Example sentences of "could [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typical of the government 's hypocrisy , in Pink 's view , that it could bleat about the failure of exporters while at the same time putting every sort of obstacle in their path . |
| 2 | Miss Hatherby explained in her dry , sibilant voice , that they were sent from Paris so that London ladies could know about the latest French fashions and have them copied . |
| 3 | Europe ? well we could beat about the bush but there 's not a single rep on the road that ever gets out the office so got ta win it cos I actually saw I actually we I actually saw her go out and see a customer so she must she must be er |
| 4 | ‘ There was very little he could do about the horrendous injuries Cooper suffered in his two fights against Ali , but he saved him on countless other occasions with his quick , methodical work . ’ |
| 5 | Lying about my family 's social status came easily enough , but there was nothing I could do about the more visible signs of poverty . |
| 6 | ‘ There was nothing I could do about the accident . |
| 7 | There was little he could do about the image . |
| 8 | Auntie Lou said she could sew a piece of material on the bottom to lengthen the skirt but there was nothing she could do about the top and Carrie cried a little , privately , not because the dress was no use but because her mother should have guessed how much she had grown . |
| 9 | And that erm led to a lot of people coming down to the probation office , asking , you know , what if anything they could do about the noise up there . |
| 10 | Later in the day , a clam , dark brown Sunsail mechanic elbowed his way through the crowd of friendly Turks on the quay to see what he could do about the fuel line . |
| 11 | And in fact there was nothing that Willis could do about the boxes . |
| 12 | There was nothing Belinda could do about the way she felt . |
| 13 | In any case , there was nothing anyone could do about the men in the trenches until the fog lifted . |
| 14 | There seemed nothing she could do about the deeply dismaying , sick feelings of nervous excitement whenever she was anywhere near his tall , rangy figure . |
| 15 | Since there had been clearly nothing she could do about the situation , Laura had been forced to buckle down and do what she could to keep the twins happy . |
| 16 | There was nothing United could do about the second ; a great piece of football skill from Alan McLoughlin . |
| 17 | Piggott said all he could remember about the fall was the horse ‘ stumbled for about 20 yards before his legs gave way ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ In those days we could run about the area bouncing the ball , but now things are more entertaining . ’ |
| 19 | The mother you could see about the place , hurrying on the streets of Dynmouth , a woman with brass-coloured hair who sold clothes in a shop . |
| 20 | In the 1990s the report of these professional organizations who constituted a separate industry , was based on what they could discover about the applicant 's known record to date as regards prompt and full payment , on the applicant 's own assertions and , controversially ( because of possible contravention of the Data Protection Act ) information volunteered upon questioning by third parties . |
| 21 | Perhaps I could take about the philosophy which is behind Warnock ? |
| 22 | On the car journey , which took an hour and a half each way , he would talk to her with all the will he could muster about the toy shops . |
| 23 | Only Mr Hattersley could prophesy about the past and still get it wrong . |
| 24 | I replied that if colleagues agreed with him then we could forget about the whole review . |
| 25 | She intended to go straight to the second floor and find a policeman she could tell about the keys , but when she reached the first floor landing she veered into the newsroom instead . |
| 26 | It would be a help if I could get about the countryside when he was working . |
| 27 | Rauschning , though he hardly seems to have understood , could complain about the Gauleiter 's lifestyle precisely because they lived in the Free City . |
| 28 | The hostel was fairly close to town and no-one could complain about the prices . |
| 29 | I could complain about the truth of some of the bits of information my father passed on to me , mind you . |
| 30 | ‘ We could talk about the meaning of life , ’ continued Sarah , encouraged . |