Example sentences of "could have [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively the committee could have served as a scapegoat if Pomgol activities had failed completely . |
| 2 | The butcher — a distinguished-looking man who could have served as a model for Mr Micawber and had , also , his turn of phrase . |
| 3 | Although , at that moment I could have done with a little less myself . |
| 4 | ‘ I could have done with a hand . ’ |
| 5 | Her red suit was smart , but too bright a colour for her pale English pink and white skin , her brown hair could have done with a wash and her nails were ragged and bitten . |
| 6 | He could have done with a saw . |
| 7 | I think he could have done with a general chapter on the French State , which would have placed Diderot more firmly in his times and made clearer the difficulties he encountered . |
| 8 | I could have done with a little more natural variation in the sound , but seeing that all Kirk is probably going to do with it is leave it on the neck pickup , knock all the middle off at the amp and turn it up to an excruciating volume , it does n't have to be the most variable guitar in the world . |
| 9 | The little devils could have done with a firm hand ! ’ |
| 10 | I could have done with a few . |
| 11 | ‘ Meeting Venus ’ looks like it could have done with a bit of old fashioned fascism itself . |
| 12 | Not a cloud , not a shiver of cold air , though Liz for one could have done with a little less heat , as she wiped the sweat from her brow and sought the shade of a chestnut tree . |
| 13 | So she said what it was , and then looking through it , it actually certainly we could have done with a fle I could have looked at the the flexible thing before we came to the meeting , because it |
| 14 | Ironically she rarely used much make-up herself , but right now she could have done with a cover-up stick to hide the dark shadows beneath her eyes and some blusher to conceal at least a little of her pallor . |
| 15 | I could have done with a bit of support from you once in a while . |
| 16 | I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis . |
| 17 | I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis . |
| 18 | I could have done with a bit of weeping and gnashing of the old teeth . |
| 19 | My time would only be impressive if clocked by sundial but I was pleased with it , though I could have done with a couple of gym sessions to get in shape . |
| 20 | yeah — gazza can be macca , batty and even strachan — and what 's more he can be cuntona : as good as our midfield is we could have done with a ‘ tales of the unexpected ’ -type of player — the player who does things no one thinks of before said player actually does it ( im not talking about cuntano 's new shirt look … ) |
| 21 | Given the benefit of hindsight , Scotland could have done with a more demanding opening and might also have deployed the likes of Murry Walker and Carl Hogg first out , instead of waiting for the taxing fixture against Nadroga . |
| 22 | ‘ You could have done with a couple of stitches here . |
| 23 | How they could have done with a win this afternoon . |
| 24 | People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that . |
| 25 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 26 | On the other hand , it is extremely useful to have universities , polys and colleges compared on an equal basis , particularly as in these days of cutbacks many , who in earlier years could have relied on a university place , may have to hedge their bets by applying to polys too . |
| 27 | In the end , of course , lack-lustre Palace could not hold him and , although discerning fans then thought he could have played in a much higher grade , he subsequently had a successful career with stronger clubs in the 3rd Division South , Bournemouth and Reading . |
| 28 | But the same evidence could have led to a theory celebrating the system which , by laying down norms , establishing disciplines and , most important of all , providing scripts that , while not always particularly imaginative , were at least a sound basis to work from , enabled these directors to realize their individual vision . |
| 29 | A pity , say analysts , that it did not come off : America 's biggest-ever bank merger could have led to a barrelful of such deals — and not before time . |
| 30 | It could have led to a certain amount of resentment , particularly when the material benefits flowed in for Hannah . |