could do

It seemed to me a fine thing that the pilot could do as he pleased, without asking so grand a captain's permission.

I started to think, if the boy could survive without breathing, for that long, there must be a way that I could do it.

Four: My head was full of the wonderful things that I could do in my life, as I looked, unseeing, at the sea.

If you want to see more women in the boardroom, you could do worse than ensure that higher proportions study for an MBA, one argument goes.

At least they patented something which, you know, could do useful things.

Since he couldn't run away, there was nothing he could do, so he gave the child a name.

Thus a woman, if she could do as much work as a man was counted a full-labor power and was paid accordingly.

I said, "Yea, ma'am. " It was the least I could do, but it was the most also.

And, I thought, you know, maybe in teaching you could do the same thing.

We could do with a little more of that over here. Might discourage some of the gangs grooming young girls!

Thank you. that's very nice of you. But i dun think i could do it now. I believe real friendship comes when its a good timing.

I wondered if there was anything that I could do to eliminate or clarify the practice here in London?

Chilled, Mr. Lin could see that the situation was beyond repair. All he could do was to take a grip on himself and walk out of the bank .

Or, you could do all of that in a single command, as you see in Listing 9.

We wanted to know how much better we could do.

For some time all that Elinor could do was to soothe her sister's distress, lessen her alarms, and combat her resentment.

they were all so tired that they could do nothing but sleep.

They were all so tired that they could do nothing but yawn, monster online.

When some of my hard comments about him became public during the New Hampshire primary, all I could do was apologize.

thousands of screaming individuals, no bigger than ants, were about to be annihilated and I could do nothing to help.

If I could do anything, I would be the boss of my own farm.

We could do nothing but wait, wait nervously for the day they decided to choose as Judgment Day.

The presumption used to be that if you could do the negotiating and policy advice to government, that would get you to the top.

"It seemed to me that this was something practical I could do to assist and to get closer to the work of the foundation, " Davies says.

One's parents could do only so much, her mother had explained, and a child was responsible for her own life.

It kept on nagging me. I had kept trying to think of something that I could do to protest against this border.

Seek to find out what you could do better to be the kind of mother to whom your daughter can entrust her innermost secrets.

Take a moment to reflect on what you could do differently to invite more of these things into your life.

ANCHOR What made you think you could do it better and make money out of it?

So that's what you think. You're wrong. If I really wanted to, I guess I could do it, all right.

No desert for me, thanks. It was as much as I could do to finish the main course.

Game after game, she could do nothing but sit on the sidelines watching others play the game that she loved so much.

All she could do now was to shun the scornful gaze of men, and to bear in silence the great change that was coming upon her.

At the time, Kimberly-Clark was a paper mill company that realized you could do more with wood pulp besides just make it into paper.

He said if you were a solid C, you could do well. I was a solid C.

Tell me how much you would charge for 5 sites like this and how quickly you could do it.

I wanted to make yogurt because I wanted to know how it was made, and I wanted to see if I could do it.

Inspired by this friend, I realized that I could do exactly what I decided to do.

I could do a whole talk on "The Matrix" and glamour but you know, it was criticized for glamorizing violence.

It was all I could do to keep them from shooting him, in the flush of success.

I didn't say the result was good, commented F. D. R. to a State Department official after Yalta. I said it was the best I could do.

Adam: With a Mac, I could do those things, but I would also get programs that allow me to edit photos, record music, and even make movies.

Sharon could change her husband's mind about many things, but she could do nothing with him on the specific issue of herself.

You want to know what I really think? I think you could do so much better than him.

Gmail also showed how much you could do with web-based software, if you took advantage of what later came to be called "Ajax. "

She said that her chief duty was to "make a comfortable area, an island of peace" in which he could "do his best work. "

ACT III ACT III Two weeks. I said I could do it in two weeks, and I did it.

He is told that he should "leave something behind as well" and that if he could do so he would be cured of his 'alcohol addiction'.

She was born into a very rich family, not worrying about her life in the slightest and could do anything she likes.

