Example sentences of "i could do [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I told him about Hirondelle and how Deacon Billingsley had lied about the yacht 's fate , and I confessed that though there was nothing I could do about a corrupt policeman , nor about what I strongly suspected had been the murder of a yacht 's crew , I was still curious about the island . |
3 | Pleasant to browse but unwise to buy as I could do without the extra weight of heavy tomes for the long haul after the town up past Hay Bluff to the Gospel Pass — a climb to more than 1,750 ft . |
4 | I could do with a hot drink or summat — I 'm froze . |
5 | He said ‘ I think I could do with a strong cup of coffee ’ ( to keep awake ) . |
6 | What I could do with a nice pint of porter ! ’ |
7 | And then I could do with a nice pudding . |
8 | I could do with a nice sleep now . |
9 | ‘ I could do with a good laugh . ’ |
10 | Well , I could do with a good box and that might put me in with a chance . |
11 | Yeah I could do with a good laugh , go on . |
12 | Oh cos Sal and at speech day she goes God she goes I could do with a good screw . |
13 | I could do with a new duvet for our bed . |
14 | ‘ He showed them Viet Cong a thing or two , I could do with a few like 'im round 'ere . ’ |
15 | There are n't that many , but I could do with a few more clothes . ’ |
16 | I could do with a little bit up here pall . |