Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I could do with the rest . ’ |
| 2 | I could do with the company and Mrs Manners has still got enough turkey to feed the third world and the poor Albanians . |
| 3 | ’ I could do with the rent ! ’ |
| 4 | Mark discharged himself , came on to the film set and proceeded to tell me what I could do with the part , the film and the clinic . ’ |
| 5 | I could do with the company . |
| 6 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 7 | Well at one time , I was able to cope with that , but eventually I found myself taking three and four weeks to do it , y'know , with time wasting for going out trying to score and stuff like this , just to feel as though I could cope with the job . |
| 8 | I do n't think I could cope with the memory of you sitting in my study weeping . ’ |
| 9 | In Hollywood I could interact with the outside via telephones , answering machines and television . |
| 10 | ‘ I tell you , there are times when I could agree with the good doctor of Norwich , old Tom Browne , that it were better if we humans propagated in the manner of trees . |
| 11 | ‘ That season ’ , he reckons , ‘ I discovered I had something to offer ; that I could play with the big boys . |
| 12 | I could help with the housework … please , sir ! ’ |
| 13 | I told myself I could live with the thought of having just a small part of your life and love , but when you put it into words a few moments ago I could see how awful it would have been . |
| 14 | If it helps my blood pressure I could live with the cold |
| 15 | Well it 's , I mean , you know , it 's I I do n't think I could live with the conscience , if I was selling I would say well look |
| 16 | I did n't have any skill whatsoever , but I could run with the ball and hold it . |
| 17 | Could a Council be established which could cope with the demands made upon it by a multitude of members ? |
| 18 | Theodora wondered whether it was a room which could cope with the demands of the modern world . |
| 19 | Even if a computer was available which could cope with the load , the system has serious difficulties not least of which is coverage . |
| 20 | But nothing could compare with the two universal sex-symbols of the decade , Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot . |
| 21 | The weather was good , scores were high on the day , but no-one could live with the excellent golf from Dermot who kept a steady throughout , pausing only once for a ‘ chuckle ’ as colleague Kevin O'Leary pitched a 9-Iron into the nearby water hazard , albeit the Shannon . |
| 22 | She could do with the extra money . ’ |
| 23 | Herta sometimes looks as though she could do with the odd impotent interlude . |
| 24 | Coun Fishwick said there was not a lot she could do with the proclamation , adding it was county council business anyway . |
| 25 | I asked my neighbour to turn down her records as I found it impossible to concentrate and she said the only way she could cope with the stress of her reality was to blast her music . |
| 26 | She could cope with the Jonathans of this world . |
| 27 | Quickly she looked away , fiddling with papers on her desk , not sure she could cope with the anguish in his eyes that mirrored her own , but David lingered . |
| 28 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 29 | She had been reluctant to put it away , wishing she had no other commitments so that she could continue with the next chapter and looking forward to getting down to work again the following morning . |
| 30 | Said she could check with the hotel if she wanted to be sure . |