Example sentences of "i could [vb infin] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wandered in a desultory fashion into the family room which looked dead without the fire blazing and began to wonder what I could make for dinner . |
| 2 | I could sit for hours on buses without worrying about how much time I was wasting . |
| 3 | Ex-presidential candidate Ross Perot told The Wall Street Journal he did n't mean he would take John Akers ' job when he told TV host Larry King that ‘ If there 's something I could do for IBM , well , I owe them that forever . ’ |
| 4 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 5 | So is there anyone out there that has a similar machine that is now ‘ surplus to requirements that I could cannibalise for parts ? |
| 6 | So I could have for instance thirty two tape devices running in parallel to back up my database . |
| 7 | You 'd be independent and I could babysit for Maggie . |
| 8 | I could sue for slander . ’ |
| 9 | To him at least I could turn for assistance . |
| 10 | I asked if I could wait for Frankie but Mum , who I 'd thought was asleep , piped up at that . |
| 11 | ‘ I could wait for dark , bypass the current in the fence , climb over , sneak up to the house , stick a bug on one of the windows and hope they would n't see it . ’ |
| 12 | Liese explained how I could look for answers ; but first , silently , I had to formulate my question . |
| 13 | I could see for miles . |
| 14 | The evening ‘ tide ’ had gone out and I could see for miles . |