Example sentences of "could do with [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shut her bedroom door , knowing fate had decreed that the book she was reading should be resting in the sitting-room , leaving her with nothing to do but make her bed , sit on it , lie on it , unmake it , jump on it , push it round the floor — there were limits to what you could do with a bed , and it was the only piece of furniture in the room . |
| 2 | I could do with a friend . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You looked as if you could do with a sit-down , ’ said the boy 's mother . |
| 4 | ‘ She could do with a bit of growing up , ’ observed Davyd , the shrewd Welsh gardener . |
| 5 | Looks like all of us could do with a bit of both . ’ |
| 6 | It could do with a bit of script-editing but satellite sceptics expecting a botch-job held together by sticky-backed plastic will be pleasantly surprised . |
| 7 | 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 … . ’ |
| 8 | It should n't be difficult , there 's plenty of farms could do with a bit of help with men away at the war . |
| 9 | She 's in her early forties , she does n't drink and , frankly , could do with a bit of peace and quiet . |
| 10 | Cos presumably there must be an awful lot of wealthy old age pensioners about as well who , who could do with a bit less er , from the state because they 've got plenty of their own , er and give a bit more to people who do n't ? |
| 11 | Neither of us , it would seem , is much of a leg man , but I suppose I could do with a bit more than I get . |
| 12 | ‘ This one 's got brass handles , which could do with a bit of a clean . |
| 13 | ‘ You look as if you could do with a bit of help … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know , ’ I said — ‘ I think I could do with a bit of exorcism ! ’ |
| 15 | Jane could do with a bit of help in the kitchen and you know you are the children 's favourite baby-sitter . |
| 16 | ‘ We could do with a bit more interest from the Greens . |
| 17 | Yeah , dad would say , not enough garlic in there , that could do with a bit of cauli-head in there and I will you |
| 18 | I could do with a bit more . |
| 19 | He was gormless , spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside . |
| 20 | I want you to pick up your phone and call me now cos I could do with a couple of phone calls so pick it up now O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 21 | I could do with a couple of those . |
| 22 | She still felt a bit wobbly on her legs and she knew too that she could do with a holiday . |
| 23 | Just have to well just certain times when th could , just could do with a holiday from them . |
| 24 | On the other hand , you sound as if you could do with a laugh . |
| 25 | I could do with a laugh ! |
| 26 | ‘ This mirror could do with a clean . ’ |
| 27 | We could do with a servant like that . |
| 28 | United 's goals have dried up though … and they could do with a man like Southend 's Stan Collymore who hit the winner 12 minutes from time … he 's worth over a million pounds … and left Oxford penniless on saturday … |
| 29 | WE COULD DO WITH A REST FROM LIVERPOOL |
| 30 | We could do with a rest from Liverpool . |