Example sentences of "i can [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now here was another set of lawyers coming along and saying , ‘ I think I can do better for you than that . ’ |
| 2 | I can sleep anywhere for just as long as I 've got . |
| 3 | I can stand up for myself . |
| 4 | I can stand up for myself . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I can go on for a few more days . |
| 7 | I can go out for the odd meal without suffering from the binge factor because we had a dessert . |
| 8 | In my own case , he wrote , and I can speak only for myself , in my own case and in my own life there have been very few genuine beginnings , only three or perhaps four . |
| 9 | It was significant that , when the war took a grave turn the following year , it was to every Anglican incumbent in the land ( and no doubt to many others , though I can speak only for the parish clergy ) that Duff Cooper , the Home Secretary , sent letters expressing apprehension of the state of public morale and urging the incumbents to do their utmost to help raise it . |
| 10 | Dublin said : ‘ I hope my first goal will now help me settle and show I can score more for the club and the fans who have been so good . ’ |
| 11 | He had said : ‘ I hope my first goal will help me settle and show I can score more for the club . |
| 12 | If there 's any way I can make up for what 's happened , Mr Calder , then I shall be only too pleased to do it . ’ |
| 13 | I can stick up for myself ! |
| 14 | Erm but er I can appreciate obviously for you , particularly final year students , to have s y'know a single text which not all of you are not that keen on , but er some of you do see it as an advantage as well . |
| 15 | Erm I have four or five people I can take on for any one of those companies so nobody 's in competition with |
| 16 | I want you to have it until I can come back for you . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , Charles , if there 's anything else I can tell you , or I can find out for you , let me know . ’ |
| 18 | But I can find out for definite later on . |
| 19 | Well I can get here for quarter to six if I leave work early but I do n't want to put you out . |
| 20 | I bought a pass for the swimming baths so I can get in for free . |
| 21 | Rebecca 's life could be made ten times easier with the programs I can work out for her . ’ |
| 22 | I mean , I 've been analyzing every dream I can remember now for the last twenty one years and er I think I 've got rather good at dream interpretation I must admit . |