She had spent the last few years of her life thinking of him; what he wanted, what she could do to make him love her.

I put him on the dashboard of the car and kept studying him all the way from Michigan to Erie, trying to figure out what I could do.

The shoes: Patent-leather Oxfords are the classic, but a pair of well-polished regular Oxfords could do just as well.

His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determined to carry out his plan.

I could do nothing but join him after I hesitated for a few hours.

As for her personal safety, she said she isn't overly worried but does think about what a stray lunatic could do.

I ran into him in about 1960 and told him that law was fine as a hobby but he could do better.

Imagine what the U. S. economy could do if they put those inefficient greenbacks to work by, you know, doing SOMETHING.

Between you and me , the village could do with a little less feeding , don't you think?

She never stopped to make me believe that I could do anything with my life that I wanted, if I only tried hard enough.

Even coffee could not pull me out of it but as soon as I walked out to go home, I felt like I could do an iron man.

His PA got back and said he could do coffee at 11. 30 on a Wednesday in early January, but there was really nothing before that.

and long before I had come to a conclusion, surprise had taken entire possession of my mind, and I could do nothing but stare and wonder.

To help the children with their English was all I could do, at present, to show my gratitude to these unsung heroes.

With a pistol pointing at the back of his head, he could do nothing but toe the line.

Consider the work you do each day. Think about how you could do it just a little bit better.

You helped me to discover my potential. . . You wanted to see what I could do as much as I did. And now you want it to stop.

He could do nothing but go sadly back to bed.

After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her.

He wondered what in the name of Hell he could do to get out of this prickly sense of disgust and physical repulsion.

Imagine how much your net worth would increase if you could do the same.

But when her husband admitted he was having an affair and said he wanted a divorce, there was nothing she could do to stop it.

The biggest single favour governments could do for air travellers and the environment is to get out of the way and let airlines make money.

"I had no idea that you could do all this with Windows Vista! " was a typical reaction.

I said, "Yes, ma'am. " It was the least I could do, but it was the most also.

Shen was terrified, but there was nothing she could do to stop the torture that Mrs. Gu created for herself by years of mistreating animals.

Oh, it was the least I could do. After all, we would have been married thirty years next Tuesday.

Analysts said the results should give investors reason to think that the company could do well with or without Mr. Jobs.

How much more the statesman could do for his country if he were in sound health!

I said, "Ye ma'am. " It was the least I could do.

It's been a frustrating year, and you think you could do a better job than the boss. Keep that to yourself.

all I could do was to go to bed, meaning to lie there till the sky once more became visible.

Why, many a time I've looked at people smoking, and thought well I wish I could do that; but I never thought I could, " said Tom. "

After doctors removed the initial tumour from the side of his head, he could do little but wait.

Congratulations! I always knew knew you could do it. A: Thanks.

Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.

At a notice that I could do with her no longer intercepting my light, she removed to the hearthstone.

Clear leadership from him could do much to put the country's labour relations on a more stable footing.

The first thing that you could do was to turn off the light.

No doubt they feel more confident that having made it once they could do it all over again.

You look as if you could do with a good night's sleep.

However, things do not always satisfactory, as the ideal fall, I gradually accept the reality, though regrettable but could do nothing.

It's been a frustrating year, and you think you could do a better job than the boss. Keep that to yourself.

all I could do was to go to bed, meaning to lie there till the sky once more became visible.

Why, many a time I've looked at people smoking, and thought well I wish I could do that; but I never thought I could, " said Tom. "

After doctors removed the initial tumour from the side of his head, he could do little but wait.

Congratulations! I always knew knew you could do it. A: Thanks.

Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.

At a notice that I could do with her no longer intercepting my light, she removed to the hearthstone.

Clear leadership from him could do much to put the country's labour relations on a more stable footing.

The first thing that you could do was to turn off the light.

Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.

At a notice that I could do with her no longer intercepting my light, she removed to the hearthstone.

Clear leadership from him could do much to put the country's labour relations on a more stable footing.

