Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] could [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until 1970 the foresters here say they could rely on a good sale of fir trimmings — used in Christmas decorations — to pay for the routine management of the rest of the forest . |
| 2 | They say it could lead to a melt-down more serious than that at Three Mile Island in 1979 . |
| 3 | There 's a move to slow them down , but the hauliers say it could lead to a very dangerous situation . |
| 4 | I mean you could think of a brilliant illustration , and then you work the message out from it , which is the wrong way round . |
| 5 | I rather suspect it could lead to a lot of foul-hooked fish , which is another thing I deplore when done deliberately . |
| 6 | Neither of us , it would seem , is much of a leg man , but I suppose I could do with a bit more than I get . |
| 7 | Mm , I suppose we could do with a tea towel size one , oh , I have n't got a tea towel in |
| 8 | I reckon we could do with a left-winger . |
| 9 | A field of stalagmites lies there , looking strangely translucent , and I suppose they could look like a little army of gnomes if the shadows were right . |
| 10 | I suppose it could sound like a conscious courtesy — an agreeable gesture , but hardly one denoting that love has roots below the gum of consciousness . |
| 11 | Mebbe they could dae wi' a night-woatchman or somethin' where you work . ’ |
| 12 | I bet you could do with a cup of tea ? |
| 13 | After about nine months ' stay they could graduate to a single room but by then many preferred to be in with their friends . |
| 14 | He said ‘ I think I could do with a strong cup of coffee ’ ( to keep awake ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know , ’ I said — ‘ I think I could do with a bit of exorcism ! ’ |
| 16 | Think I could do with a table cos this one 's really |
| 17 | I think we could do with a cup of tea . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think he could do with a drop of Guinness to liven him up , ’ he said . |
| 19 | We think it could lead to a stalemate . |
| 20 | ‘ I wish I could think of a slick answer to that one , ’ he said . |