Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't talk for other sports but I can stress again that we 've got the highest ratio of black members of any golf body in the world . |
| 2 | Sometimes I feel I 'd like to pack a bag and just go … sometimes you think you ca n't manage for another minute . ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes you think you ca n't manage for another minute . ’ |
| 4 | Ca n't think for one minutes if for instance was interested in a deal with that he , that er that he would n't , only just to have flick his fingers and would crap themselves |
| 5 | But basically I think most courses now , not sure there 's actually a legal requirement , I do n't think it is , but most of them want a at least a year 's sort of full time experience in erm , you know , d dealing with underprivileged people really and their problems and people who ca n't cope for one reason or another , and how er y you can er er sort of help them and what sort of relationship you can build with them and so on , and how |
| 6 | I said and before you start that the caravan ca n't go for four years , on this tape . |
| 7 | That was a great holiday — and I ca n't wait for next year to come |
| 8 | If you ca n't wait for next month then you could get hold of a copy of my book ‘ QBasic:The Language of MS-DOS ’ . |
| 9 | I mainly use the package with my Brother 950i , to which I have a connecting cable , but I ca n't wait for Soft Byte to produce one for the Pfaff 6000 so that I can view the patterns on screen before knitting them . |
| 10 | ‘ Poor Dora , she ca n't wait for this week to be over , ’ Melissa remarked . |
| 11 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 12 | said , if I ca n't come for that typewriter then I 've sold it , he said I , I told her if she wanted it she 'd got to come and collect it and he said and nobody asked for it , I said well I know |
| 13 | A lot of people ca n't practise for eight hours ; they get bored . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , household expenses do n't go away just because you 're in hospital or ca n't work for any length of time . |
| 15 | I ca n't believe for one minute that Perry would really give it up to be a video director . |
| 16 | I ca n't imagine for one minute what it must have been like to raise children here . |
| 17 | I can not speak for other hypnotherapists , but for myself I do not think it is a good idea . |
| 18 | Langbaurgh council leader Arthur Taylor said : ‘ We can not speak for other authorities , but as far as Langbaurgh is concerned , we have no debt with Caldaire . ’ |
| 19 | Erm I can not speak for other districts , and they are a far |
| 20 | Before the Prime Minister answers , let me repeat that a Member must ask questions about matters for which the Prime Minister is responsible ; he can not answer for Labour party policies . |
| 21 | I can not answer for other members of the United Nations , but in our meeting last week I certainly drew attention to the necessity for ensuring that the United Nations had the right financial and material aid to complete the tasks that we have set it . |
| 22 | Guidelines on flexible and part-time work by the Law Society were urged , although the society recently observed that it ‘ can not legislate for social benefits . ’ |
| 23 | But you can not legislate for bad luck like that . |
| 24 | The argument against so doing is that the institutions will wish to disseminate the proceeds of the flotation to their various funds and can not cater for contingent liabilities such as warranty claims . |
| 25 | No matter how good the firm 's organisation it can not compensate for low-grade staff ; the selection and training of personnel is therefore an essential part of the surveyor 's management function . |
| 26 | Given diminishing marginal utility of income , more income in one period can not compensate for lower income in another period . |
| 27 | If the Oxford can not fly for one reason or another , she will still be the only ‘ live ’ Airspeed aircraft in the world . |
| 28 | Mrs J , whose identity we can not reveal for legal reasons , was a councillor in NHS management . |
| 29 | ‘ I have been knocked off by bicycle by a negligent driver and although not seriously injured , I can not work for several weeks . |
| 30 | If lost , the ferret can not survive for any length of time . |