The first thing that you could do was to turn off the light.

No doubt they feel more confident that having made it once they could do it all over again.

The man looked back at him and said, "Well, that's the least I could do after 20 years of marriage. . . "

You look as if you could do with a good night's sleep.

The enemy could do nothing but surrender.

What I could do was to collect my things and to leave.

I never heard such a noise. Papa began to shout " Whoa boys, steady boys, steady. . . " But there was nothing he could do.

What I could do was to collect my things and to leave.

I never heard such a noise. Papa began to shout " Whoa boys, steady boys, steady. . . " But there was nothing he could do.

One way of trying to answer it is to look in the fossil record for evidence about what modern humanity's closest relatives could do.

And when we met her we asked her what we could do for her, and she said, "Well, if you got me a Jeep I could get around a lot faster. "

I know, but it was necessary to awaken you and that was the only way we could do it. You must admit that it worked.

But after thinking about it for a few days, LL rang her old flame and told him that, yes, there was something he could do.

The air grew thin within a day. Many people could do nothing but sleep. I watched as my Princess was slowly dying. I had to try something.

Seeing my quizzical look, they pointed at a shop. It was a jewellers with no protective grating over the window. All you could do was laugh.

You might be trapped behind a screen, but while you were in there you could do anything.

In January of 2007, they began to piece together their system and by March, they were running tests to see just what Microwulf could do.

You might be trapped behind a screen, but while you were in there you could do anything.

In January of 2007, they began to piece together their system and by March, they were running tests to see just what Microwulf could do.

"No, " she replied. "But my husband refused to come shopping with me, so I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him. "

And the only thing that I could do at that point was dribble honey into his mouth and that brought him out of it.

After it was revealed that he'd also stolen from his employers, there was little he could do to salvage his battered reputation.

There were many sights that some of the children have not seen and we thought that us adults could do with revisiting them as well.

This plan was a biggie, not exactly the sort of project you could do overnight.

The only thing that we could do was to ask the police station for help.

Your work is all right but I'm sure you could do better.

It wasn't an easy decision, but I chose to do this after realising just how much more good my money could do for others than for me.

Your work is all right but I'm sure you could do better.

It wasn't an easy decision, but I chose to do this after realising just how much more good my money could do for others than for me.

I could do nothing but followed her to the town hall.

For, in good truth, you seem to turn over the pages of my past life far better than I could do myself.

Even if you could do this for a short while, God would have his way.

He'll love the clean house. He'll hate the bill. When he thinks of what he could do with that money, he'll roll up his sleeves.

More than anything, she wishes her hunger would go away. "It would be so much easier. I could do anything. "

Listen patiently and, when necessary, offer suggestions of what you could do to help.

She asked me if I could do it for her. And she promised to pay me for that.

75% advance is a bit high. It never happened in our cooperation with other partners. Do you think you could do us a special favor this time?

What you could do is to give him a lead at suitable time, because man sometimes needs a sudden blow from woman.

Look at what other students have done in the past few years; again, "I could do that better" is often a good place to start.

pre-authorization asks the slightly different question of "if I were to ask if I could do this, what would the answer be? "

I had now resorted to pacing the floor of the office. I nervously played with strands of my hair and tried to think of something I could do.

The sailors were terrified. The captain woke Jonah asking him to call on his God and see what he could do.

There is no doubt that the British could do more to improve trade with the rest of the world.

"Well, well, " said Drouet, "you did out of sight. That was simply great. I knew you could do it. Oh, but you're a little daisy! "

Imagine what all that energy could do if it were put to use.

She later told me, 18caused her to say softly to herself, "if he can do that, 19 I wonder what I could do? "

You are also in a position to make some critical observations as to what you could do to improve your living conditions at home.

But she could do something that none of the rest of us could achieve: arranging those colours in these vibrant patterns.

I'm confident that I could do a great job for you, and I'd like an opportunity to address any concerns you might have.

Do you think you could do what I ask you to without argument just once?

