Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | She could do with the extra money . ’ |
| 18 | Herta sometimes looks as though she could do with the odd impotent interlude . |
| 19 | Coun Fishwick said there was not a lot she could do with the proclamation , adding it was county council business anyway . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She could cope with the Jonathans of this world . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Said she could check with the hotel if she wanted to be sure . |
| 26 | Oh no , her mother 's opinion had been , if Jessie did n't want to serve in the shops then she could help with the housework and learn to cook , and so save Maggie Rice 's half week 's wage of six and threepence , for Maggie was on what her mother called half-days , which started at eight and finished at one . |
| 27 | That she could deal with the philosophical and ideological issues related to women 's position in the family is evident from the poem ‘ Man the Monarch ’ in which she debunks the view that men 's sovereignty over women derives from Adam : |
| 28 | ‘ You could stay with the Ballards ; Zelah would love that . ’ |
| 29 | You could go with the travel club , I suppose , but then you do n't get the chance to come down the Three Goats Heads pub in the city centre before and after the match and meet everyone else from the list — hopefully . |
| 30 | Well I mean you could go with the new treasurer , but they would drive , so erm . |