Example sentences of "have do [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Sally 's dying wish that he should throw himself into his role as country copper Inspector Reg Wexford — and that he has done with a vengeance . |
| 2 | Something no-one has done in a balloon before . |
| 3 | It has to do with a lack of influence . |
| 4 | but erm I think she could 've done with a bit of company . |
| 5 | I , I and you could 've done with a queen . |
| 6 | ‘ That would 've done for a start . ’ |
| 7 | Well that 's what he said oh no when he went to sleep I did I 'd done about a page this is what I read out , I went Professor Plop and the Time Machine . |
| 8 | Oh and we 'd love to do swimming , erm , because we 'd done as a surprise for Carla for Christmas cos I mean we said the kids are getting older now , Dave heard it on the radio , erm , for one fifty a head , erm they were opening Guildford 's swimming pool erm , from ten till twe twelve ? |
| 9 | AS a student , all I 'd done in a hospital was two weeks as a medical student , wandering around . |
| 10 | Silly and stupid , the sort of thing he might have done as a child , pathetic for a man of his age . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ You could have done with a couple of stitches here . |
| 15 | ‘ Meeting Venus ’ looks like it could have done with a bit of old fashioned fascism itself . |
| 16 | I could have done with a bit of support from you once in a while . |
| 17 | I could have done with a bit of weeping and gnashing of the old teeth . |
| 18 | He knew he could really have done with a saw . |
| 19 | He could have done with a saw . |
| 20 | ‘ I could have done with a hand . ’ |
| 21 | How they could have done with a win this afternoon . |
| 22 | What would I have done with a mother who smothered me in love ? ’ |
| 23 | To perform these pieces in the same circumstances as Byrd would have done round a table with friends is to take the quest for authenticity to its logical conclusion . |
| 24 | People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that . |
| 25 | Now stevedore , what did you have to do as a stevedore ? |
| 26 | Our relationship does n't have to do with a cause , Father Tom ; it 's based on fear and guilt and power — like all true relationships . |
| 27 | He says what do you think you 'd have to do in a library |
| 28 | England won comfortably enough , as indeed they ought to have done against a team containing 10 players whose ages ranged between 16 and 21 , and one - Madan Lal — who lays claim to being 38 , despite the strong suspicion that ( were he as famous as Nehru ) the Centenary Trophy could just as easily have been named after him . |
| 29 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |
| 30 | ‘ That was the hardest training I 've done for a year , ’ he said . |