Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er Harry Truman could 've run for the presidency in nineteen fifty two but chose not to . |
| 2 | You mean they could 've , they could 've gone for the Soviet style collectivization ? |
| 3 | If they had wanted to fly supersonic jets for a living , they could have applied for the RAF 's pilot training scheme — you have a one in six chance of passing that . |
| 4 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 5 | ‘ And they could have arranged for a taxi . ’ |
| 6 | They could have gone for a potential Test candidate — like Essex left-arm paceman Mark Ilott . |
| 7 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 8 | It would also have lengthened the plane , but the forces of the hauling system would have been correspondingly less , and an increase of speed could have compensated for the greater distance travelled . |
| 9 | She could have wept for the agony of raw longing that burned through her . |
| 10 | If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician . |
| 11 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 12 | Charlie could have wished for a more cloudy night . |
| 13 | Heseltine watchers could have wished for no clearer sign of his leadership intentions . |
| 14 | Of course it was too early in his life to be certain that the gods had called him , but I could have wished for no better career for him than that of a priest-administrator . |
| 15 | There was the Trojan war , in which thousands perished over the indiscretions of Helen and Paris , who — give or take a sun-lounger — could have passed for the ancient Greeks ' answer to Fergie and John Bryan . |
| 16 | A criticism of these data was that the groups were not comparable and that this difference could have accounted for the results rather than the effects of therapy . |
| 17 | However , the numbers were small and examination of the data showed that several of the Blacks were arrested on one day ( during riots ) and at least one was charged with robbery , probably with adults ; this one incident could have accounted for the larger percentage of Blacks going to the Crown Court . |
| 18 | Firstly , the council could have opted for a significant increase in the er I five allocation and to go on to see to identify a site in the local plan . |
| 19 | I was thinking of all I could have bought for the baby with fifty pounds . |
| 20 | I reckon it would benefit everyone , especially English football to have schemes where young players could get loaned for a season at a time . |