Example sentences of "could [adv] do [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Well you could perhaps do it together but be careful . |
2 | Very good I wonder if we could all do it as well as that ? |
3 | Even when he could not do it properly he loved it , and very soon he pleased as much as he was pleased . |
4 | She knew that she could not do it alone . |
5 | Fritz wanted to do something immediately about Black Michael and his men , but Sapt and I realized that we could not do anything openly . |
6 | Could easily do it again . . |
7 | Smith , the British No 23 from Staffordshire , could hardly do anything right as Croft raced to a 4-0 lead and broke service four times en route to the first set . |
8 | Well , they could hardly do anything else . |
9 | Disconcerted , she admitted that she 'd only done this once before , that , in all honesty , I could probably do it equally well on my own . |
10 | She 'll hold off as long as she can ; we wo n't get much of a view , and they are saying shore batteries could n't do her much damage . |
11 | I always figured people became chefs when they could n't do anything else . |
12 | ‘ I could n't do anything else , could I ? ’ |
13 | ‘ Could n't do anything else . ’ |
14 | Heart-throb Nigel , who has played consultant Julian Chapman for three years , said last night : ‘ If I carried on playing Julian people would assume I could n't do anything else . |
15 | You could n't do anything else . |
16 | It seemed as if she could n't do anything right and everyone grumbled at her . |
17 | We could n't do anything very energetic , but we enjoyed the change , the magnificent scenery , and I appreciated the rest . |
18 | And we did n't bother , we could n't do anything much for these rabbits and try and kill them you know , as much as we could aye . |
19 | He was a wanted man in the Lebanon and UNACO could n't do anything publicly without endangering their own clandestine existence . |
20 | If he , if he could n't do anything then he would accept it and not do it and then try a bit and if he had to go back to bed . |
21 | Then , almost regretfully , ‘ No , no , no , we could n't do anything so terrible . ’ |
22 | almost servant type you know , he tied himself to you and you feel he could n't do you enough for you |
23 | No well he could n't do it either . |
24 | I could n't do it again . " |
25 | She felt she could n't do it again and she was n't about to crawl back to tell Ned Clarke so and have him volunteer Glyn for the job . |
26 | — I could n't do it properly , though , what with only having the one can on me . ’ |
27 | Now we could n't do it anyway next year , we 'll have to do it the following year as we 've heard earlier . |
28 | it was n't it was all at the front you could n't do it anyway |
29 | So you so you cou could n't do it anyway . |
30 | Well , I was one of the people who could n't do it even if I was n't lifting a heavy weight . |