Example sentences of "could [verb] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I and you could 've done with a queen . |
| 2 | but erm I think she could 've done with a bit of company . |
| 3 | Apart from that they could 've sat on a wall and done exactly the same thing , she was in the street . |
| 4 | In theory , one action the authorities could consider adopting during a smog is to modify the adverse meteorological conditions or try to remove the pollutants from the air . |
| 5 | The continued marketing of products of dubious provenance , dubious efficacy , and dubious quality could bring discredit to a new approach to stopping smoking that seems to be of great potential benefit . |
| 6 | Knowing how rauch he could expect to earn on a regular basis from each market , he tailored his budgets accordingly . |
| 7 | His only fear is the region could become trapped in a cycle of boom and bust . |
| 8 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there is really another way if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . ’ |
| 9 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there really is another way , if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . |
| 10 | Fidelma was as unlikely a lady 's maid as one could hope to find in a month of Sundays . |
| 11 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 12 | So you can vote to change , Harlow could vote to switch to a whole council system . |
| 13 | You could try writing to a ramp builder , like Rare Unit or Freestyle Ramps for example . |
| 14 | For example , you could try to get into a routine of weighing yourself first thing in the morning before you get dressed . |
| 15 | Top government officials now fear the IRA could attempt to smuggle in a van bomb to wreck the seat of government and hugely embarrass the new Minister and prove him wrong . |
| 16 | Alternatively the committee could have served as a scapegoat if Pomgol activities had failed completely . |
| 17 | The butcher — a distinguished-looking man who could have served as a model for Mr Micawber and had , also , his turn of phrase . |
| 18 | Although , at that moment I could have done with a little less myself . |
| 19 | ‘ I could have done with a hand . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He could have done with a saw . |
| 22 | I think he could have done with a general chapter on the French State , which would have placed Diderot more firmly in his times and made clearer the difficulties he encountered . |
| 23 | I could have done with a little more natural variation in the sound , but seeing that all Kirk is probably going to do with it is leave it on the neck pickup , knock all the middle off at the amp and turn it up to an excruciating volume , it does n't have to be the most variable guitar in the world . |
| 24 | The little devils could have done with a firm hand ! ’ |
| 25 | I could have done with a few . |
| 26 | ‘ Meeting Venus ’ looks like it could have done with a bit of old fashioned fascism itself . |
| 27 | Not a cloud , not a shiver of cold air , though Liz for one could have done with a little less heat , as she wiped the sweat from her brow and sought the shade of a chestnut tree . |
| 28 | So she said what it was , and then looking through it , it actually certainly we could have done with a fle I could have looked at the the flexible thing before we came to the meeting , because it |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I could have done with a bit of support from you once in a while . |