Example sentences of "could [verb] [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's your picture , Jake , ’ she used to say over the laddie 's cot , laughing like a witch ; and I could 've killed her for it . ’ |
| 2 | It was all Wilson could do to thank her for her concern . |
| 3 | Urine advertised as free of detectable drugs is on offer by mail-order to anxious test takers , who could try to substitute it for their own . |
| 4 | Mona hesitated , then offered : ‘ If you seriously need that list I could try to get it for you . |
| 5 | The houses looked completely different from those in Trieste , most of which were grey and severe , and although I had seen picture postcards of Venice nothing could have prepared me for what I now saw for the first time from the steps of the railway station . |
| 6 | Nothing could have prepared him for its response . |
| 7 | I could have said it for him . |
| 8 | say if you 'd done it I could have took it for you tomorrow or the next day . |
| 9 | If you 'd come out on the gig with me you could have held it for me . |
| 10 | ‘ I could have resolved it for you , ’ he said , ‘ if only you 'd come to see me earlier . |
| 11 | The London Titfords made silk in Spitalfields ; and a draper cousin could help sell it for them . |