Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] could do " in BNC.

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1 No he says I could do it in a lot less time than that , he said and a lot neater , I said , you saying I 'm a scruffy writer ?
2 At the time Mick Doyle was coach to a successful Leinster side and he believed he could do a better job than McBride .
3 Jed had made his selection ; three toys stood out on their own in the middle of the floor , these being the ones that he reckoned he could do without .
4 He thought he could do it .
5 And he thought he could do without the high-interest assistance of French or Swiss bankers .
6 Sinatra seemed to reach a point where he thought he could do as he liked .
7 As usual , he thought he could do just as he pleased , without any regard for the consequences .
8 If he thought he could do that he needed to be put right .
9 It was astonishing that he knew he could do it .
10 Having waited so long to hear from the ‘ one man ’ who knew what had happened , when he appeared they could do nothing but gaze on him ; having made him into a celluloid star , there was no reason at this point to spoil it , and make him real .
11 Joking with Kalchu , he said he could do with a guard dog like that , fierce and resilient .
12 And that was only a fraction of the tricks he said he could do in his Heyday .
13 But what I did say , and he said he could do it , was to divide up , to compare us , that he could divide up the profitability and I 'm not sure that , you know i in terms of
14 He said he could do that in a few minutes after getting to his office , and I arranged to ring him later in the morning .
15 He said he could do them himself because I 'm not having .
16 You see the thing is , I said , Gary said to me he said did you ask them about the over bed erm units and that and I said yeah , I said he wanted to , he , he said he could do the over bed unit for eighteen hundred plus the wardrobes for three eighty eight
17 Though he admits he could do with the cash from ticket receipts ( £2.4m at the Science Museum in 1989 , £1.9m at the Natural History ) , Sir David argues that the British Museum ‘ should be freely available to everyone — to stretch minds , stimulate their curiosity and provide for their academic needs . ’
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