Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour . |
2 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
3 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
4 | I got back , I could find out for certain who had told who . |
5 | The remaining things she could come back for any day . |
6 | Maybe I thought we could make up for all those afternoons . |
7 | So if we could lie down for twenty minutes sometime in the afternoon or early evening , then we would lengthen the spine to support us more efficiently for the latter part of the day . |
8 | Women who have been probed wish they could come back for more . ’ |
9 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
10 | It was not worth the sulk and you 're ashamed of me are n't you that he could keep up for three days when required . |