Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
3 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The remaining things she could come back for any day . |