Example sentences of "have do [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Silly and stupid , the sort of thing he might have done as a child , pathetic for a man of his age . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | My time would only be impressive if clocked by sundial but I was pleased with it , though I could have done with a couple of gym sessions to get in shape . |
5 | ‘ You could have done with a couple of stitches here . |
6 | ‘ Meeting Venus ’ looks like it could have done with a bit of old fashioned fascism itself . |
7 | I could have done with a bit of support from you once in a while . |
8 | I could have done with a bit of weeping and gnashing of the old teeth . |
9 | He knew he could really have done with a saw . |
10 | He could have done with a saw . |
11 | ‘ I could have done with a hand . ’ |
12 | It immediately grabbed my nose and twisted it round as it would have done with a fish . |
13 | How they could have done with a win this afternoon . |
14 | What would I have done with a mother who smothered me in love ? ’ |
15 | To perform these pieces in the same circumstances as Byrd would have done round a table with friends is to take the quest for authenticity to its logical conclusion . |
16 | People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that . |
17 | Now stevedore , what did you have to do as a stevedore ? |
18 | Our relationship does n't have to do with a cause , Father Tom ; it 's based on fear and guilt and power — like all true relationships . |
19 | ‘ What in God 's name , Sir Edmund , would that have to do with an abbey in Somerset ? |
20 | He says what do you think you 'd have to do in a library |