Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] with a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The taxpayer 's claim that he could not comply with a s 8 , TMA 1970 notice requiring him to submit tax returns as he was not in possession of the full facts to enable him to complete the returns properly was rejected in the High Court in Alexander v Wallington General Commissioners and IRC [ 1992 ] STI 264 . |
| 32 | ‘ I could just do with a cuppa , ’ he said brightly . |
| 33 | I could just do with a drink . ’ |
| 34 | I wonder if we could just finish with a very brief comment from you in a positive sense as to what would be your advice to somebody that 's unemployed ? |
| 35 | IMO we could still do with a Ruddock type figure at the back . |
| 36 | His mother agreed that he could always play with a particular set of toys immediately after getting dressed , provided he threw no tantrums . |
| 37 | George and Marie clearly need to do some manpower planning , starting with themselves : Marie could clearly do with a bit of training in delegation , and George might benefit from a course in marketing . |
| 38 | Miss Ruth or Miss Joan , as she still thought of Mrs Lovell and Mrs Young , could probably do with a hand . |
| 39 | You could probably do with a sun dress more than . |
| 40 | I think we could both do with a luxury evening with good food , soft lights and a tranquil background . |
| 41 | I could really do with a bit of a sit down and summat to drink , so I go down the driveway into the station . |
| 42 | I wish I 'd got some cos I could really do with a hot drink . |
| 43 | This may explain the kind of contradictory evidence about Minor schools highlighted by another DCSL 's comment that " some Minors were chosen because they needed support but could n't cope with a Major " . |
| 44 | I could n't cope with a relationship that was so physical , I started to freeze up when you touched me . |
| 45 | They could n't cope with a teddy bear . |
| 46 | I did n't particularly , but I did wonder whether perhaps the left 's priorities could n't do with a little sharpening . |
| 47 | Dealing through a third party made things more difficult than they were already but the young officer could n't deal with a situation like this and the Captain could n't risk not making himself perfectly understood . |
| 48 | You 'd have to get rid of a lot of your assumptions before you could fully appreciate why I could n't live with a man I do n't love , or I do n't think you could ever understand why I ca n't accept to be maintained , to put myself at the disposal of another , be in another 's company twenty-four hours a day , share another 's pleasures and pains — and so on . ’ |
| 49 | I said that if I was going to get into the guitar business , I 'd got to make a highly precision piece — I could n't live with a 32nd or 16th of an inch tolerance and then have some old violin maker filling up the gap with plastic wood , or just leaving a huge crack around the joint as some people do , I had to find a way of making precision wood parts . |
| 50 | I said that if I was going to get into the guitar business , I 'd got to make a highly precision piece — I could n't live with a 32nd or 16th of an inch tolerance and then have some old violin maker filling up the gap with plastic wood , or just leaving a huge crack around the joint as some people do , I had to find a way of making precision wood parts . |
| 51 | It could well start with a close look at the available resources for the period or topic , and these may determine the course of work , the order in which topics are introduced and the learning activities carried out . |
| 52 | The tapestry could well end with a Scottish victory . |
| 53 | We could certainly do with a rota of people to man the museum and more volunteers to put on it . |
| 54 | I could certainly do with a drink . |
| 55 | You could never dance with a . |
| 56 | I could never work with a man like that and I told him so . |
| 57 | Well perhaps I 'll have a look in town next Friday then , I could definitely do with a pair |
| 58 | For example : each soloist need not begin with a formal bow to a king or to the audience , nor end with another bow or considered pose ; but such behaviour may be included if the choreographer wishes to locate dance in a particular century and probably a palace in which the story unfolds . |
| 59 | And then that small win on the pools ; we need n't go with a group , Dan had said , go on our own , do what we like , stay in a really good hotel , have the holiday of a lifetime , what d' you say . |
| 60 | The Israeli delegation rejected such an interpretation and insisted that it would only negotiate with a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation . |