Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lunch-times can go on for ever if you have no friends and no one invites you to join in with what they are doing . |
| 2 | Design a chart the parents can fill in for a period of one week . |
| 3 | YOU MAY sneer — God knows , my upper lip has been twitching like the pelvis of Elvis throughout this re-birth — but it is odd how bands can trundle on for decades , blithely ignored , while Madness were thrust back into a critical firing line . |
| 4 | So information sources can stand in for what we do not automatically know . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Outside Israel , passengers can check in for a rival 's flight later and without so much hassle . |
| 7 | Or give them to a nearby playgroup or primary school , which will welcome any old cards that the children can cut up for collages . |
| 8 | One result of this has been a contraction in the value that venture capitalists can put on for particular businesses . |
| 9 | There is no general evidence as yet to link second home ownership with house price increases ( de Vane 1975 ) , but in local instances this has undoubtedly happened on a property-for-property basis , and it is easy to be convinced that dire housing consequences can come about for the ‘ traditional ’ rural population . |
| 10 | Once you start linking drama and topic work you 'll find that your drama projects can go on for weeks . |