Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't carry equipment for a youth club on my bicycle , so Paul used to pick me up in his car . ’ |
| 2 | ca n't set targets for |
| 3 | After a tenacious run through ‘ Ca n't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man ’ — a rather average ditty by PE 's high standards — Chuck D thankfully reappears , prompting the S1Ws , now dressed in standard military uniforms , to unleash a synchronised black power salute . |
| 4 | After a tenacious run through ‘ Ca n't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man ’ — a rather average ditty by PE 's high standards — Chuck D thankfully reappears , prompting the S1Ws , now dressed in standard military uniforms , to unleash a synchronised black power salute . |
| 5 | You ca n't mistake nits for dandruff . |
| 6 | ‘ We ca n't choose priorities for developing countries ’ , says Chandler . |
| 7 | You ca n't blame Frankie for what happened . |
| 8 | I mean , let's face it , penis envy is a is a pretty wacky idea however you look at it , and you ca n't blame people for thinking , oh you know , this Viennese professor must have had a , had a diseased mind or something to come across such a crazy idea . |
| 9 | You ca n't blame , you ca n't blame people for hanging about doing nothing if they 've twice as many staff as they should 've , and there paying them , I mean , that , that 's an administrative error , not a well it seems to be very rift in local government that there over staffed |
| 10 | Earl Siward said , ‘ You ca n't blame churchmen for getting it wrong . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , more than half way through her pregnancy , Suzanne Jones ca n't make plans for the future . |
| 12 | Providing you resist , this can in itself provide useful learning opportunities : " I 'm not in charge ; I ca n't make decisions for you . " |
| 13 | ‘ I gave him my heart , and he destroyed it , so I ca n't feel pity for him . |
| 14 | They ca n't claim money for these . |
| 15 | ‘ Ca n't use Finn for me puppets again , ’ he grumbled . |
| 16 | But county councils are n't legally obliged to provide facilities for travellers , and they ca n't use camps for gipsy families . |
| 17 | Suddenly Clare realized why Sam had come , and cried scornfully , ‘ You ca n't criticize Adam for being devious ! |
| 18 | Well , at least you ca n't lose remission for escaping from a loony bin . ’ |
| 19 | And you ca n't get compensation for that . |
| 20 | It 's best to finish work on a Friday because you ca n't get pension for any day of retirement that comes before your first payday . |
| 21 | Emmie said , ‘ I ca n't ask Dad for money for a vet . |
| 22 | All these references to sweets are enough to ‘ brainwash ’ any young mind , and I ca n't help wondering how mothers cope when their children ca n't have sugar for medical reasons . |
| 23 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note . |
| 24 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note |
| 25 | I ca n't say touch for touch how we became lovers because , really , we had been ever since he came into the room and found me still there , waiting and pretending . |
| 26 | It was the Captain who voiced his opinion for him : ‘ It 's no wonder we ca n't find flats for our boys when they want to get married , with this sort of competition . |
| 27 | And he said this is a month , this was a month after the end of term , this , ca n't find books for any of these tickets , they 're not in any children 's |
| 28 | But now British Rail has told her it ca n't find room for her 20-inch wheelchair , and unless she finds herself a smaller one she 'll have to make alternative arrangements . |
| 29 | I ca n't find time for you , |
| 30 | I do n't know the exact figure , but certainly several million pounds , and if you ca n't find £300,000 for the disabled , it seems to me quite shocking . |