Example sentences of "could [verb] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er Harry Truman could 've run for the presidency in nineteen fifty two but chose not to . |
| 2 | Will he confirm , in line with undertakings given at the time of privatisation , that he expects British Steel to consider offers for the sale of Ravenscraig on a commercial basis at opportunity cost — at a price which British Steel could expect to get for the plant on world markets ? |
| 3 | If this is how the young child construes what is happening , it could begin to account for the response that four-year-olds typically give . |
| 4 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there is really another way if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . ’ |
| 5 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there really is another way , if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . |
| 6 | ‘ And they could have arranged for a taxi . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 8 | She could have wept for the agony of raw longing that burned through her . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician . |
| 11 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 12 | I was thinking of all I could have bought for the baby with fifty pounds . |
| 13 | I reckon it would benefit everyone , especially English football to have schemes where young players could get loaned for a season at a time . |
| 14 | Still , I wondered how anyone could find sitting for an artist boring . |