I tend to think of that as a guild quest in a way, but it is perfectly possible that 30 people, non-guiled, could do it as well.

But it took all her strength just to get back to her feet, and when she did all she could do was stand there, fevered and bleeding.

She broke into tears at the sight of the heavily armed Americans, and all the soldiers could do was try to help her with the heavy pump.

"We built a relatively simple robot out of a couple of Lego Mindstorm kits to demonstrate that you actually could do it, " said Bongard.

Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do.

"I think it would be the most natural thing he could do, to get back into the real hotbed of football, " he said of his former player.

With Dad's funeral scheduled for the next day, it was all I could do to take my mind off the reality of his heart attack.

Please put in my name - Nick and comment on all of the above needs for the site and how you think you could do them!

I lowered my head, walked towards tensely and stood in the middle of them, I did not know what I could do.

I wanted to do everything an economist could do. I would not tire in saying what I knew to be true.

The body weighed a ton, and it was all he could do to heave him up again on to the bed and prop his head on the pillow.

It can be expected that I could do a better work feel how they feel, and able to help more of those in need, with all my heart.

Louis: Seems like you got yourself in a jam, huh? I wish there was something I could do to help you out.

All I could do was stare at Lori-who, for the first time since Valentine's Day, stared back at me with great liquid eyes.

All medical staff could do was admit her to hospital and wait for what they believed was the inevitable miscarriage.

Get her to tell you what she would like to improve in your relationship and what you could do to make her feel loved.

It often took a long time to get people to tell the truth, and yet they knew that unless they told it the doctor could do nothing for them.

I have done all I could do, I told the truth, and I have faith the truth will prevail. GODbelss you and thank you.

I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run.

It was everything Susan could do to keep a smile on her face. Round two was under way, and she was already taking a beating.

And Orion is really one of the only, if not the only, off-the-shelf technologies that could do something.

He said he could do it all alone.

They had no plan to deal with such a crisis. Getting governments organised in eurozone summits or G20 meetings was the best they could do.

Even if it was arguably a bad long-term move to cater to clients' desires for less leverage, there was only so much Turtles could do.

When my boss asked me what I wanted to do , I said I could do thriller , romance, actions, whatever you wanted me to do !

'I've been a solider 50 years, I never thought my son could do something like this, ' local media quoted Mr. Li as saying.

You could do everything for your girl and did not ask for? maybe I could not. . .

It is as though I could do anything, and that whatever I did would be true, would not bring either conflict or pain.

If it would be of any help, I could do some cooking.

He, though, clearly remains very fond of LL, asking after her wellbeing and wondering whether there was anything he could do for her.

The best we could do seems to be to plug this into a regression formula to predict utilization as a function of packet size and rate.

He made himself the law and his law was that he could do anything he wanted.

The audience burst into laughter, except for the actor, who could do nothing but squeeze out a bitter smile. But this disaster did not end.

I saw this play, and I thought, it would really be fun to scare an audience, and see if you could do it while people are singing.

Many decided to delay decisions to leave, waiting to see what he could do with the reins.

They told him he'd had a chance, they had seen what he could do, and it was time to give someone else a try, he said.

It was all I could do to make my fingers work, but I got some of the rest of the shell flaked away and stared at the yellow.

There was a time, back in the mid-20th century, when Guangzhou was the only place foreigners could do business.

And, for that, we'll have to figure out a way to slice this region nicely. We could do it dx dy.

As a poor guy, what I could do there was just to be a passing traveller, haha!

Katie said: 'One day I got the idea to do a little Halloween design on my lips, just to see if I could do it.

When Major League Soccer (MLS) recruited Mr Beckham, it was more interested in what he could do off the field.

Last week I started to get out of the gym, I started training on the pitch and playing in goal, doing the first things I could do.

In a recent speech, Kikwete said the best he could do was to leave the part of the road that crossed the migratory route unpaved.

And the only thing that we could do for "that lot over there" was to talk to them.

If I wanted to transform a set of my enterprise services expose them as feeds, I could do that very quickly with Zero.

