Example sentences of "could [verb] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I and you could 've done with a queen . |
| 2 | but erm I think she could 've done with a bit of company . |
| 3 | Apart from that they could 've sat on a wall and done exactly the same thing , she was in the street . |
| 4 | His only fear is the region could become trapped in a cycle of boom and bust . |
| 5 | Alternatively the committee could have served as a scapegoat if Pomgol activities had failed completely . |
| 6 | The butcher — a distinguished-looking man who could have served as a model for Mr Micawber and had , also , his turn of phrase . |
| 7 | ‘ Meeting Venus ’ looks like it could have done with a bit of old fashioned fascism itself . |
| 8 | I could have done with a bit of support from you once in a while . |
| 9 | I could have done with a bit of weeping and gnashing of the old teeth . |
| 10 | Ironically she rarely used much make-up herself , but right now she could have done with a cover-up stick to hide the dark shadows beneath her eyes and some blusher to conceal at least a little of her pallor . |
| 11 | Her red suit was smart , but too bright a colour for her pale English pink and white skin , her brown hair could have done with a wash and her nails were ragged and bitten . |
| 12 | My time would only be impressive if clocked by sundial but I was pleased with it , though I could have done with a couple of gym sessions to get in shape . |
| 13 | ‘ You could have done with a couple of stitches here . |
| 14 | He could have done with a saw . |
| 15 | How they could have done with a win this afternoon . |
| 16 | ‘ I could have done with a hand . ’ |
| 17 | People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that . |
| 18 | On the other hand , it is extremely useful to have universities , polys and colleges compared on an equal basis , particularly as in these days of cutbacks many , who in earlier years could have relied on a university place , may have to hedge their bets by applying to polys too . |
| 19 | The magistrate said the words were neither abusive or insulting but could have led to a breach of the peace . |
| 20 | A pity , say analysts , that it did not come off : America 's biggest-ever bank merger could have led to a barrelful of such deals — and not before time . |
| 21 | But the same evidence could have led to a theory celebrating the system which , by laying down norms , establishing disciplines and , most important of all , providing scripts that , while not always particularly imaginative , were at least a sound basis to work from , enabled these directors to realize their individual vision . |
| 22 | ‘ And they could have arranged for a taxi . ’ |
| 23 | Some of the patrol who had been in the Feelgood could have radioed in a report before things started blowing up , or maybe even got away . |
| 24 | Insp Rodgers said : ‘ It seems this could have stemmed from a dispute over parking . ’ |
| 25 | Here were many war-time refugees and exiles from every country in europe , with accents you could have cut with a cheese wire . |
| 26 | In both these cases the alleged negligence was that of the medical staff at a hospital , but , as the decided cases show , it could have arisen from a range of other contexts , for instance from negligent driving of a motor vehicle or negligence on the part of a railway company or tramway company in respect of a train or tram in which the mother of the child was travelling as a passenger while pregnant . |
| 27 | That explains how such externalized music — recitative , stilo rappresentativo and all — could have arisen in an age ( XVI A.D. ) which had produced the " ineffably sublime and sacred music of Palestrina " . |
| 28 | ‘ It was my own choice to stay there , when I could have gone to a hotel . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 30 | The village of St Anton could have fallen off a picture post card : it 's that pretty ! |