Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pers pn] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves . |
| 2 | ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby . |
| 3 | Nothing can prepare you for the shock . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You can do it for a week . |
| 7 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 8 | ‘ These are all the variations I can show you for the moment . ’ |
| 9 | I think it can store it for a while , too . |
| 10 | If the comparison is successful , a program-accessible register is loaded with the address of the compared words ; alternatively , A and L could be retained in program-accessible registers throughout the process , so that the programmer can interrogate them for the result of the search . |
| 11 | She can keep him for the moment . |
| 12 | Well at least we can plan it for the week then . |
| 13 | This means that we can use them for the riding school , muck the out etc … and the owner pays for its feed . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And that 's what we got imminence for — but you can use it for a lot more than that . |
| 16 | you can use it for a saw or put a head |
| 17 | You can use it for an interview . |
| 18 | Commenting on the scope of a scheme that can give every farmer a stake in conservation , he said : ‘ If someone wants to make a 20 metre-wide headland , he can run it for a mile and still use up only eight acres of his set-aside land . ’ |
| 19 | So as I can take her for a ride and back . |
| 20 | " 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 . " |
| 21 | Hope you can join me for the breakfast show for Gary and Robbo 's next in your day . |
| 22 | So Shel can sell it for a lot more than that . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And while most people are currently cursing the recession , Rutter can thank it for the improvement in Yeovil 's playing fortunes . |
| 25 | I put in two gallons on Saturday , and I can tell you for a fact there 's at least quarter of a gallon left . |
| 26 | When I consider the striking natural beauties of such a river as that at Matlock , and the effect of the seven-storey buildings that have been raised there , and on other beautiful streams , for cotton manufactories , I am inclined to think that nothing can equal them for the purpose of disbeautifying an enchanting piece of scenery ; and that economy had produced , what the greatest ingenuity , if a prize were given for ugliness , could not surpass . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet . |
| 29 | Do you think you can hold it for an hour ? ’ |
| 30 | Pretty much the same at the moment because I 'm I 'm sat on a couple of bills for Salford Council who I 'm sure can afford it for the moment . |