Example sentences of "[conj] it can [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It usually takes several days for the pain to subside , although it can linger for weeks . |
| 2 | And the reverse of that , wrote Harsnet , the feeling that all we have already felt and seen and heard has yet to happen , is so far only a dream , a fantasy , and the sense , he wrote , that this may be a feeling we experience again and again throughout our lives , that the elements of experience have failed to catch on to the glass of our lives , or that the glass is there and waiting for the experience to be registered , that it can wait for ever , for it does not know the meaning of time . |
| 3 | ‘ And it can work for us , too , ’ reckons Carl . |
| 4 | ‘ And it can work for us , too , ’ reckons Carl . |
| 5 | No , no more cos it can last for such a long time sometimes , you know . |
| 6 | None of this means Shawcross should stop — the cause is too important — but it can make for a frustrating life . |
| 7 | Where an undertaking refuses to co-operate with the Commission , the Commission can not force access to the premises , but it can call for the assistance of the relevant national authorities in carrying out an active search for evidence and the national authorities must co-operate in providing such assistance . |
| 8 | They formed in 1980 as a purely instrumental jazz-funk band and their excellent playing always kept them interesting as a live band : I know ‘ they can really play their instruments ’ is a boring credential , but it can count for something . |
| 9 | because it can last for anything up to six months . |
| 10 | The park officer Derek Statham said in future an attraction will have to have a minimum of 20,000 tourists a year before it can qualify for a sign . |