Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't speak for the others , but I do some of it each hour . |
| 2 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't speak for the children though . ’ |
| 4 | yeah , I find that , that I 've done it and I 've written down the answer and then I ca n't think which number does it go to , and by the time I 've got to number one they 're on about six , so I might as well , I 'm lost it completely , so I ca n't do that either and my project work , course work , goes towards certain percent of my marks and I ca n't think for the life of me why |
| 5 | So we 're gon na catch every traffic light on red now there was something I wanted to go into Wisbech for but I ca n't think for the life of me what it was , I must get stuck into this Christmas shopping again , really must so much to do and such little time to do it in oh he 's , he 's put that car down five hundred pounds , that price of that car was , that he got for sale on it seven , seven , nine , five , |
| 6 | I ca n't imagine I can only say that from my knowledge of Herefordshire as a Herefordian myself , I ca n't imagine for the life of me that there are seven thousand people locally who could remotely afford a thousand pounds per share . |
| 7 | And although it is much better now than it was on Thursday morning , I know I ca n't train for the next three days . |
| 8 | I ca n't wait for the summer . |
| 9 | An absolute winner — I ca n't wait for the new items in the series . |
| 10 | Having used a good CAVOK day absorbing its contents , I ca n't wait for the chance to get out and put some of Harvey Plourde 's theories to the test in my Champ — Bob Grimstead . |
| 11 | I ca n't wait for the next get-together , and the thought of pulling on that old white shirt again excites me . |
| 12 | He admitted last night : ‘ I ca n't wait for the players to find their feet in the Premier League . ’ |
| 13 | Like everyone else who has attended the Cathay Pacific Hongkong Bank Sevens , I ca n't wait for the next one . |
| 14 | I ca n't wait for the mini series . |
| 15 | I ca n't wait for the teacher 's watch to say 4.30 so I can go home . |
| 16 | I ca n't wait for the next revelations . |
| 17 | Ha Ha Ha I ca n't wait for the bullshit to flow as they try to explain away this one . |
| 18 | get away from here , I ca n't see for the flaming |
| 19 | at the Tech or courses , induction courses , Social Services meetings and stuff like that , but I mean there ai n't none of this now they 're just , you just , I , I can just apply for the job of care officer , care assistant and , and go in , but it 's a pity that they do n't do the same sort of thing like people can come in , have a look round see what goes on , be offered a , a day release |
| 20 | I can not vote for the banning of fox hunting on county council land as I see this as another attempt to limit freedom of choice . |
| 21 | ‘ I can not speak for the other 33 countries who are not here , but as for me , I would say if this happened in 1990 it would be good , ’ he added . |
| 22 | ‘ I can not speak for the gods , but for myself I say this . |
| 23 | I can only race for the title when I 'm happy with the whole team around me . |
| 24 | And in that I can only speak for the Harrogate District erm but the situation may well apply to other districts . |
| 25 | ‘ It was a first-past-the-post system and I can personally vouch for the result because I saw with my own eyes a clear majority for Prime Suspect . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It was a first-past-the-post system and I can personally vouch for the result because I saw with my own eyes a clear majority for Prime Suspect . ’ |
| 27 | I can personally vouch for the usefulness of the information in guiding me to places where turn-of-the-century cyclists had rested on roadside verges — and lost money and valuables . |
| 28 | You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself . |
| 29 | complicated when you start it out , but if you ca n't remember for the life of you then , it 's quite |
| 30 | ‘ Because you ca n't wait for the time when you 'll be a married woman ? ’ |