Example sentences of "could [vb infin] it for " in BNC.

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1 You could buy it for fifty !
2 We could introduce it for a trial period , we could
3 I did n't realise that I could enjoy it for myself , not just for him .
4 But the man would could win it for them is Mick Quinn substitute against his old club .
5 I could wordprocess it for you
6 Its usefulness presupposed markets where the lord 's agents , or the beneficiaries of lordly gifts , could exchange it for consumables .
7 Perhaps he could exchange it for something more portable .
8 She could choose it for herself — money was no object .
9 Even Samuel Montagu had said the purpose of the Crown Suppliers was to provide for departments more efficiently than they could do it for themselves or from any other source .
10 Any fool can buy a blue-chip index ; Aunt Agatha could do it for herself , if she had the money and a stockbroker .
11 ‘ I could do it for thirteen .
12 So you , you said you could do it for five p a copy ?
13 I think we could all do what Andrew 's suggesting quite easily er I could do it for Geography , erm , I just think it 's making a lot of extra work .
14 Er that was n't er on competition though , th that was er an Intercity job which Birmingham said they could do it for that figure .
15 ( Mebbe Mel could do it for Leeds : - )
16 ( Mebbe Mel could do it for Leeds : - )
17 ‘ I ca n't do it ! ’ she had to tell her , and , when her sister 's look suddenly became hostile , ‘ I 'm sure if you wrote to Mr Gajdusek , or phoned him — or I could do it for you , ’ she volunteered hastily , not wanting to be bad friends with her , now of all times .
18 You could do it for me !
19 I told them that at one we 'd be going away on another job cos we 'd got another job booked in , but in fact I reorganized everything so that in fact we could do it for them .
20 No we could , we could do it for all jobs cos
21 we could do it for all jobs , and see , that 's what I saying , I mean , we 've got
22 One might remark that the working-class child considered it redundant to constantly refer to the presence of a picture since he knew that the researcher was present and could see it for himself .
23 It 's a folly that was built by the Earl and Countess of Coventry so all their friends could see it for miles around .
24 She could use it for spills to light her fags . ’
25 It was decided that until the camp arrived Lady Rathcreedan could use it for grazing cattle .
26 When I go up to the farm to get Mummy 's eggs , I 'll ask if we could use it for our meetings and … ’
27 Well we 've asked him to meet us with regard to the footpaths , so we could use it for that at the same time ,
28 you know , you could use it for quick notes
29 Then I could keep it for many months .
30 Peasants with a minimal surplus of food could barter it for vital equipment .
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