Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here for a day or two , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 3 | As she worked the crochet table-mats her mother had ordered , the intricate sequence of stitches could blot out for a moment or two the scenes that daily since that Easter feast she had staged between herself and Tommaso Talvi . |
| 4 | Previously , he says , the intended individual could claim neither for a legacy nor a trust . |
| 5 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |
| 6 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 7 | ‘ We could go away for a bit — a break ; a couple of weeks perhaps . |
| 8 | We could go away for a weekend together , we could ; we could wake up next morning and eat croissants and drink coffee from blue china bowls . |
| 9 | Perhaps we could go there for a drink later ? |
| 10 | Maybe we could go out for a drink afterwards ? |
| 11 | ‘ I thought we could go out for a meal , ’ he said folding the paper and slipping it into his jacket pocket . |
| 12 | By evening , he would be recovered , and they could go out for a jar , maybe . |
| 13 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 14 | Well , she 's still not really conscious , but he could come in for a minute , could n't he ? ’ |
| 15 | He was a very nice man and said we could come in for a chat . |
| 16 | Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it . |
| 17 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 18 | Lloyd had persuaded Coleridge to take him as a pupil at £80 a year ; but when his wealthy father , a member of the banking family , insisted that the arrangement could last only for a year , Coleridge 's expectation of a regular income suddenly vanished , and Lloyd eventually settled with him as an occasional lodger , not a pupil . |
| 19 | If you have a poor memory you could slip away for a moment and write yourself a quick note . |
| 20 | You had certain of them that knew where you could slip in — you could slip in for a smoke and a cup of tea , so long as you were n't caught . |