Example sentences of "could [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 2 | People got snappy , and nothing could compensate for the lack of leave . |
| 3 | Now we could prepare for the Jubilee without a car& in the world . |
| 4 | They had known all along they had a good , competitive car ; a single mistake had mired them for three races ; it was now solved and they could build for the future . |
| 5 | Neither character could exist for the reader without the novelistic skill , the use of every fictional device to support them : nor would either live for the reader without their close relation to the fate of nations , the constant background of these magnificent tales . |
| 6 | This meant that a trust investing solely in , say , gilts or bonds could qualify for the £1,500 limit , which was not the original intention . |
| 7 | If you 're buying your first home and your mortgage is £40,000* or above you could qualify for the following benefit : — . |
| 8 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 9 | If the horse recovers well from his Longchamp experience he could head for the Japan Cup , for which he was entered yesterday . |
| 10 | Reform has already begun : this weekend voters could choose for the first time a single named candidate for the lower house , instead of numbers on a party list . |
| 11 | It was nearly bedtime , but she rushed downstairs and asked if she could send for the parson . |
| 12 | All the Brownies were invited to go home and think about what the Pack could do for the fete and bring their ideas and suggestions along to the next Pack Meeting . |
| 13 | If so , there was nothing he could do for the moment . |
| 14 | When they had been in the chemist 's buying shampoo , Mr Kennedy had asked what he could do for the two young ladies and they had been pleased . |
| 15 | I said that the best thing he could do for the whites was to demonstrate to the blacks that they fully supported the widest possible franchise , and that if he did that he would emerge as a statesman , with a statesman 's view of his responsibilities . |
| 16 | I think I 'll give you some homework that you could do for the week . |
| 17 | All he could do for the moment was to stand in the doorway and look about him . |
| 18 | As Fielding led me back to our table I made a powerfully worded verbal pass at a salacious waitress , who appeared to be all for it but then came down with some deep sorrow in the kitchen , and when I burst through the double-doors to console her two men in sweat-grey T-shirts assured me there was nothing I could do for the poor child . |
| 19 | The great Labour party — which brought together militants , because it thought that they knew what they could do for the working people of this country — is scornfully setting democracy aside . |
| 20 | Before the announcement , Baker had an unprecedented meeting on Feb. 14 , at a previously closed nuclear weapons development laboratory , Chelyabinsk-70 , with scientists there , who outlined suggestions for civilian work which they could do for the West . |
| 21 | It has been known for many years that recycling used materials helps make great savings , but it was not until recently that it was realised how much good that it could do for the environment . |
| 22 | In the spring of 1956 both London and Washington decided that all they could do for the moment was to allow the Aswan offer to " wither on the vine " . |
| 23 | We could look for the gamma rays that the primordial black holes emit during most of their lifetime . |
| 24 | We could look for the people who put him up to it . |
| 25 | Thus India could become for the software scene in 90s what Taiwan and South Korea are to electronics today . |
| 26 | The new law stated that any Pole aged 35 or over and enjoying full electoral rights could run for the presidency ; the signatures of at least 100,000 electors would be required to secure nomination as a candidate . |
| 27 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
| 28 | Philip Heslop QC , counsel for club chairman Alan Sugar , said January , 1994 , was the earliest date he could see for the full hearing of the dispute between Mr Sugar and Spurs ' chief executive Terry Venables . |
| 29 | She said an ex-boyfriend had a house across Lake Pontchartrain they could use for the weekend . |
| 30 | But it was as much a legal body as a spiritual one , although occasionally this could work for the individual 's unexpected benefit as in the laws relating to sanctuary or ‘ abjuring the realm ’ . |