Example sentences of "could [vb infin] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely no more appropriately-named horse could win with a General Election only five days away from the race itself . |
| 2 | She had heard rhyming slang , she knew what four by twos meant , and she 'd once been asked if she could speak with a Jewish accent . |
| 3 | Now they could dance with a clear conscience . |
| 4 | She told them about the disturbed girl at St Cecilia 's , the girl called Julie who performed feats of levitation , and about the girl who could read a page of a newspaper and remember it , and Enid who could hypnotize with a fountain-pen top . |
| 5 | Alice 's Restaurant ( 1969 ) had an obvious appeal for those who could identify with a communal haven for hippies , and Little Big Man would continue to reveal his preoccupation with the outsider by seeing the Cheyenne as ‘ ethnic ’ hippies who contrasted favourably with white civilisation . |
| 6 | I could do with a hot drink or summat — I 'm froze . |
| 7 | You look as if you could do with a hot drink , and as a matter of fact , so could 1 . |
| 8 | He looks as though he could do with a decent meal , ’ Markby observed . |
| 9 | ‘ I could do with a good laugh . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We hate to detain our most welcome guests , especially when they have … ’ he looked Anna May up and down as if his mind could do with a good Chinese laundering ‘ … other urgent business to attend to . ’ |
| 11 | Well , I could do with a good box and that might put me in with a chance . |
| 12 | Could do with a good faith if it 's not one it 's in the last |
| 13 | Yeah I could do with a good laugh , go on . |
| 14 | Oh cos Sal and at speech day she goes God she goes I could do with a good screw . |
| 15 | ‘ For a start you could do with a new burglar alarm ’ |
| 16 | I could do with a new duvet for our bed . |
| 17 | Actually , probably , could do with a new boiler thing I should think . |
| 18 | He could do with a warm bed . |
| 19 | He said ‘ I think I could do with a strong cup of coffee ’ ( to keep awake ) . |
| 20 | The neck joint is another area that I think could do with a slight re-design . |
| 21 | What I could do with a nice pint of porter ! ’ |
| 22 | And then I could do with a nice pudding . |
| 23 | Well you could do with a nice middle there could n't you ? |
| 24 | I could do with a nice sleep now . |
| 25 | Daddy could do with a nice little doze I know that . |
| 26 | To her mind , Lucy looked like she could do with a huge warm hug . |
| 27 | ‘ Could do with a thick jersey . |
| 28 | ‘ I — I mean , I thought — it was — it could do with a clean so I- ’ |
| 29 | This was an occasion , she thought to herself , when a woman could do with a little comfort . |
| 30 | I could do with a little bit up here pall . |