Example sentences of "you could [vb infin] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that if you do an hour 's vigorous exercise instead of sitting in a chair for an hour , you could burn up an extra 100–200 calories which would not have otherwise been used up . |
| 2 | ‘ It was like a collective , you could either buy the porn through the mail , or you could send in a tape of yourself and get plugged into the apparatus that way , ’ explains David James , a film professor at the University of Southern California , who has researched the phenomenon . |
| 3 | So you could send out a dozen business cards now |
| 4 | You could draw up a checklist of topics which are of current concern to your students to help you select suitable items from news programmes . |
| 5 | For example , to increase working and manoeuvring space in an existing work triangle you could set up a second food preparation or cooking area with perhaps a microwave oven outside your main work area . |
| 6 | To think that you could bring about a utopia , and perfect human nature in one way or another , is really a wildly er , optimistic and er , is in itself , er , some kind of illusion . |
| 7 | 4 If you could strike up a mutually trusting relationship with one of the following wild animals , which one would you choose ? |
| 8 | So , for a few pounds a month now , you could build up a very welcome nest-egg for yourself and provide financial protection for your family at the same time . |
| 9 | You could make up a whole story . |
| 10 | Ever wish you could make up a degree course to suit your own needs ? |
| 11 | If you could make up a sentence with those . |
| 12 | ‘ If you could dig up a back copy — he gave the date , nine years before ; ‘ — If the worst comes to the worst , just lift one from the Liaison Officer 's back room . ’ |
| 13 | You could run down a list of things that have been done under the title of reform , and they all look good , but the net result is that the Congress has really lost its capability to respond . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps you could lighten up a little bit . ’ |
| 15 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 16 | Alternatively you could pick up a pinstripe suit from tried and trusted Marks & Spencer . |
| 17 | The shares are now just 2.5p , so you could pick up a massive 4,000 shares for £100 before brokers fees . |
| 18 | Now , if like me you 've yet to attempt this big production number you could pick up a few tips here , after all , we 've a number of professionals in this hundred , hoteliers , dressmakers , cake makers , photographers , and video makers , registrars , ministers , but above all , we have a lot ex-brides here , and let's start off by finding how many we have . |
| 19 | If you stand here it might look beautiful , but if you pick up each one individually you 'll see weeds germinating , brittle bits and you could pick up a disease in the early stages which you just would n't see otherwise . |
| 20 | So without knowing any more than you knew when you sat the exam , you could pick up an extra three marks there . |
| 21 | ‘ You could find out a whole lot more about his feelings if you had dinner here — at the same time he has dinner . |
| 22 | You could put on a mumming play , sing The Twelve Days of Christmas and make a special cake . |
| 23 | ‘ I was wondering if you could put out a message over the public address system to tell him I 'm here . |