Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , Oh you ca n't sack her for that ! |
| 2 | they 're saying that their fixing figures by not putting people on the waiting list so the waiting lists are shorter , because they 're putting , not , they 're saying that to people we ca n't treat you for about two years so I 'm not going to put you on the list at the moment , so they 're , cooking the books , that 's what they reckon |
| 3 | And other costs , such as readers and having to buy books because you ca n't borrow them for long enough from libraries to get them recorded or brailled , er those sorts of things really are n't taken account of and you 're simply going to have to borrow money er to pay for your disability in effect . |
| 4 | ‘ I can stick it for myself , but I ca n't bear it for you . |
| 5 | Then he said flatly , ‘ He ca n't want it for Fincara , because Fand attacked him . |
| 6 | Ca n't do one for everything ! |
| 7 | ‘ She ca n't do everything for herself , ’ Tabitha said . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't do nothing for 'im . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I think when you first go into the Home , you 're frightened because you think you 'll be treated possibly as a cabbage or just somebody who ca n't do anything for themselves and that you may be completely dependent on people and you want to be independent . |
| 10 | He 's afraid of sleeping too , and we ca n't do anything for him . |
| 11 | Now okay you know the , you know the one person you ca n't do anything for but it 's the way this lass looked you know and then about a week after that I 'm in Princes Street and I always try and er you know buy the , the Issues |
| 12 | Well of course , it 's not er , by chance the bible and God uses that picture because we 're , we are just like sheep in that sense , we ca n't do anything for ourselves . |
| 13 | ‘ We are declaring people homeless and then they are having to join a queue because we ca n't do anything for them , there is such a backlog . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah but you say to her that they 're always on about how s Shrimpy ca n't do anything for himself , and it 's between Emma , it 's not between it was al even Scott said to me at the beginning oh it 's not between me , it 's nothing to do with me , it 's between Emma and Scott . |
| 15 | there 's a thousand pound he said , you know , if you can make it right sort of over the next month but he said basically I can not do anything until erm the end of February , he said you come in the end of February he said and then we can start to sort it out , he said I ca n't do anything for you until then . |
| 16 | Lord , you remember me , I ca n't do anything for myself , will you remember me ? |
| 17 | Well they ca n't do any they ca n't do anything for me I 'm an I 'm an awkward sod ! |
| 18 | And course it 's reached the point of no return now where she she ca n't do anything for herself . |
| 19 | I ca n't do it for you . |
| 20 | ‘ People do n't seem to understand that a hypnotherapist ca n't do it for them , and neither can any other magic ingredient . |
| 21 | Some of but you ca n't do it for something like a Medieval 's day or Roman |
| 22 | ‘ Not much sun on Gullholm at this time of the year , I admit , but you ca n't beat it for peace and privacy . |
| 23 | You ca n't beat it for a breath of fresh air — wing walking . |
| 24 | I ca n't print anything for you . |
| 25 | All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing ! |
| 26 | You ca n't blame me for trying . ’ |
| 27 | dir : You ca n't blame me for your failure to secure funding . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm delighted to hear it , ’ Mike agreed , ‘ although after this latest little fracas you ca n't blame me for wondering , now can you ? ’ |
| 29 | But you have to admit you do look very young and innocent , so you ca n't blame me for putting on the Big Daddy bit . ’ |
| 30 | Ca n't blame me for that ! |