Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Fielding led me back to our table I made a powerfully worded verbal pass at a salacious waitress , who appeared to be all for it but then came down with some deep sorrow in the kitchen , and when I burst through the double-doors to console her two men in sweat-grey T-shirts assured me there was nothing I could do for the poor child . |
| 2 | I wondered if I could arrange for the wreck to be taken back — er — back home . |
| 3 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 4 | I began to see that I could ask for the things I needed . |
| 5 | If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published . |
| 6 | If I liked it , I could re-apply for the one-year programme , and if I did n't , I would only have wasted five months . |
| 7 | Er … would you by any chance have a room I could take for the night ? |
| 8 | He attempted to preserve from what he called the ‘ growing appetites of sacrilegious cormorants ’ Church revenues which could pay for the education of talented children of poor families . |
| 9 | Anyway I have a team of red filth which could pass for the Busby scum so now I can re-enact those battles of yore ! |
| 10 | There must have been a veritable orchard flourishing in her wake , which could account for the sudden urge to build an orangery among the nobbery . |
| 11 | As was suggested above , there were , within the internal development of psychoanalysis , new findings which necessitated a new conceptualization which could account for the compulsion to repeat unpleasurable experiences . |
| 12 | There were no obvious differences between the studies in the way in which they were conducted which could account for the wide range of rates of dream reporting from NREM sleep . |
| 13 | For a massive planet consisting largely of hydrogen and helium there are two main sources of heat for the interior , each of which could account for the excess radiation . |
| 14 | People got snappy , and nothing could compensate for the lack of leave . |
| 15 | It was nearly bedtime , but she rushed downstairs and asked if she could send for the parson . |
| 16 | Roman Wyatt … there was a man who could model for the hero of any romantic novel , if , that was , you liked all that raw sexual power . |
| 17 | In a few cases , the social worker might have to make provision for young children to be given temporary care away from home , for instance if the patient is a single parent without any relatives who could care for the children . |
| 18 | Third , you could plump for the isolation tank , but have just enough water for the fish to swim in , and raise the temperature to 5 or 6°s ; above the normal show tank or pond . |
| 19 | As this Department is responsible for the cost of accommodation , which I believe will total £ , I would be grateful if you could arrange for the amount due to be invoiced to the above address for the attention of Miss H White . |
| 20 | You asked me to send a reminder so you could arrange for the stone cross to be cleaned before Remembrance Sunday in November . |
| 21 | I feel certain you will be interested in come of these reports and to aid distribution , and to prevent our troubling you with unwanted copies , I would be grateful if you could arrange for the enclosed card to be completed and returned to us . |
| 22 | I think I 'll give you some homework that you could do for the week . |
| 23 | It was as green a light as you could get for the never-ending demands for U-turns from Mr Gould , followed by several Shadow Cabinet colleagues . |
| 24 | If you 're buying your first home and your mortgage is £40,000* or above you could qualify for the following benefit : — . |
| 25 | Or you or you could ask for the the number of all the conference centres in |
| 26 | Anyway , you could ask for the prices to be faxed back to you , or even just posted . |
| 27 | If you attached yourself to his particular rising star , you could shoot for the moon . ’ |
| 28 | The electricity cable laying to give 'em a job so you could play for the Ipswich Electric Supply Team and we had a jolly good team , we won the cup for the first three years that it was in being but the finals used to be on Portman Road and course that was in those days a thing to be looked forward to . |
| 29 | Elsewhere , you could try for the Long Range Weather Forecasting Agency ( bring your own piece of seaweed ) or the World Bank in Washington , but the growth industries of tax-free living must be in Europe . |
| 30 | so i guess you could try for the ‘ lottery ’ ( send a couple of ones in different names ) or try faxing/calling the leeds united ticket office — i guess tickets for our game will be really hard to get items … |