Example sentences of "[indef pn] can [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody can pretend for a minute that they do n't know what 's going on . |
| 2 | But in the meantime how pleasant it is to find oneself arriving in the evening for the first time in some lively little English market town , where one can forget for a while the noisy onward march of science , and settle down to meditate upon the civilised past . |
| 3 | One can forget for a while the rigours faced everyday and appreciate wholeheartedly the kind of escapism that lies at the root of ‘ The Passionate Shepherd to his love ’ and ‘ The Garden ’ and all other poems which make up the pastoral garden . |
| 4 | That 's where everyone 's different of course but erm I , I think it is , it is it is a factor that erm one can watch television or can listen to the radio or one can go for a walk or do all sorts of things as it were before noon and midnight but three or four in the morning , you know , when everything is |
| 5 | Around Napo , after 15 years of colonisation , there are still appreciable areas of untouched forest within 1.2 km of the road ; elsewhere in Ecuador , after 30 or 40 years of colonisation , one can walk for a day away from a road without reaching the forest . |
| 6 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |