Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] could do " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the erm ceiling rose and preferably the light switch could do with replacing . |
| 2 | There was little the Phoenix King could do but finally declare war against one of his own realms . |
| 3 | There was astonishment also at what Sylvie Guillem could do with her legs , and excited suspense was also manifested over the question of whether Inès de la Fressange was coming or whether she had been deemed to be too much associated with Chanel and had therefore , in spite of being a close personal friend of Christian 's , been unceremoniously dumped . |
| 4 | That 's why the workers ' weekly pennies went to pay men like Bobby to speak for them and that 's just what Bobby Keith could do best . |
| 5 | If old Deirdre MacTavish could do it , anyone could , surely ? |
| 6 | Hedonists seeking the perfect golfing weekend could do no better than tackle these two majestic courses , using the Thorpeness Club Hotel as a base . |
| 7 | Players rushed to his aid , but there was little either they or physiotherapist Lawrie Brown could do . |
| 8 | Gloucester rugby club could do with some better aerodynamics at the moment … the cherry and whites are still searching for their first win of the season … they 've a club game tomorrow against Cardiff at Kingsholm … |
| 9 | Forced by her boyfriend , it is alleged , the girl sold sex for up to £90 a session and there was nothing staff at the Suffolk County Council home could do about it , Ipswich Crown Court was told yesterday . |
| 10 | I ca n't see into the future in the way you said your Aunt Liti could do , but I 'm certain of this , for I feel it in my bones . |
| 11 | Any fool can buy a blue-chip index ; Aunt Agatha could do it for herself , if she had the money and a stockbroker . |
| 12 | For example , at least some of the 50,000-odd Sun users in the telecommunications sector could do with more advanced network management tools , he says , claiming there are already a couple of initiatives under way . |
| 13 | The subtle and interesting studies of personality in The Heart of Princess Osra and Sophy of Kravonia show what Anthony Hope could do when he decided to shape his fiction wholly round a feminine concept of honour . |
| 14 | Under apartheid , the majority of South Africans could do neither . |
| 15 | The bar staff could do that like . |
| 16 | Nothing Eva Burrows could do guaranteed her salvation . |
| 17 | Its basic spec is fine , but the user interface could do with some updating . |
| 18 | The two scientists demonstrated that some RNA molecules could do the job directly . |
| 19 | If Mr Mitterrand could do it , why not Mr Rocard ? |
| 20 | If Hannah was the manager , there must be some other business Tabitha could do for her . |
| 21 | But surely Mr. Middlemass could do something . |
| 22 | Before Sir Oswald could do anything but lift his arm up , a man swung his arm round Sir Oswald 's neck . |
| 23 | As Mr Graham of Westpac acknowledges , Australia 's overseas business image could do with a less exciting 1990 . |
| 24 | And even after all that , the best Mr Major could do with his 21-seat majority and the support of the Liberal Democrats was to scrape home by three measly votes . |
| 25 | All the local maternity hospital could do was suggest that Allison should wait another three months before trying again . |
| 26 | Nothing Mr Landor could do could touch her any longer — she could endure rages , witness violence and not flicker an eyelid . |
| 27 | This decision filled her with profound gloom ; not only because her home had been so special and so very much loved , but also because the selling of Rose Cottage could do nothing but plunge her into financial disaster . |
| 28 | Sir , — I believe the following extract from the Sunday Times could do only good if the facts were fully appreciated by the general public : |
| 29 | I have read a book called 50 Simple things Kids Could Do To Save The Earth . |
| 30 | There was much that the United States could do to counter communism in the Cold War . |