Example sentences of "could [verb] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 2 | Cleveland and Yorkshire North MEP David Bowe has told campaigners that the EC could grant money for a feasibility study if the line whose future is threatened by British Steel 's decision to transfer Redmire quarry limestone from rail to roads from September was part of a regional transport plan … |
| 3 | On May 4th , before a meeting of the Council of the Americas , he said that the only way he could build support for a system of open trade was to apply the laws that Congress had put in place , and to hold America 's partners to agreements they have made . |
| 4 | The terms of employment are negotiable and could include secondment for a period of not less than three years . |
| 5 | A choice of colour or new hairdo , lipstick that only a fashion model would wear , could work wonders for a woman . |
| 6 | A word in the wrong place , a petty curse pursued into an even pettier vendetta and Hessian could crush clog for a lifetime . |
| 7 | It was Europe on 5 October 1989 , where a vast human drama which could provide scenes for a thousand films is in progress , writes Patricia Clough . |
| 8 | This general doctrine applied particularly to the Middle East because : ( 1 ) it lay on the route of any Soviet expansion into Africa ; ( 2 ) it could provide bases for a Soviet role in Africa ; ( 3 ) it formed a forward position for the defence of South Africa and India ; ( 4 ) it was a base for bombing the Soviet Union ; and ( 5 ) it was an area crucial for its oil resources . |
| 9 | A 600-acre farm employing four people could provide facilities for a thousand-bedroom hotel , three golf courses , several restaurants and full pony-trekking facilities . |
| 10 | This meant either working out very accurate tables of the movements of the moon or devising a chronometer which could keep time for a voyage of months or years without relying on a pendulum that would be disturbed by the rolling of the ship . |
| 11 | But she could cut heather for a bed . |
| 12 | You could have respect for a man who lusted after you and fought for you and took you . |
| 13 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 14 | For instance " Chocolate-coated Bees Gain in UK Popularity " could attract attention for a general survey on sweet-eating habits in the UK ; or " Stamping Machine Breaks the Million Barrier " could stimulate interest in a release on a new piece of machinery . |
| 15 | Only Mercedes-Benz could charge £50,800 for a car that is comprehensively outperformed by a Vauxhall Calibra 2.0i 16v , costing £33,550 less , and still call it a sports car . |
| 16 | Yet reform could spell disaster for a regime whose very fundamentals rested on a resistance to change . |
| 17 | A PLANNED housing development could spell disaster for a top nature reserve , environmentalists have warned . |
| 18 | I decided that I could find space for a few really large trees and decided to stock fence in front of the spinney and put in an oak and two beech and three ash well away from the fence . |