Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 2 | The rules are the same you do n't say oh I ca n't go for a ride and I 'm gon na go through announce my |
| 3 | Ca n't stop for a drink . |
| 4 | I ca n't see for a moment because of the crowd . |
| 5 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |
| 6 | If you pay for the glasses yourself , you ca n't apply for a refund afterwards ( even if you were entitled to a voucher ) unless they were prescribed through the Hospital Eye Service . |
| 7 | I ca n't imagine for a moment that they will be sitting unwatched in some archive . |
| 8 | ‘ If Rocastle feels he has no future at Leeds he can obviously ask for a transfer ’ |
| 9 | Breathless , she straightened up and said fiercely , ‘ You can only stay for a minute and then you must promise to go . ’ |
| 10 | According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle this ‘ virtual ’ photon can only exist for a time . |
| 11 | Each driving the other towards the kind of frustration which you can only feel for a family member . |
| 12 | What else is his Eucharist but , at a higher level , an endless act of fruitful out-pouring of his whole flesh , such as a man can only achieve for a moment with a limited organ of his body ? |
| 13 | ‘ But you can not legislate for a change of heart . |
| 14 | For I can not hope for a reference from Lady Merchiston , and I am afraid that … ’ |
| 15 | He is after all manager , and can not wish for a scandal … ’ |
| 16 | ie. you can not ask for a package to be approved yesterday ! ! ! |
| 17 | Similarly , Freeman argued , in relation to unskilled labour , that ‘ uneducative ’ employment was unavoidable and , therefore , it was necessary that ‘ the intelligence and character of the adolescent be trained outside the workshop ’ : ‘ We can not train for a trade , but we can enable the worker to do his duties as thoroughly as possible ’ ; such training would give a ‘ familiarity ’ with ‘ ordinary tools ’ and ‘ simple machines ’ , a grounding in ‘ mechanics ’ and ‘ competent draughtsmanship ’ . |
| 18 | Today the Royals can not relax for a second , can not step one foot outside their own home without being met by a barrage of photographers waiting for them to make the smallest slip . |
| 19 | A local authority can not apply for a residence or contact order and the court can not make such an order in its favour ( s9(2) ) . |
| 20 | While her father stated , ‘ We can easily cope for a week , ’ and with a questioning look to Cara , ‘ or two ? ’ he queried . |
| 21 | As noted above , the firm can still act for a client who is not a corporate finance client . |
| 22 | If your building society wo n't allow you to register you can still apply for a refund of overpaid tax financial year . |
| 23 | Yet sometimes he feels nostalgic for the Californian variety , just as an honest man dining in the Tour d'Argent can decently long for a cheeseburger . |
| 24 | This is Come 's style : why have a drama when you can always settle for a crisis ? |
| 25 | It seems strange that one so cunning and evil can ambitiously vie for a place in our admiration , contend with those who ought to be foremost in our favour , namely God , Adam and Eve , and win a victorious battle in our imagination . |
| 26 | Users can then opt for a modem connection and subscription to other information services as they wish . |
| 27 | I accept the need to counter the myth that only a biological mother can adequately care for a child , but to say that in the interests of women 's liberation we will pay anyone except the child 's mother to look after it seems to be going a little far in the opposite direction ! |
| 28 | ‘ You can never legislate for a loss of confidence . |