Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [vb infin] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could pay for a hotel , of course , but he 'd find me . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Later I could arrange for a car to take you on to Luxor . |
| 4 | I wondered if I could arrange for the wreck to be taken back — er — back home . |
| 5 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 6 | I thought , if I could go for a hybrid of these two , and get comedians to come in and sit with deadpan expressions , I might have something interesting on my hands . |
| 7 | ‘ I could ring for a taxi , ’ she suggested , when the final guests had departed and she was standing with her host and hostess on the drive . |
| 8 | I could ask for a trial , but I was not confident of the judges ' honesty . |
| 9 | I began to see that I could ask for the things I needed . |
| 10 | In April 1964 I arranged with Roy Dennis , who had recently been appointed as warden of the bird observatory , to visit the island for a week to get the experience and expertise required before I could apply for a permit to catch and ring birds . |
| 11 | At that time , University College had no fellow in mathematics , which was another reason he wanted me to do chemistry : I could try for a scholarship in natural science rather than in mathematics . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Er … would you by any chance have a room I could take for the night ? |
| 15 | Wrapped up in the everyday business of looking after her newborn baby , Belinda felt fine : she could cope for a few days . |
| 16 | It was nearly bedtime , but she rushed downstairs and asked if she could send for the parson . |
| 17 | She could sleep for a thousand years . |
| 18 | Here , through the space of a breath or two , she could live for a moment in the rapturous evening when she and Lal had dressed for the Hunt Ball : the evening that had given her Andrew . |
| 19 | Obviously she had to go to Dublin and stay in the convent there ; this was the only way she could train for a career . |
| 20 | Perhaps she could ring for a taxi , to take her to the nearest station ? |
| 21 | If that 's a bit out of your reach at £15,000 , maybe you could settle for a model of the real thing . |
| 22 | If you would like some advice on the amount you could borrow for a particular home improvement project that you have in mind , ask your local NatWest branch , as our staff will be pleased to help you . |
| 23 | ‘ For people like my father the City was a lovely environment where you could meet for a drink , or have lunch and be with friends . |
| 24 | You could pass for a musickie model . ’ |
| 25 | You could compensate for a too-stiff rod and poor reflexes — reflexes which you need for easing off when the hook bites into a lip — by using a stronger line . |
| 26 | You could go for a live-aboard holiday . |
| 27 | Perhaps you could go for a walk each day ( with or without a dog ) ; you could go swimming or ride a bicycle — it does n't really matter what you do as long as you do it regularly . |
| 28 | Any software that uses a page description language called PostScript will talk to Linotype photosetters , TeX talks to just about anything ever made or you could go for a specialist product such as Itek 's PTW which links to their Digitek photosetter . |
| 29 | The best place to go like to go for a wee dance , the only place you could go for a wee da , that 's the . |
| 30 | and they 've got quite a big place at Harrogate where you could go for a day or two to observe what was going on and so on . |