Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] could [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These seething emporia of boards and beach-gear were outnumbered only by the healing parlours of various persuasions — ‘ Back and Shoulders ’ , ‘ Healing Hands ’ , ‘ Acupuncture ’ , ‘ MD ’ — where you could put in for repairs . |
| 2 | Or we could go out for it . ’ |
| 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 debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour . |
| 5 | Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it . |
| 6 | Now it is something that you could find out for yourself but on the other hand it is there and I would like to highlight it and bring it to your attention . |
| 7 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 8 | The main argument from the Corsican was that they could hold out for ever . |
| 9 | A Department of Transport spokesman said : ‘ The trippers wanted the booze left on the roadside so they could come back for it . ’ |
| 10 | Not that it could go on for ever . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Mr James Munby , who is representing 21-year-old Tony 's interests , told Lords Keith , Goff , Lowry , Browne-Wilkinson and Mustill that he could live on for decades . |
| 13 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 14 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If , if er if you were on a case er well if you could get out for a , for an hour in the afternoon for a walk , but that was about all . |
| 17 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I was just about to ring you , dear , to see if we could pop over for the day , just to say goodbye — but I 've been so busy these last few days , what with one thing and another . |
| 20 | By evening , he would be recovered , and they could go out for a jar , maybe . |
| 21 | And this party looked as if it could go on for hours yet ! |
| 22 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 23 | Well , she 's still not really conscious , but he could come in for a minute , could n't he ? ’ |
| 24 | Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly . |
| 25 | He said Mr Gummer had been ‘ out to Mr Lilley 's holiday cottage , and it cost the taxpayer £2,000 for him to fly back when they could fly back for less than £200 apiece ’ . |