Example sentences of "could [verb] [noun sg] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 2 | Cleveland and Yorkshire North MEP David Bowe has told campaigners that the EC could grant money for a feasibility study if the line whose future is threatened by British Steel 's decision to transfer Redmire quarry limestone from rail to roads from September was part of a regional transport plan … |
| 3 | On May 4th , before a meeting of the Council of the Americas , he said that the only way he could build support for a system of open trade was to apply the laws that Congress had put in place , and to hold America 's partners to agreements they have made . |
| 4 | The terms of employment are negotiable and could include secondment for a period of not less than three years . |
| 5 | A word in the wrong place , a petty curse pursued into an even pettier vendetta and Hessian could crush clog for a lifetime . |
| 6 | This meant either working out very accurate tables of the movements of the moon or devising a chronometer which could keep time for a voyage of months or years without relying on a pendulum that would be disturbed by the rolling of the ship . |
| 7 | But she could cut heather for a bed . |
| 8 | You could have respect for a man who lusted after you and fought for you and took you . |
| 9 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 10 | Yet reform could spell disaster for a regime whose very fundamentals rested on a resistance to change . |