Example sentences of "could do [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 2 | I could do something with that hair . ’ |
| 3 | They could do something about that . |
| 4 | Well , he could do something about that . |
| 5 | Sally said nothing , and Harriet went on : ‘ You do n't really think she could do something like that , do you ? |
| 6 | I 'm quite sure that it was a sort of catalyst for him , to prove that he could do something like that . ’ |
| 7 | okay , okay erm yeah although normally you could do something like that while you can do that by phone you can call up and say yes we 're coming definitely just to get in touch and say it . |
| 8 | It was terrifying to think that someone could feel such hatred towards you that they could do something like this . |
| 9 | Erm and then you went for a whole month which was , you could do something in that time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Sinclair also urged Chamberlain to beware of a pact with Russia , insisting that the Red Army ‘ could do nothing of real value ’ . |
| 12 | Ewan felt he could do nothing about this situation , and there was no use worrying about it . |
| 13 | A DG could do nothing about this . |
| 14 | Unfortunately I could do nothing at all . |
| 15 | Felipe could do nothing at all . |
| 16 | Four , you could do nothing at all and leave any course of action to the solicitors comfortable then you should be using their best endeavours to obtain the licence . |
| 17 | But we could do nothing with that English nose of yours . |
| 18 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 19 | I could do it on each of these . |
| 20 | Er that was n't er on competition though , th that was er an Intercity job which Birmingham said they could do it for that figure . |
| 21 | So you , you said you could do it for five p a copy ? |
| 22 | No we could , we could do it for all jobs cos |
| 23 | we could do it for all jobs , and see , that 's what I saying , I mean , we 've got |
| 24 | ‘ I could do it for thirteen . |
| 25 | You could do it with two rulers could n't you . |
| 26 | Edward Hamer , of Llanidloes , asked how New Zealand company Fortex , which is currently considering two shortlisted sites one near the Powys village , and another in Lockerbie , Scotland expected to create so many jobs when his company could do it with half the number . |
| 27 | Word reached Peter Wheeler , the Leicester coach , of a young lad at Wakefield , a full-back , a slick-running full-back at that , who not only could kerplonk the ball like a metronome between the posts but could do it with either foot . |
| 28 | The way I got into national radio from local radio was listening to programmes and thinking , ‘ I could interview X , and I could get it into that programme , if I could do it in that format . ’ |
| 29 | And he could do it in less time . |
| 30 | For example , if it was important to distinguish between a high level and low level tone for English we could do it in this way : |