Example sentences of "could [verb] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest could wait for another day . |
| 2 | At times of high wages or low food prices , out-workers could opt for more leisure , but in times of slack trade they might well find themselves unable to get enough work to compensate for falling rates . |
| 3 | We know that there are in principle X young people who could qualify for that entitlement — that information is available from the census — but their choice whether or when to exercise it is not predictable . |
| 4 | If you think you could qualify for this allowance or need more information of help in filling in the forms , contact the bureau . |
| 5 | Could do for some charity . |
| 6 | Her doctor had told her that there was nothing he could do for this problem , so she decided on private treatment from a doctor that a friend recommended . |
| 7 | First , we could search for some analogue of the potential function which proved so useful in electrostatics . |
| 8 | Amongst the villagers , the division on Friday night was between the men , who had been in the pub and could vouch for each other , and the wives , who had been watching telly at home and could n't , but who seemed knowledgeable , when pressed , about a number of ITV programmes . |
| 9 | ‘ I could die for that ceiling , ’ he says . |
| 10 | There she could call for any food or liquor she wanted , so long as she had the wherewithal to pay the inflated prices demanded by the Sponging House keeper . |
| 11 | Perhaps I could suggest her getting someone in to look after him and she could come for half time . |
| 12 | I 'd be very grateful if you could arrange for this work to be carried out . |
| 13 | This correspondence , it appears , could continue for some time . |
| 14 | There are many reasons one could argue for this descent into retirement . |
| 15 | There are clearly a large number of factors which could account for this difference . |
| 16 | They also concluded that genetic factors alone , without environmental interactions , could account for this segregation . |