that you could feel claustrophobic , you know , with it over you |
| 28 | And if you look at non-competitors who are the best in particular functions , you may find that you could improve by 30% . |
| 29 | So if your car has depreciated in value since you bought it … the loss could be yours and , unless you have a no claims protection policy , you may find that you could lose all or a part of your no claims bonus — check with your insurance company . |
| 30 | I dare say if you could quantify such a thing , my need is far far greater than yours . ’ |