Example sentences of "could have [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And they could have arranged for a taxi . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 3 | She could have wept for the agony of raw longing that burned through her . |
| 4 | Yet Thomas , 17 , who made a scoring debut as a substitute last week , could have to settle for a place on the bench again as Hearts look to John Robert- son and Ian Ferguson to shoulder the responsibility in attack . |
| 5 | If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician . |
| 6 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 7 | I was thinking of all I could have bought for the baby with fifty pounds . |