Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warned that she could only stay for a few moments , Laura had sat down quietly in a chair beside the bed , taking her cousin 's inert , pale hand and praying , as she had never prayed before , that Liz would be able to survive her ordeal . |
| 2 | Despite the fact that Bill was in his mid-fifties and had a chronic heart condition , which meant he could only play for a maximum of five minutes a match , it was a good move on Fred 's part as the pub owned the cricket pitch at the rear and naturally , as captain , Bill felt obliged to hand it over to the club , and so ‘ The Tip ’ was born . |
| 3 | China could only wait for a more favourable opportunity to recover her rights . |
| 4 | We could not go for a walk that afternoon . |
| 5 | Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’ |
| 6 | Although the syntactic filter could no doubt be improved , it probably could not compensate for a 20,000 word lexicon and/or poorer acoustic-phonetic discrimination . |
| 7 | We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember . |
| 8 | In Dekker the employer had tried to argue that the refusal to hire was not on the grounds of pregnancy but on the ground of adverse financial consequences the firm could not pay for a replacement during the period of maternity leave needed by Ms Dekker and as a result the firm would be short-staffed . |
| 9 | You could not ask for a better curtain-raiser to the day 's racing . |
| 10 | It is time that your creative talents were developed alongside individuals who are of like mind and outlook , and you could not wish for a better planetary set-up to further your aims and ambitions : the past few years have taught you all you need to know about self-survival . |
| 11 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 12 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 13 | ‘ We could easily arrange for a nurse to be here during your absence , ’ Adam suggested . |
| 14 | You could hardly ask for a more exhilarating way to kick off the week 's traces . |
| 15 | We could hardly wish for a more graphic portrayal of the son who is tied to his domineering , aggressive mother by ties of love , but who has to be a hero in the eyes of the world to prove his masculine worth . |
| 16 | I could hardly wait for a return match . |
| 17 | Despite the Copernican transformation , Kepler could still argue for a unique earth . |
| 18 | The stand-in who could also pass for a horribly oppressed 25-shilling Victorian clerk was , of course , Mark Lennox-Boyd , son of the more famous Alan . |
| 19 | In them days we could really go for a man in uniform . |
| 20 | You could n't hope for a clearer sign of how things have changed in new music over the last decade or so than the sight of five eminent young , or young-ish , British composers applying their ingenuity to the art of writing divertimentos ( two of them even opting for late eighteenth-century period instrument ensembles ) as curtain raisers for last year 's Glyndebourne Mozart performances ( the promised Don Giovanni serenade by Oliver Knussen never materialized ) . |
| 21 | " But we ca n't find four thousand in a week And , with things as they are , we could n't hope for a bank loan even if … " |
| 22 | Pity we could n't go for a romp round a canal is n't it ? |
| 23 | Jenny could n't speak for a moment . |
| 24 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 25 | In short , pasta could n't wish for a tastier sauce to turn good old ‘ spag bol ’ into the most bellissima bolognese . |
| 26 | We think you 'll agree — you could n't wish for a better match . |
| 27 | Mr Brown said he really could n't wish for a more destructive class . |
| 28 | ‘ Sure I could n't wish for a better husband for her . ’ |
| 29 | You could n't wish for a better place to work . |
| 30 | She could n't apply for a passport as she was under age . |