Example sentences of "[pron] could do [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
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 Ah now you could do with Fred 's Mitsibushi video could n't you ?
4 So the fact that Bolton before tonight had got three points as too had Notts , is er indicative of the fact that Notts need to win tonight and they could do with Bolton losing .
5 There was n't much he could do about Preston except shout abuse across the garden fence at his nan while she was putting the washing out , but he managed to persuade her it would be a mistake sending him to a Catholic school .
6 Nothing he could do about Oxford 's goal .
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