Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the plant can , during the latter part of the night , move its leaves to a position appropriate for sunrise ; predatory animals can prepare themselves for the activity of hunting and hunted animals can escape to safety before it is too late . |
| 2 | If twins are detected by ultrasound scan , parents can prepare themselves for the births and plan accordingly , and also alert the obstetric team so that the appropriate antenatal care can be given to allow for the best chance of a safe delivery . |
| 3 | ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby . |
| 4 | But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves . |
| 5 | Nothing can prepare you for the shock . |
| 6 | This being a movie , Sandra is recognised , by a young American woman who won her place in the workshop in a competition and who now , shyly , politely , asks if she can trouble her for an autograph . |
| 7 | Here you can buy everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 8 | The birth his birthday was twenty four months , that means from when you can buy it for a new born baby or somebody up to two years old , will be suitable for it . |
| 9 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 10 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 11 | It really is important to get your statement , but first we 've got to see if we can do anything for the poor devil down there . " |
| 12 | And you can do it for a fraction of the price and without finding yourself on first-name-terms with your local AA recovery team . |
| 13 | You can do it for a week . |
| 14 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 15 | ‘ These are all the variations I can show you for the moment . ’ |
| 16 | When the child has gained a number of these it can exchange them for a rewarding object or activity . |
| 17 | I think it can store it for a while , too . |
| 18 | If the comparison is successful , a program-accessible register is loaded with the address of the compared words ; alternatively , A and L could be retained in program-accessible registers throughout the process , so that the programmer can interrogate them for the result of the search . |
| 19 | She can keep him for the moment . |
| 20 | Well at least we can plan it for the week then . |
| 21 | ‘ But now I can use them for a different trade . ’ |
| 22 | This means that we can use them for the riding school , muck the out etc … and the owner pays for its feed . |
| 23 | You can use it for a lot of things , but when you get down to analyse it , I think it may be the law of the jungle where the strongest survive ; and I do n't know necessarily whether that 's a bad thing . |
| 24 | And that 's what we got imminence for — but you can use it for a lot more than that . |
| 25 | Well so that she has similar , so that she has erm you know money when she gets married or if she decides not to get married maybe she can use it for a , a house deposit . |
| 26 | you can use it for a saw or put a head |
| 27 | It makes a firmer fabric than an every needle rib , makes a double jacquard pattern shorter and truer to the actual pattern and , also , you can use it for the plain rows instead of the ‘ striper ’ card if you like the texture . |
| 28 | You can use it for an interview . |
| 29 | Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’ |
| 30 | He may meet in private with his lawyer , but access to his family is severely restricted : he can see them for no more than one hour a month , under tight surveillance . |