Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently , the free spending Italian club AC Milan were so taken with him that they offered Celtic a fee of £100,000 for his services , only to recoil in fear when the club 's manager Jock Stein told him they could only rent him for one game for that amount . |
| 2 | She would not , could not leave him for this boy ! |
| 3 | He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . |
| 4 | Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes . |
| 5 | She was jealous that I was to bear her husband 's son — I could not hate her for that . |
| 6 | Who could possibly blame her for that ? |
| 7 | I could hardly hear it for all of the babies crying … six … seven … eight … nine … ten … eleven … twelve . |
| 8 | This would leave the bassist free to add little chordal colourings on the G and D. You could also use them for striking solo intro riffs , something they excel at , while adding a touch of stereo chorus provides an even sweeter sound . |
| 9 | You could fairly smell it for far enough . |
| 10 | ‘ I think that either Floy could n't leave them for some reason , or — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ Josie said , turning her page and then refolding the newspaper to keep it manageable , ‘ I could n't tell you for sure . |
| 13 | urgh , and you sick it all up again , I could n't eat a thing , I could n't eat anything for two days . |
| 14 | ‘ You could n't kill somebody for one gold coin . |
| 15 | Julie could n't forgive me for that . |
| 16 | If we really could n't find anything for that , so what we 'll like , we 're gon na paint it , Anagly An Anaglypta it again |
| 17 | and my heart went some where else and I think erm , the , the marriage erm , the love in my marriage was definitely killed by an act which my partner did and I would fall into the crimes of passion I think because I mean to , to me he committed the deadly sin of all and that was adultery and I could never forgive him for that and I think that picks up on a lot , many issues which have been raised tonight about you have to have trust in a partnership , you have to give and take and people change and some people can accept all that but I was not willing to do so . |