Example sentences of "could for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same procedure was adopted as for the immediate recall part of the experiment but words were used from set B. However , before the subject was allowed to recall the words an arbitrary three digit number , provided below the word list for each trial , was given to the subject and the subject asked to repeat the number and count backwards by threes as fast as they could for thirty seconds . |
| 2 | We hammered on the door for the gaoler and returned to the main gates of the prison where Benjamin left a coin and instructed the sadistic bastard to do what he could for poor Taplow . |
| 3 | ‘ I did everything I possibly could for that girl . |
| 4 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 5 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 6 | For instance , concern over a drama examination could for some candidates obliterate the possibility of second-order experiencing . |