Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] with [det] " in BNC.

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1 I could 've done with that !
2 I could 've run with that .
3 Well I could 've bought with that
4 His hobby is fishing and do-it-yourself things and he 'll just go out and buy the tools and I think , ‘ Oh that money , what I could have done with that money ! ’
5 Immediately , Lalage knew just what she could have done with that masterpiece in satin .
6 I could have done with that on the wall in , on my landing .
7 I hope I could have done with that
8 Earth could have done with some , deceptive or not .
9 HOW we could have done with some frogs ' legs among the dire fare served up for national consumption at Stamford Bridge yesterday .
10 But this dark , draining story , which could have done with some cheerier moments , is a lot more stylish than that .
11 I think we sho we could have done with some time to look at it really .
12 In the third division Hereford could have done with some luck … they went down at home …
13 In the third division Hereford could have done with some luck … they went down at home …
14 It was difficult to make sure I had taken the right things but not too much and I found I could have done with less .
15 Pearce could have done with more than the seven years he had at British Aerospace to achieve the kind of management culture he would have liked to have bequeathed to the company .
16 The three-times world champion has a good tale to tell and , while the format could have done with more meat on the bones , this volume certainly does not pull any punches .
17 Luke could have done with more help , but Umberto had barricaded himself into the tack room with another bottle .
18 Er we could have done with cars , he says , what are they bringing out this silly thing when we could have done with more cars you know .
19 I think Teresa felt very much as well that she could have done with more training on target setting and things like that .
20 I certainly would n't have been invited back to the Parsons ' , but I could have lived with that .
21 Though he could have stuck with any one of his developments and made a reputation , he is always looking for some new challenge on the lathe .
22 A good lawyer could have dealt with that .
23 You 'd put your hundred and twenty five thousand pounds down , you 'd also put down half of the jointly owned property because you could have dealt with that while you were alive and you 'll end up paying large amounts of inheritance tax .
24 He could have dealt with this decently without Stephanie .
25 ‘ Oh yes , I think Lesley-Jane could have mixed with some very eminent people .
26 It was no longer just that she did not like birds or could not bear to touch them — she could have coped with that , as it would not have intruded greatly on her everyday life .
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