Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] could do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The son of the family went to California , learnt what made the Californians tick , and swore he could do as well , if not better , back in France . |
| 2 | The girls continued to giggle and scream and run and hide and generally have fun with their father , whom they adored and knew they could do as they liked with — especially , Katya , the middle one and the liveliest . |
| 3 | ‘ I can only assume they were intoxicated by the flood of enthusiasm from central government , and thought they could do anything , even build power stations in the sand , ’ he says . |
| 4 | She liked the reflected glory of her daughter 's being with such a famous star , and thought it could do nothing but good for the girl 's future in the theatre . |
| 5 | Gail , who is also looking forward to the birth of her first baby in November , said : ‘ We have just come back from two wet weeks in Bournemouth and said we could do with spoiling ourselves with a stay in a luxury hotel then I was told I had won — it 's amazing. , ’ |
| 6 | She gave no address and said she could do nothing more to help her mother . |
| 7 | I also told him about the new hip and thigh diet and said I could do with some more volunteers to try it out . |