Example sentences of "you could [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Although , you could view it as a bad contract , as there are some things in there that are slightly ambiguous . ’ |
2 | You could regard it as that part of the personality which is contr in control of voluntary thought and movement . |
3 | So I went down and Mr at that time was Mayor of Willenhall , a very influential man , and he was er over and er his son had to became in charge , but anyway I went to see him it was Mr and er about it and he says er well we got er a order for four locks here , he says er I wonder if er you could quote me for them ? |
4 | If she is very apprehensive about how she is going to manage her role in society as a woman on her own , you could remind her of something she has probably completely forgotten : that she coped with life quite adequately as a single woman , before she met her husband , so there is no reason to suppose that she can not do so again , and possibly even better now because of the love they shared and her greater maturity . |
5 | But er we eventually beat it though and as I say a good colliery you could er you could beat 'em to it . |
6 | ‘ By so doing , you could place yourself in danger , my lady — that should be good reason enough . ’ |
7 | You just stood it Well you could stand it like it it is then . |
8 | Well , i if if you you could combine it with with with the chair , that would be , |
9 | ‘ Master Lieutenant , I would be grateful if you could gather everyone in Mistress Philippa 's chamber . |
10 | A any problems , if you could send them to Steve , the then we 'll er we 'll er check those out , yes ? |
11 | One solution is never to leave your home unoccupied again , but if you ca n't face life without holidays you could pay someone to be there when you are n't . |
12 | ‘ And if you thought you could pin it on me , you 'd have had me cautioned and the bracelets on by now , ’ I said bravely . |
13 | We should never have got rid of the little Fiat we used to have which started first time every time and if anything did go wrong you could fix it with an elastic band or a bit of string , Gianluigi used to say , although personally I 'm hopeless with machinery . |
14 | ‘ And you asked her to give it to you so that you could return it to Rick . |
15 | You could draw lots of these figures . |
16 | You could draw it like that you could say that this is the the war which cuts in this time of year line shifts up , |
17 | ‘ You could meet me for a drink sometimes . ’ |
18 | ‘ You could meet anyone in this bar , ’ said the young man on Catriona 's other side . |
19 | Yes , you could make music on one but that would be sacrilegious considering all the other exciting possibilities that it has to offer : eg. killing fascists ( Woody Guthrie ) , saying sorry ( Billy Bragg ) , as a firelighter ( Jimi Hendrix ) , for clubbing amplifiers senseless ( Pete Townshend ) , for levelling stage floorboards ( Ritchie Blackmore ) , as a mini-TV stand ( Billy Gibbons ) , to stimulate groupies ( Steve Vai ) , to cream yourself ( Hendrix again , that infamous Tokai advert or even that sad figure in the current Trantec Systems advert ) , as a shop sign ( Original Flying Vee ) , as a cricket bat ( Ian Botham with the Staccato magnesium bass ) , as a baseball bat ( Steinberger XL ) , you could use one to kill her mama ( like Frank and Dweezil ) and , if you are still bored after all that , you could electrocute yourself with it through your dangerously hot-rodded stack . |
20 | So you could wear them under the heavy o oil skin or whatever else they wore on top , and it looked a very comfortable garment , apart from the waterproof . |
21 | Yeah but you could wear it with , you could wear bright things with it . |
22 | Hey , you could tape him in the night so he can believe you next time , that he snores ! |
23 | You could chase them around the racetrack . |
24 | ‘ Perhaps you could drop me at the nearest bus stop or railway station , ’ she added . |
25 | Also , I was interested in any information you could give me on working in advertising or public relations on a music journal . |
26 | I would appreciate any information you could give me about his works , books , or exhibitions . |
27 | As yet I have not seen a golden eagle on any of my trips to Argyll , but if I do I would appreciate any tips you could give me for photographing them . |
28 | Also the same if you 're playing football with Jim on Thursday you could also just mention to , I 'll leave you a couple of these er these leaflets which do explain a lot of the areas we 've covered tonight , erm perhaps you could give one to Peter or |
29 | Below are some guidelines you could give them for using video on their own . |
30 | Do you set out the sum , er you must set out some calculation of how many you are likely to lose over the life of the aircraft , is there a percentage figure you could give us for that ? |