Example sentences of "i could do for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing I could do for it this time' ) , but ‘ Is She Really Going Out With Him ? ’ , formerly ditched , now finds itself reinstated , although apparently in a setting designed to tease out its reluctant humour once and for all . |
| 2 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 3 | There are lots of things I could do for you , ma'am . |
| 4 | ‘ It was the least I could do for them . ’ |
| 5 | Ex-presidential candidate Ross Perot told The Wall Street Journal he did n't mean he would take John Akers ' job when he told TV host Larry King that ‘ If there 's something I could do for IBM , well , I owe them that forever . ’ |
| 6 | So now I needed a job that I could do for approximately four months — something well-paid , light , congenial , preferably among colleagues with a physical inability to drop their eyes below shoulder level . |
| 7 | ‘ The things I could do for him , ’ she sighed . |
| 8 | As Fielding led me back to our table I made a powerfully worded verbal pass at a salacious waitress , who appeared to be all for it but then came down with some deep sorrow in the kitchen , and when I burst through the double-doors to console her two men in sweat-grey T-shirts assured me there was nothing I could do for the poor child . |
| 9 | I did n't recognise him , nor did there seem to be anything I could do for him . |
| 10 | Oh I know what I could do for that . |