Example sentences of "you could [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hey , you could tape him in the night so he can believe you next time , that he snores ! |
| 2 | By keeping the table between the two of you , you could lure him round it so that you end up nearer the exit ; the same idea can be used in the street with parked cars . |
| 3 | If Dad is a war movie buff you could treat him to the classic Bridge Over The River Kwai . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose it was because you had such respect for him that you felt you could leave him in charge of the boarders tonight ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He never hides and in a lot of ways you could liken him to John McGovern . |
| 6 | You could drag him into the den . |
| 7 | And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication . |
| 8 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE never seems to stop talking , you get the feeling that you could ask him about anything under the sun and he would have one of his long and winding answers all ready for us to vaguely follow . |
| 9 | When he was n't teaching , Malik was usually on the phone , and you could hear him through the wall . |
| 10 | If you could see him in hospital … the wires , the bandages , the — ’ |
| 11 | You could kick him and hurt him , you could hit him on the face and on the eyes so that he could n't see , but he 'd still manage to torment you . |
| 12 | ‘ My prevailing power with Harry seems to be rather limited , but perhaps you could try him with some straight questions . ’ |
| 13 | So you , you could put him into property , erm but erm I do n't know if he 'd been in the U K for the last few years whether he 'd be that keen on commercial property . |