Example sentences of "i could [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guess I could pass for short and fat if you looked at me through the end of a glass of liquor . ’ |
| 2 | Oh I know what I could do for that . |
| 3 | That slow laugh came again , but this time I could identify for sure the menace and the mockery in it . |
| 4 | ‘ The big turning point was against Norway , when I proved I could go for 90 minutes . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes I could kill for fresh pasta . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I could die for that ceiling , ’ he says . |
| 7 | I could play for 13 hours on one 10p . |
| 8 | During the American War of Independence General James Grant of Ballindalloch , the member of parliament for Sutherland , found the attractions of a military life to be a great help to his political interest , asserting to a correspondent that ‘ if this business continues I could provide for all the Sutherlands in the country . |
| 9 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 10 | I knew before I could see for sure that Jo would be driving . |