Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those councils which wanted to could make up for lost grant by increasing rate levels , and many did so , so that overall levels of spending did not fall significantly . |
| 2 | Maybe this idea could catch on for older properties ? |
| 3 | Under this custom the colt 's owner paid a shilling over and above the actual cost of shoeing so that the men could send out for six pints of beer as a reward for the extra effort involved . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
| 6 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
| 7 | Wyllie came under closer scrutiny by the NZRFU for a variety of reasons — his unwillingness to have John Hart as an influential coaching partner , his inability to keep to selection announcement timetables and then his rather desperate efforts to have Mike Brewer , the one on-field forward whom Wyllie could rely on for solid advice , put into the team even while suffering a painful foot injury . |
| 8 | The remaining things she could come back for any day . |
| 9 | 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 . |