Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] could do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ones the or others , if you 're getting stuck on them , do n't miss something like this that you could do and get full marks . |
| 2 | The Bristol University graduate , the third-choice keeper until last night , did not put a hand , or foot , wrong and he could do nothing about the Spartak goals . |
| 3 | It would be much easier if I could do that informally . ’ |
| 4 | But in the severe turbulence that I encountered I had no control over my canopy and there was very little that I could do . |
| 5 | While de Gaulle did not find it difficult to detect what was in the air , there was little that he could do to influence Allied planning directly . |
| 6 | Does he not think that , with a general election coming , if he is confident in his position , the least that he could do would be to put that forward in a general election so that at least people will have an opportunity to give a view before they are committed by the right hon. Gentleman 's signature of a treaty of this magnitude ? |
| 7 | I would be delighted if we could do something . ’ |
| 8 | Well they they were all no well you could maybe aye they help aye but er usually they had as much as they could do themselves you see . |
| 9 | And that we would issue those summary sheets at a staff meeting and we would go through it at a staff meeting and that that , probably that was as much as we could do |
| 10 | It was as much as I could do not to join in . |
| 11 | As he tottered back to his seat it was as much as I could do not to applaud . |
| 12 | As much as I could do south of the equator |
| 13 | It was as much as she could do to restrain herself from rushing forward to grasp his hand in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity . |
| 14 | It was as much as she could do to push the hand-cart and to carry her body around with her . |
| 15 | ‘ Would n't it be fabulous if we could do this every night ? ’ |
| 16 | If this was the only causative factor , there would be little that we could do about it , but there is another side to the coin . |
| 17 | Mrs Ross , Mrs Girdlestone added , had only her pension to live on , and she repeated that she would be glad if I could do something about her as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Okay sixty add sixty or you could do |
| 19 | It has been known for many years that recycling used materials helps make great savings , but it was not until recently that it was realised how much good that it could do for the environment . |
| 20 | Story of four people this is a story of four people named everybody , somebody , anybody and nobody , there was an important job to be done and everybody was sure that somebody could do it , anybody could of done it , but nobody did , somebody got angry about that because it was everybody 's job , everybody thought anybody could do it , but nobody would . |
| 21 | As the Labour dissidents in the Cabinet recognized , they did not have the power — they were a minority in the Cabinet as well as in the Commons — to avoid such a cut ; all that they could do was to ensure that it was not a Labour government which imposed it . |
| 22 | It was all that he could do to contain himself when he was with her , and she held him off constantly , obeying the etiquette required of a genteel young female . |
| 23 | This was all that he could do , because the numbers on the apartment doors had all been defaced by the people who lived behind them . |
| 24 | All that he could do would be to advise him strongly against resigning , and , as he had done when attempting to dissuade him from dissolving Parliament , back up his advice with a formal protest , allowing Baldwin to tell his colleagues that the King objected to the course he was taking . |
| 25 | All that he could do was criticize the assembly 's work from the outside . |
| 26 | Mind you , it would be more comforting if he could do the same with those who are a dozen years younger than he is . |
| 27 | It would be helpful if you could do that without unwrapping it . ’ |
| 28 | The School Board is writing to support this initiative , and it would be most helpful if you could do likewise . |
| 29 | It would mean seeing Alain again and she was n't sure if she could do that and retain any distance . |
| 30 | Sometimes I myself am not sure if I could do it . |