Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no way in which I can vote for a guillotine which so severely curtails debate in Committee . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , of course , anything I can do for the poor girl — ’ she began . |
| 3 | ‘ Anything else I can do for the moment ? ’ |
| 4 | Oi think of a project for me that I can do for the next seven weeks . |
| 5 | ‘ I can pay for the damage if ever so bad . |
| 6 | In time these three will form a screen so that I can arrange for a complete change of scenery on either side . |
| 7 | Not much perhaps , but if you answer my questions I can arrange for a pardon to be sent down under the usual condition : that you abjure the realm . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's too late now for the burial , ’ he said , ‘ but I can arrange for the body to be buried tomorrow . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You can take me to a hotel , somewhere I can stay for a couple of nights until the police can find the very sick person who sent that letter to me . ’ |
| 10 | Or I can go for a brand new what I 've had before , you know not the special edition |
| 11 | My son did n't live more than a few hours , but I can feel for the parents of that little girl . |
| 12 | No , I can hope for no help from that quarter . |
| 13 | And , of course , as children erm , er so I think I can speak for the rest of the children around the base , the erm cigarettes , er not cigarettes , beg your pardon |
| 14 | ‘ Does that mean I can apply for the job ? ’ |
| 15 | Because we have so many cameras I can have for the editing a great many possibilities ; and if we have filmed the music properly in the first place we can already have created some very important effects just with one shot — the violins may have the principal melody with an important counter-melody or harmonic detail in the violas , so we might shoot the passage in such a way that we have the violin bows in the foreground , the conductor , and the violas clearly focused as the third element in the shot . |
| 16 | Just to answer some of the queries and comments that perhaps with Mr on the er problems of consultation , which we do accept , and they 're , if I can apologize for the coverage of the leaflet . |
| 17 | " D' you know " , he told me , " that I can ask for the check in seventeen languages ? " |
| 18 | I do n't think I can play for the dancing this year . |
| 19 | And there 's a couple of blokes I need to talk to , old mates who I can trust for a good turn , if and when I hear that you need it . |
| 20 | Perhaps I can ring for a minicab . ’ |
| 21 | The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy . |
| 22 | ‘ Which is more than I can say for the rest of this wretched world . ’ |
| 23 | which is more than I can say for the inflatable . |
| 24 | More than I can say for the other fella , Berger . |
| 25 | I can vouch for the truth of this . |
| 26 | As a native New Yorker , I can vouch for the fact that he is a classy guide to some very mean streets . |
| 27 | As someone who worked in the BMC when it was at its height , and who has very long acquaintance with both protagonists , I can vouch for the veracity of Dennis 's story as told here , and can only lament the nit-picking which has continued even after its publication in this book . |
| 28 | Having personally discussed the matter with many of them , I can vouch for the fact that this was not the case . |
| 29 | Having spent some time loading and editing complicated vector graphics files in CorelDRAW I can vouch for the accuracy of this claim . |
| 30 | The second planning policy guidance note which erm the new settlement tracked as was the policy guidance note number twelve , and I wonder if I can grapple for a moment with the S word , sustainable . |