Example sentences of "we could [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could improve on a little bit was er , the time spent on incoming calls and queries which is hard to get away from . |
| 2 | In order to evaluate the level of service that we could expect from a bureau we concocted a dummy page for a newsletter and sent it on disk to six carefully selected bureau . |
| 3 | I think everyone felt it was stodgy ; it was not a dynamic springboard from which we could leap into a new era of effective education . |
| 4 | ‘ We could build on a garden room . ’ |
| 5 | Simon Murison-Bowie wrote to you on 22 December last year asking you to let us know the operating system and machine you would run the tape on , and the tape density you would need , so that we could arrange for a copy to be prepared for you . |
| 6 | We could end as a line of pantun . |
| 7 | We could sit in a meeting in the Sit(uation) Room and be discussing these other activities , and fall into almost a kind of , you know , warp in which you would n't know whether you were talking — I mean , the use of shorthand and so forth in the discussions you could n't tell whether we 'd suddenly slipped into this question of selling arms to get them back this way or whether we were still discussing the other thing . |
| 8 | If we consider the exercise-bicycle market shown in figure 2.10 , for example , we could move to a higher level of abstraction to new fitness machines and to lower levels of abstraction which can reveal a whole range of possibilities . |
| 9 | ‘ I always knew we could score from a set piece , but what I did not expect was to concede two from set-pieces , ’ reflected manager Nigel Best . |
| 10 | We could talk about a proportion of that for you — each time I take him out of some piece of action , you stand to gain . |
| 11 | If we had superhuman reactions then perhaps we could manage with a rigid pole , for we would then be fast enough to ease off when the fish made a sudden plunge . |
| 12 | We could do with a few more young men like Charles . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We could do with a night-club and a massage parlour an , all , , said the Viking , full of enthusiasm . |
| 14 | We could do with a servant like that . |
| 15 | Though shooting 's too good for them , if you ask me , we 're too soft in this country , we could do with a bit of Hitler here I think sometimes instead of the namby-pamby way we go on … . ’ |
| 16 | And we could do with a break in America . ’ |
| 17 | WE COULD DO WITH A REST FROM LIVERPOOL |
| 18 | We could do with a rest from Liverpool . |
| 19 | Erm we have quite a few helpful people within the sport , but we could do with a lot more friends . |
| 20 | I think we could do with a cup of tea . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We could do with a cup , especially you , girl . ’ |
| 22 | After all we are only human beings down here and we could do with a lot more praise and comfort then we actually get . |
| 23 | We could do with a transfusion . ’ |
| 24 | We could do with a swim at the hotel pool and maybe a sleep , but there was no time as our schedule was tight . |
| 25 | We could do with a call anybody there anyone 's near a phone just pick it up and ring me all right just ring now I 'll give erm we 'll give a million pounds to the first caller fingers crossed . |
| 26 | I reckon we could do with a left-winger . |
| 27 | Have you come across anything think ooh we could do with a look at that ? |
| 28 | ‘ We could do with a bit more interest from the Greens . |
| 29 | Thing is we could do with a lie in in the morning . |
| 30 | We could do with a lot more |