Example sentences of "we could [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to evaluate the level of service that we could expect from a bureau we concocted a dummy page for a newsletter and sent it on disk to six carefully selected bureau . |
| 2 | ‘ We could build on a garden room . ’ |
| 3 | Simon Murison-Bowie wrote to you on 22 December last year asking you to let us know the operating system and machine you would run the tape on , and the tape density you would need , so that we could arrange for a copy to be prepared for you . |
| 4 | We could end as a line of pantun . |
| 5 | We could sit in a meeting in the Sit(uation) Room and be discussing these other activities , and fall into almost a kind of , you know , warp in which you would n't know whether you were talking — I mean , the use of shorthand and so forth in the discussions you could n't tell whether we 'd suddenly slipped into this question of selling arms to get them back this way or whether we were still discussing the other thing . |
| 6 | We could talk about a proportion of that for you — each time I take him out of some piece of action , you stand to gain . |
| 7 | WE COULD DO WITH A REST FROM LIVERPOOL |
| 8 | We could do with a rest from Liverpool . |
| 9 | We could do with a call anybody there anyone 's near a phone just pick it up and ring me all right just ring now I 'll give erm we 'll give a million pounds to the first caller fingers crossed . |
| 10 | Have you come across anything think ooh we could do with a look at that ? |
| 11 | We could do with a servant like that . |
| 12 | ‘ We could do with a night-club and a massage parlour an , all , , said the Viking , full of enthusiasm . |
| 13 | Thing is we could do with a lie in in the morning . |
| 14 | We could do with a swim at the hotel pool and maybe a sleep , but there was no time as our schedule was tight . |
| 15 | Though shooting 's too good for them , if you ask me , we 're too soft in this country , we could do with a bit of Hitler here I think sometimes instead of the namby-pamby way we go on … . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We could do with a bit more interest from the Greens . |
| 17 | I think we could do with a cup of tea . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We could do with a cup , especially you , girl . ’ |
| 19 | Erm we have quite a few helpful people within the sport , but we could do with a lot more friends . |
| 20 | After all we are only human beings down here and we could do with a lot more praise and comfort then we actually get . |
| 21 | We could do with a lot more |
| 22 | And we could do with a break in America . ’ |
| 23 | I reckon we could do with a left-winger . |
| 24 | Mm , I suppose we could do with a tea towel size one , oh , I have n't got a tea towel in |
| 25 | We could do with a transfusion . ’ |
| 26 | The fact is , though , that we could do without a distraction just now . ’ |
| 27 | She also asked us each to decide how many garments we could make in a week , not sewn up ( if we chose to do this we were paid extra ) . |
| 28 | We could start with a review of his most famous chapters at the beginning of The State of the Prisons , especially the chapters entitled : ‘ General view of distress in prisons ’ ; ‘ Bad customs in prisons ’ ; ‘ Proposed improvements in the structure and management of prisons ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ We could go as a crowd . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , you said we could go on a picnic today . ’ |