Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it is hardly likely that even if links had been made a ramshackle group of peasant armies using antiquated military techniques could have stood out for long against the Red Army . |
| 2 | She could have gone on for hours . |
| 3 | I defended myself stoutly by pointing out that the alternative was to break off negotiations , with a dispute that could have gone on for months at great cost to the health of the nation . |
| 4 | Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years . |
| 5 | This terrible matter has brought shame on Leicestershire , and we expect to get to the heart of how it could have gone on for so long , while apparently nobody did anything about it . |
| 6 | Glenn Hoddle says he thinks his team will win because there is a determination running throughout the club and the supporters who were robbed three years ago and could have gone on for another fifty or sixty years waiting a chance like this … |
| 7 | I could have gone back for them . ’ |
| 8 | We could have held out for another three years and got over all the changes and benefited financially , but I do n't believe finance is the be-all and end-all of everything . |
| 9 | " Did he die almost immediately , or is there any possibility that he could have walked about for a time , even locked the door and set the alarms ? " |