Example sentences of "it could do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While banks welcome the change , some critics fear it could do them more harm than good . |
| 2 | They had heard the unnatural humming of a pylon in the summer air ; and had actually gone beneath it , on Fiver 's assurance that it could do them no harm . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When the guerrillas appeared it could do nothing to stop them . |
| 5 | It could do something . |
| 6 | It could do her harm . |
| 7 | It could do nobody any good . |
| 8 | If the registration service was erm , asked to ma to reduce its budgets for ninety four , five and future years , by twenty thousand , it could do it in to three , four , five because it would bring forward twenty thousand pounds worth of carry forwards . |
| 9 | On the contrary , said the voice , it could do his case untold damage . |
| 10 | It could do you all the good in the world . ’ |
| 11 | But it could do your confidence the world of good . |
| 12 | The whole thing seemed faithfully in the past , where we could regard it with intense interest , and surround it with historical debate , but where it could do us , and our generation , no harm . |