Example sentences of "he could have done [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want Gina using those arguments next time he told her how much better he could have done for himself . |
| 2 | Oh I tell you what he could have done for us have a look at that master that matchline thing . |
| 3 | The reply brought Joseph Robinson an unease he could have done without : after all , he ought to be in the commanding position . |
| 4 | One thing he could have done without was an ambitious young investigating magistrate with a strong political bias , a prefabricated conspiracy theory and an itch to get his name in the news . |
| 5 | He could have done with a saw . |
| 6 | He could have done with something , fish and chips even , but the place was so goddamn countrified they probably did n't rise to things like that . |
| 7 | I think he could have done with a general chapter on the French State , which would have placed Diderot more firmly in his times and made clearer the difficulties he encountered . |
| 8 | As Sampras , who had suddenly found the steel and resilience that he could have done with in his match with Leconte 48 hours earlier , or even in the early stages of the third set against Forget , produced the lob to the baseline which made it 15–40 from the home team 's point of view , Noah sunk back into his seat in disbelief . |
| 9 | He refrained from ringing Fred up and stored Daisy 's dividend cheques in a drawer without cashing them , although he could have done with the money . |
| 10 | However , everyone else advised him to do it and it was probably the most catalystic thing he could have done at that period , although I had the feeling even if he did get a hit , it was something he could n't follow up because I knew the style of his writing . |
| 11 | He was better placed in a university than in a school , and enjoyed more than he could have done in any other society the life of that great college , which was to be his home for the remainder of his life . |
| 12 | As he listened to the answers he learned more than he could have done in other ways about the existing culture of the former two separate schools . |
| 13 | I was n't sure what he could have done from Purley , where he lived , but I had very great confidence in his championship . |
| 14 | Again there 's a lot of other evidence that Freud does n't mention and he could have done like the Ark . |