Example sentences of "[pron] can [vb infin] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I put in two gallons on Saturday , and I can tell you for a fact there 's at least quarter of a gallon left . |
2 | ‘ These are all the variations I can show you for the moment . ’ |
3 | ‘ But now I can use them for a different trade . ’ |
4 | So as I can take her for a ride and back . |
5 | " I shall have to take you back with me to Vienna , dear Tilda , yes , I 'm sorry , I sha n't be able to manage without you , fortunately you 're so small they wo n't miss you here and I can take you for a Glücksbringer . " |
6 | She can keep him for the moment . |
7 | This being a movie , Sandra is recognised , by a young American woman who won her place in the workshop in a competition and who now , shyly , politely , asks if she can trouble her for an autograph . |
8 | Well so that she has similar , so that she has erm you know money when she gets married or if she decides not to get married maybe she can use it for a , a house deposit . |
9 | Do you think you can hold it for an hour ? ’ |
10 | And you can do it for a fraction of the price and without finding yourself on first-name-terms with your local AA recovery team . |
11 | You can do it for a week . |
12 | When it comes to mixing the colours it 's totally different from mixing paints — but at least you can leave it for a while and come back to it later . ’ |
13 | ‘ I 'm buying it , but you can save it for the next guy . |
14 | ‘ You can close it for the moment , ’ Robyn said reluctantly , ‘ until I 've decided what to do . ’ |
15 | Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’ |
16 | Do n't imagine you can play me for a fool . |
17 | Many writs are already framed and well recognized to meet the cases that usually arise ; you can have them for the asking , if you pay the fee . |
18 | • You can have it for a 14 day HOME TRIAL |
19 | You can use it for a lot of things , but when you get down to analyse it , I think it may be the law of the jungle where the strongest survive ; and I do n't know necessarily whether that 's a bad thing . |
20 | And that 's what we got imminence for — but you can use it for a lot more than that . |
21 | you can use it for a saw or put a head |
22 | You can use it for an interview . |
23 | It makes a firmer fabric than an every needle rib , makes a double jacquard pattern shorter and truer to the actual pattern and , also , you can use it for the plain rows instead of the ‘ striper ’ card if you like the texture . |
24 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
25 | Hope you can join me for the breakfast show for Gary and Robbo 's next in your day . |
26 | equalizer you can get one for a hundred and thirty , that 's two seventy |
27 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
28 | Here you can buy everything for a picnic lunch . |
29 | The birth his birthday was twenty four months , that means from when you can buy it for a new born baby or somebody up to two years old , will be suitable for it . |
30 | ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet . |