Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With four flights a day from Manchester to Paris you could literally fly out for lunch and be back in time for ‘ Match of the Day ’ . |
| 2 | The early morning was marvellous if you could only get up for it . |
| 3 | Arsenal , having won the Cup and two Championships in four years , could not go on for much longer with the same team , and in 1933 Chapman 's major concern was to find replacements to keep the club on top . |
| 4 | But it could not go on for ever , both of them knew that . |
| 5 | I could not go back for some time as the Germans had obviously built up their air force to great strength , so I threw in my lot with Fulham church in my rare off-duty times . |
| 6 | It was obviously made to stand up with its foot on something which at first I could not make out for all the dust and dirt but eventually realised was a skull . |
| 7 | I was so disappointed to find out that , because I work for the company , I could not send off for three free tea towels and a £1 gift voucher being offered as part of a Hovis and JS combined promotion . |
| 8 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
| 9 | Thus a query and its settlement could easily drag on for hours . |
| 10 | Cos I was gon na ask you about that , I wondered like , I wonder if your sister could like find out for us . |
| 11 | Even in her grief she could still look out for her remaining children . |
| 12 | So I would agree with what Tom said on the sort of , things , yeah , you know , knock that together , we 've got that on one piece of paper already that 's about two years out of date , well , was up to date two years ago , which I could probably dig out for you , and then erm we 've got , we can even do it from a European sort of view point , which just has a few things there that need taking up . |
| 13 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 14 | Kenny was always football mad and he could n't stay out for long . |
| 15 | But she was more tired than she knew , and soon she began to wish that she had a suitcase to sit on ; but hers was on the rack in that tightly packed carriage , and she could n't go back for it . |
| 16 | I 'd have roasted Matilda 's bottom for her so she could n't sit down for a month ! ’ |
| 17 | but little , people could n't break in for erm |
| 18 | He could n't lie down for seven weeks because of problems with his head , neck and pelvis , ’ recalled Knight . |
| 19 | I could n't lie down for five weeks ! |
| 20 | Angry neighbours could n't get out for two days . |
| 21 | Yeah he got trapped in a car park and he could n't get out for ages and ages and then as he got out he crashed into another car . |
| 22 | We could n't wait around for the magic day when the men turned to us and said , ‘ OK girls , now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 23 | It was cheaper than the cinema , only a few pennies , and young people could sometimes get in for nothing if they attached themselves to an adult . |