Example sentences of "could do a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I like to think I could do a good job at a higher level , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I know you could come up with something — your work was always the best , and I 've every faith that you could do a good job . ’ |
| 4 | You could do a birdspotting book too ! — you know , ‘ Two magpies perched on telegraph wire = Leeds away win ’ . |
| 5 | I could d I could do a complete letterhead and just that just that logo as an E P S F that you could stick into WordPerfect . |
| 6 | Our universe might be like that — it might have an infinite number of galaxies — but if so , it will have to go on for ever in all directions and would n't be the sort where an astronaut could do a round trip in a straight line . |
| 7 | Perhaps most importantly , a clear statement of the Government 's interest could do a great deal to improve industry 's poor image in the eyes of the media and of young people , a factor which has made a major contribution to our failure as a nation to make the best of our reserves of natural talent . |
| 8 | Each reader could do a great deal of good by taking up this matter with his or her local MP or prospective candidate . |
| 9 | A vigorous mental-health association in Greece could do a great deal . |
| 10 | That type of change would enable one to say honestly that a redirection of the money already spent could do a great deal to improve the situation of farmers . |
| 11 | You work it out in stages , little bits , and then you add the bits together and then you add the bits together , so you say , well I could do a hundred times seventeen and then I could do ones times seventeen . |
| 12 | The problem with ditching Eurotunnel 's management would be that there is no certainty anybody else could do a better job . |
| 13 | They were under no illusions that they could do a better job from Detroit , but they had become increasingly concerned that they were getting out of touch with what was happening around the world , and that the tail was beginning to wag the dog . |
| 14 | This is merely routine arrogance , but it obscures from them the fact that they could impress everyone a lot more if they could do a better job — and with a bit of help they could . |
| 15 | At the time Mick Doyle was coach to a successful Leinster side and he believed he could do a better job than McBride . |
| 16 | The Royal African Company came under criticism from the West India sugar planters , who clamoured for more slaves to be supplied without explaining how they would be paid for , and also from other English merchants who thought they could do a better job of supplying slaves . |
| 17 | Can it really be the case that there is no Conservative woman Back Bencher who could do a better job than some of the present Cabinet Ministers ? |
| 18 | I could do a better job if I knew more about … |
| 19 | I could do a better job if I knew more about |
| 20 | . I could do a better job than you and Diane . |
| 21 | we could do a separate exercise then could n't we ? |
| 22 | I suppose we could do a classified count er on the A four eight seven sort of a bit away if we wanted a proper classified count could n't we ? |
| 23 | But I could not play at Wolves without knowing I could do a reasonable job . ’ |
| 24 | One person could do a two way on a quiet arm but the others are gon na need one person to do ins , one person to do outs . |
| 25 | But this week 's award goes to MR CLIFF RICHARD , for his assertion that , ‘ I could do a nude video and it would be the biggest thing that ever happened in Britain . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I could do a three hour programme every night of the week and no duplicate anything , ’ he enthuses . |
| 27 | ‘ I could do a three hour programme every night of the week and no duplicate anything , ’ he enthuses . |
| 28 | Or you could do a legalized dope poster campaign . |
| 29 | As a chemist , is there anything that you would really like to know , something you 'd really like to discover , something that if you knew you could feel you could do a whole lot more chemistry ? |
| 30 | Soon she realised that he was singing her praises to his friends , because other similar garden owners rang her up and asked her if she could do a few hours for them too . |