Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv prt] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No amount of brilliance can make up for knowledge of the idiom of the field .
2 The sooner that idea is introduced universally , the sooner individuals will have the right to a credit which they can cash in for training and further education , and we should be talking of both — of further education colleges and training schemes .
3 The therapist can not win out against death , but he or she can win out for life , for a sense of the real , for the kind of growth that truly matters ; dealing as it does with the evaluation of ways to love and hate , with the meanings of human conduct , an appreciation of human nature , and the succession of the generations .
4 Ruddy mortals , crouching and crawling around the under-carriage , they can look up for inspiration to the immaculate lives portrayed high on the walls of the workshop , to those models of determination and robust heroism familiar to all Soviet citizens : Riveters and Liberators , Welders and Flag-bearers , beaming Foundry-women with goggles thrown back on their brows like aviators from the Great Patriotic War .
5 ‘ I 'll show the two of you round the area , then we can stop off for lunch wherever takes our fancy . ’
6 But now it is one o'clock , and I , being only a volunteer , can step down for lunch without loss of face .
7 And it can all fall through because theirs is falling through or they ca n't get out when you want and that can go on for Can it not ?
8 Right , well we 'll get it all sorted for then and we 'll try and arrange a programme whereby we tie it up with Loretta or whoever that erm mom and I and Beth coming up to you and perhaps we can go out for lunch , yeah ?
9 She can come round for quarter an hour if she wants .
10 However , if it is ‘ Look out for the Purple Pig on your right in half a mile so that we can pull in for lunch ’ , then this is more reasonable .
11 A unique collection for research , and a place people can wander through for peace and tranquility .
12 Then we 'll see what we can rustle up for breakfast .
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