Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I could pay for a hotel , of course , but he 'd find me . ’ |
2 | Later I could arrange for a car to take you on to Luxor . |
3 | I thought , if I could go for a hybrid of these two , and get comedians to come in and sit with deadpan expressions , I might have something interesting on my hands . |
4 | ‘ I could ring for a taxi , ’ she suggested , when the final guests had departed and she was standing with her host and hostess on the drive . |
5 | I could ask for a trial , but I was not confident of the judges ' honesty . |
6 | In April 1964 I arranged with Roy Dennis , who had recently been appointed as warden of the bird observatory , to visit the island for a week to get the experience and expertise required before I could apply for a permit to catch and ring birds . |
7 | At that time , University College had no fellow in mathematics , which was another reason he wanted me to do chemistry : I could try for a scholarship in natural science rather than in mathematics . |
8 | If Zafferana was saved from the lava , which could flow for a year or more , it would be ‘ a complete fluke ’ , he said . |
9 | Here , through the space of a breath or two , she could live for a moment in the rapturous evening when she and Lal had dressed for the Hunt Ball : the evening that had given her Andrew . |
10 | Obviously she had to go to Dublin and stay in the convent there ; this was the only way she could train for a career . |
11 | Perhaps she could ring for a taxi , to take her to the nearest station ? |
12 | I 'm supposed to find a guy in a white coat who could pass for a hospital attendant . |
13 | If that 's a bit out of your reach at £15,000 , maybe you could settle for a model of the real thing . |
14 | ‘ For people like my father the City was a lovely environment where you could meet for a drink , or have lunch and be with friends . |
15 | You could pass for a musickie model . ’ |
16 | And then you could go for a swim over , go and do his suit and you could have a swim at Guildford . |
17 | Any software that uses a page description language called PostScript will talk to Linotype photosetters , TeX talks to just about anything ever made or you could go for a specialist product such as Itek 's PTW which links to their Digitek photosetter . |
18 | and they 've got quite a big place at Harrogate where you could go for a day or two to observe what was going on and so on . |
19 | Perhaps you could go for a walk each day ( with or without a dog ) ; you could go swimming or ride a bicycle — it does n't really matter what you do as long as you do it regularly . |
20 | The best place to go like to go for a wee dance , the only place you could go for a wee da , that 's the . |
21 | Mrs Rena Jamieson , however , will still be attending and I would be pleased if you could arrange for a replacement invoice , which I believe will total £85.00 , to be sent to the above address , for the attention of Miss H White . |
22 | If you have the possibility of both services in a kitchen , you could opt for a gas cook top and an electric oven ; or vice versa ; or a mixture of both gas and electric plates to hedge bets should anything go wrong with one or other service , or to take advantage of both sorts of energy for different cooking needs ( slow simmering ; fast boiling etc . ) |
23 | This is a lively , swinging hotel with everything you could need for a holiday to remember . |
24 | Yet you could call for a mug of Ordinarie or Strong beer , or a mixture of both for 1d , 1½d or 2d a quart , according to your taste . |
25 | Honestly , there 's such a good su stock in our kitchen , you could live for a week . |
26 | The model illustrated has the facility to take a heater and a separate thermostat if required , lights and a pump , with a spare terminal which you could use for a power filter . |
27 | You could look for a course in assertiveness or self- esteem — in London the Women 's Therapy Centre ( 071–263 6200 ) can help ; outside it is a question of asking around , possibly at the local library . |
28 | Simon Murison-Bowie wrote to you on 22 December last year asking you to let us know the operating system and machine you would run the tape on , and the tape density you would need , so that we could arrange for a copy to be prepared for you . |
29 | ‘ All it needs is two seats and we could go for a jaunt in it . |
30 | ‘ We could go for a walk , ’ said Dorothy . |