Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits . |
| 2 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 3 | Hadley is adamant that , despite the views expressed by Wayne Shelford , nothing can make up for the satisfaction of representing the country of your birth at international level . |
| 4 | This last month , the Bavarians have been going through the painful experience of learning that , where an historic collection is concerned , it is the whole which is greater than the parts , and no saving of individual items can make up for the erosion of that whole . |
| 5 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 6 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 7 | You can go up for the day . |
| 8 | This tragic game can go on for the rest of their lives or one of them can decide enough is enough and withdraw . |
| 9 | ‘ I shall hang it in the kitchen for a week , ’ she said , ‘ and then you can go out for the evening and I will have bread sauce and fried breadcrumbs , and game chips and red currant jelly and watercress and pheasant . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Then , if we 're forward enough , Jinny and Oz can go off for the day with a couple of baskets . |
| 11 | Louis can come back for the trunk tomorrow . |
| 12 | that 's it , and they do , you can shop around for the insurance and that like |
| 13 | and after you 've gorged yourself on all the fun and nightlife that Benitses has to offer , you can turn in for the night and leave it all behind . |