Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe if I could make myself invisible , then I could walk down a street without feeling on trial for the way I look . |
| 2 | Ger Van Vliet , a Dutch botanist who heads the EC scientific working group on Cites , says wild orchids are easy to steal : ‘ I could walk into a forest in Sabah ( Borneo ) and take away the last remaining specimens of a rare species in one suitcase . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I could pay for a hotel , of course , but he 'd find me . ’ |
| 4 | ’ It 's no exactly my own idea of good taste and I could do wi' a suit that 's a better fit , but beggars can nae be choosers , as they say . |
| 5 | I could do with a friend . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I could do with a whisky , ’ I said . |
| 7 | I could do with a clock up in our bedroom . |
| 8 | I want you to pick up your phone and call me now cos I could do with a couple of phone calls so pick it up now O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 9 | I could do with a couple of those . |
| 10 | I could do with a drink . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Stupid bloody licensing laws , ’ spat Billy , ‘ I could do with a drink . |
| 12 | I could do with a drink … ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ I could do with a drink , though . ’ |
| 14 | I could do with a drink . ’ |
| 15 | I could do with a drink . ’ |
| 16 | Neither of us , it would seem , is much of a leg man , but I suppose I could do with a bit more than I get . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know , ’ I said — ‘ I think I could do with a bit of exorcism ! ’ |
| 18 | I could do with a bit more . |
| 19 | I could do with a laugh ! |
| 20 | I could do with a lie in ! |
| 21 | ‘ I could do with a cup of coffee , ’ Trent said to Gomez . |
| 22 | ‘ I could do with a cup of tea . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I could do with a cup of tea , Lydia , ’ she smiled and when it was placed on the table before her , she wrapped both hands round it in a gesture which seemed natural , here in her mother 's kitchen . |
| 24 | I could do with a cup . |
| 25 | I could do with a cup of tea now I know that , oh I could n't see that signpost |
| 26 | No I could do with a lot more . |
| 27 | Mind you , I could do with a fire , an electric light , a packet of cigarettes and a good pot of coffee . |
| 28 | ‘ I could do with a tot of brandy , ’ she said . |
| 29 | I 've said I could do with a fag |
| 30 | First things first though : I could do with a morning cup of coffee . |