Example sentences of "could have [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 2 | ‘ And they could have arranged for a taxi . ’ |
| 3 | They could have gone for a potential Test candidate — like Essex left-arm paceman Mark Ilott . |
| 4 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 5 | Yet Thomas , 17 , who made a scoring debut as a substitute last week , could have to settle for a place on the bench again as Hearts look to John Robert- son and Ian Ferguson to shoulder the responsibility in attack . |
| 6 | If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician . |
| 7 | Charlie could have wished for a more cloudy night . |
| 8 | Firstly , the council could have opted for a significant increase in the er I five allocation and to go on to see to identify a site in the local plan . |