Example sentences of "you could do " in BNC.
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| 1 | There comes a moment when you know you have done what you could do with something and everything else would be fiddling . |
| 2 | You look as though you could do with one . |
| 3 | You could do it yourself or get expert help . |
| 4 | If you would like more information on how we coped with the Lloyds ' slope and how you could do the same with yours , write enclosing a stamped addressed envelope to The Horticultural Trades Association , PO Box 56 , Reading , Berkshire RG7 5JJ . |
| 5 | I 'm someone you could do wonderful world-changing things with . |
| 6 | ‘ The least you could do is take the other end of the Chesterfield , ’ Amanda said crossly . |
| 7 | ‘ I still do n't understand how you could do such a thing , ’ Michael complained . |
| 8 | ‘ You could do with one yourself , Sara , ’ commented Rodney . |
| 9 | You could do worse … ' ) . |
| 10 | You could do with more nights like that ’ ( FN 30/8/87 , p. 1 ) . |
| 11 | There was no more objective reason why firearms should not have been used in burglaries and bank hold-ups thirty or sixty years ago than today ; but it ‘ was n't done ’ — until it was discovered that it was done , that you could do it . |
| 12 | Then they said , you 're at art college , you must be able to draw , you could do a drawing of the gentleman in question you claim you bought the guitar from . |
| 13 | And are you really sure you could do anything useful on a spreadsheet display only four cells by six ? |
| 14 | You could do worse than to sign up with Armed Response , which looks after thousands of homes in middle-class Johannesburg North , a rich hunting-ground that Gary Whittaker , a director of Armed Response , calls ‘ the captured area ’ . |
| 15 | The shadow side of his success was that of failure , watered by the constant accusing refrain that ‘ You are not good enough ; you could do better ; you will never get on if you do n't try ; God will not accept you if you do n't try harder … ‘ |
| 16 | See , where we live up London , there ai n't no grass or garden places you could do this . ’ |
| 17 | Though you look as though you could do with something to perk you up . |
| 18 | I am not for one moment suggesting that you could do such a thing yourself because I think you would do it with more style and use a magnum of champagne . |
| 19 | You could do more domestic tasks by hand rather than using electrically operated gadgets . |
| 20 | Walter Legge liked to tell the story — I think as an example of both your musicianship and your tactical skills — that at the graduation class in Vienna you chose the Overture to Rossini 's Guillaume Tell and then sent everyone away except the cellos so you could show exactly what you could do with them in the opening bars of the piece . |
| 21 | The best you could do would be to sit very close to another frog , and if possible between two frogs which are close to one another . |
| 22 | You could do with some building up . ’ |
| 23 | If your number was up there was absolutely nothing you could do about it . |
| 24 | ‘ You could do something about it , ’ said Robyn . |
| 25 | ‘ So anyway we flew straight into Iquitos — you could do that then — and spent six weeks going round Peru . |
| 26 | ‘ Tell you what though , mate , ’ and he was overtaken by another surge of enthusiasm , ‘ if you 're interested , what you could do is take a trip to Explorers Inn in the Tambopata Reserve , see the rainforest there … ’ |
| 27 | If you want a career that ensures that you will not be bored , will be stretched to your full capacity every day and allows you to be yourself , as well as earn a good salary at a general manager level — £30,000 a year — you could do a lot worse than the hotel and catering industry . |
| 28 | It was your idea for me to do the swimming , so I thought you could do the same for me . ’ |
| 29 | You could do anything in this world , she had already discovered , if you paid for it . |
| 30 | Perhaps if you see anyone not using their sense you could do them , and all other windsurfers , a favour by telling them . |