Example sentences of "can [pron] [vb infin] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look , can I sit for a moment ? |
| 2 | CAN I GO FOR A PINT ASKS THIRSTY JUROR |
| 3 | ‘ What can I do for a child ? ’ |
| 4 | So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ? |
| 5 | Can I apply for a house/flat ? |
| 6 | Can I have for a long time . |
| 7 | Teacher : Can I come for a ride in your train ? |
| 8 | Er Nicola had a baby , she suffered from postnatal depression and er can I ask for a bit of hush there please , Nicola suffered from postnatal depression and she took Prozac . |
| 9 | Er , can I ask for a point of clarification . |
| 10 | Can I ask for a list of the full report before council , so it will give us a chance to have a debate there rather than here . |
| 11 | ‘ Can I ask for the ring back ? ’ he mumbled . |
| 12 | By now some may well be asking ‘ Where can I look for a spiritual director ? |
| 13 | Please can you arrange for the substation to be tidied up . |
| 14 | Bank Assistants , ask not what the IBOA can do for you but what can you do for the IBOA to get justice for your claim . |
| 15 | Well that 's can you pay for a stamp for that for me please ? |
| 16 | Nor can you hope for a reference . |
| 17 | At what stage can you claim for a terminal |
| 18 | The series prompts the question : How can we settle for a portraiture less complex than this ? |
| 19 | Can we go for a walk ? |
| 20 | Well , cos of my back last year I could n't go very far so we thought , where can we go for a break ? |
| 21 | Can we aim for the at the latest . |
| 22 | As soon as they got in the car and were clear of the port , the girl said : ‘ Can we stop for a moment ? |
| 23 | So we motored past delightful mountains while I occasionally whined from the back seat , ‘ Why are n't we doing that one ? ’ or ‘ ’ That one looks nice ’ , or ‘ Can we stop for a minute please ? ’ |
| 24 | So how can we predict for a given metal which case will apply ? |
| 25 | Can we afford for the activists to be priced out of the Party ? |
| 26 | How can we allow for the possibility that someone might request an opinion antagonistically , by picking on someone who does not want to speak ? |
| 27 | What can one write for a man who is dying , who is going into a world where there are no books , no words ? |
| 28 | He should have a say in how the guest speakers use their time at the event : should they meet the press or the mayor , where can they go for a bit of peace and quiet , even reassurance , and so on . |
| 29 | ‘ Whatever can he do for a living , if he 's free to ramble about in the middle of the working week in April ? |
| 30 | Nor can it account for the way that unskilled workers in a northern seaside town could imagine , think and plan how to move into the boarding house business . |