Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 2 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 3 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 4 | But no amount of talking could make up for the unhappiness and lost innocence of my childhood . |
| 5 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 6 | Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly . |
| 7 | As she worked the crochet table-mats her mother had ordered , the intricate sequence of stitches could blot out for a moment or two the scenes that daily since that Easter feast she had staged between herself and Tommaso Talvi . |
| 8 | You could sign up for a series of courses , which you could take at your own pace . |
| 9 | If one wished to do so , one could sign up for the directive while keeping the 1908 legislation in force . |
| 10 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 11 | We could also decide on points where the accompaniment could take over for a brief period , or perhaps form a dialogue with the melody . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 14 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 15 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 16 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 17 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 18 | ‘ I thought we could go out for a meal , ’ he said folding the paper and slipping it into his jacket pocket . |
| 19 | By evening , he would be recovered , and they could go out for a jar , maybe . |
| 20 | Maybe we could go out for a drink afterwards ? |
| 21 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 22 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 23 | He was a very nice man and said we could come in for a chat . |
| 24 | Well , she 's still not really conscious , but he could come in for a minute , could n't he ? ’ |
| 25 | Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it . |
| 26 | If , if er if you were on a case er well if you could get out for a , for an hour in the afternoon for a walk , but that was about all . |
| 27 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 28 | You had certain of them that knew where you could slip in — you could slip in for a smoke and a cup of tea , so long as you were n't caught . |
| 29 | ‘ I was just about to ring you , dear , to see if we could pop over for the day , just to say goodbye — but I 've been so busy these last few days , what with one thing and another . |