Example sentences of "i could [vb infin] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could sit here for hours , just looking . |
| 2 | I wish I could do more for them . ’ |
| 3 | I debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour . |
| 4 | I could stand here for hours on end |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps I could stay here for a day or two , ’ she said . |
| 6 | I could go on for pages . |
| 7 | I could go on for minutes on end . |
| 8 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 9 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
| 10 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 11 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
| 12 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I could go in for advertising . ’ |
| 14 | You know the thing you went in for , , you said I could go in for recording ? |
| 15 | I wore a suit that Mary had seen in a second-hand shop in Paris and insisted I bought so that at least I had one outfit I could put on for interviews without worrying whether it looked OK or not . |
| 16 | I could search round for papers on it . |
| 17 | I got back , I could find out for certain who had told who . |
| 18 | She told me she did n't eat lunch any more as it had become a bourgeois meal , but I could call in for a cup of de-caff and con her into whatever it was I wanted . |
| 19 | I , I er , looks like erm teaching eleven fifteen to one fifteen my lunch hour is say one fifteen to two fifteen and technically I can er have it , I could probably , I could be , take off Friday afternoon , it 's the only time I could take off for averaging |