However, he hated the corruption of this world in the deep of his heart, he could do nothing to this but only to be a good boy with a mask.

It was the hardest fight of Kraus's life. People at the gym cheered him on. Garud kept saying he could do more.

I: What I thought was that we could do a large picture of a coke can and label it and then talk about the different parts.

You know how much damage we could do with ten kegs?

I could do nothing but waited for him in an anxious seat!

I said it would be a challenge -- but if someone could do it, it would be us.

It was a power by which she could do great harm to mankind, but she had never used it in all her life.

Well, if I could do it all again, I would have asked you to marry me even sooner.

So she went upstairs to answer it. Father and I could do nothing but wait and complain.

He saw there was no use denying it. All he could do was laugh a silly laugh and head for the bathroom to wash his hair.

Now would seem to be one such moment: some wise words from the king could do much to defuse tension.

Doing all I could do to keep focused on my own practicing, I continued to ignore him.

If I had been placed in a position to manage great affairs, I would have shown what I could do.

They are tired of him now, but the race could do with some of the star power he used to have.

All I could do was open and close my eyes and I watched with intense interest the recording of my own cardiogram.

That's been part of the learning process. Like this week I had a suggestion on an adjustment we could do on one of the plays that we run.

After only a week as his travel companion, I doubted that I could do what he had done.

But was there ever a depositor who thought he was turning his money over to the banker so he could "do as he pleases" with it?

Brown himself did not want to escape. He said he could do more to destroy slavery by hanging than by staying alive.

I'd guess he thought he could do better than his old relationship in London.

Being tired all the time is often put down to anaemia and women think they should take more iron, but that could do more harm than good.

On a Chinese New Year's Eve , my uncle spoke to me in Chinese , but all I could do was stare at him , confused , scratching my head .

Ann: The young man said that he was passing the sick man and stopped to ask the sick man what he could do.

And part of that was the amazing availability of technology, knowing we could do anything. I mean, we could never have done that.

So one thing you could do is spend less time gunning for that promotion and more time focusing on what you need to do to get a mentor.

If I could do something for this great rising up, that would be definitely a great deed.

stress was one of the worst thing you could do while you're trying to heal yourself.

You know, I asked her how she could do that? and she said she missed him.

It's just a shame that I didn't get a fair crack and show what I could do.

But do you think you could do even better if you cooperate with a good local subcontractor?

Just imagine what you could do with that kind of money. . .

Mr. Blunt said he told Democrats he thought he could flip five votes, if Democrats could do the same.

Unfortunately there was nothing else I could do but walk back to the dressing room, but I already knew what happened to me wasn't good.

I'm thinking you could do a whole series of shorts involving, you know, God's scary creatures of the South.

Yeah, well I might be if I had the supplies! I mean, I could do all this stuff. Only I don't.

He shrugged his shoulders as if to say that there was nothing he could do about it.

She was squirming around like a maniac. It was all we could do to hold her.

His wife, who works at a small nonprofit organization, protested, saying there was more he could do to look.

I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out.

When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew what I could do for him, and I put together a dozen of my very best roses.

And he could do and say such funny things! The children of Offal Court liked to listen to the stories he told them.

There they spent hours "trying to figure out what else we could do in the face of ever-worsening poll numbers. "

They were all so tired they could do nothing but sleep.

Source Code was an opportunity to show what I could do with a big-name star on a bigger budget.

"there are any number of jobs out there you could do, " says my father, looking at me with faux-sprightly eyes.

While girl students could do nothing but standing on the bridge, looking away from them casually, in their monotone but neat dress.

Syria, if it wants to re-engage with the West, could do more to stop jihadists seeping across the border.

It explained that it did not mean that they underestimated what WIPO could do on the subject.

Results might seem to be the outcome of extensive optimisation even though no one had done, or could do, the maths.

A year ago, we showed that you could do it with cells from embryos, " said Wilmut. "

I could do very well without you, if you were married to a man of such good estate as Mr. Crawford.