Example sentences of "can [verb] [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well , you can make it for me . |
| 2 | ( Practise that defensive movement with a friend and you will be amazed at how fast you can turn to protect yourself , and how difficult you can make it for him or her to hit you . ) |
| 3 | You can adapt it for your own taste but keep the pointers in mind . |
| 4 | At a distance the effect of the pyramids is aesthetic ; close up , simply astonishment , for nothing can prepare you for their scale . |
| 5 | NOTHING THAT Ministry have ever recorded can prepare you for what the band are like live . |
| 6 | As a result , we now have a very detailed picture of the lifestyle of the cuckoo and can recognise it for what it is : not a case of divine creation , but a superb example of the complex adaptations that occur in the intricate interrelationship . |
| 7 | ‘ And I believe he is the man who can win it for us at Elland Road . |
| 8 | The first five are in Latin , but Miller , realising his limitations , wrote in August 1763 , ‘ I have taken the liberty of writing to you in English , being informed that you can either read it yourself , or have some persons who can translate it for you ’ . |
| 9 | The cheapest I can buy them for my dinner is £2.50 per half hundredweight bag . |
| 10 | Well , Lloyd 's of London can buy it for me . |
| 11 | These fast-changing times should cause all of us to reflect on the lives we are leading and how we can better them for ourselves and those around us . |
| 12 | Once the children are familiar with this method of working they can manipulate it for themselves — e.g. the performers can ask for advice whenever they need it ; the performers can " Tag " an adviser to take over from them . |
| 13 | Whereby erm we do n't end up actually doing the things for them , but we show them the way that they can do them for themselves . |
| 14 | Oh it would be really nice you know , especially for the supporters that 's been behind us all season , so hopefully we can do it for them . |
| 15 | Learning is an activity of an individual , no one else can do it for him . |
| 16 | If it did it for them it can do it for me ! ’ |
| 17 | Well , I 'm s sure if you wanted to I could give you the paint and you can do it for me . |
| 18 | I do hope you can do it for me ? ’ |
| 19 | And to answer Kim 's other question , he is , in my estimation , the only one who can do it for me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You can do it for me . |
| 21 | rain jacket for Annaleigh get the jacket done , get that in for Ian and something in for Claire and then when you go down town you can do it for me |
| 22 | You know that if they can do it for you , they will , and you know that when they 're on screen , they 'll do their damnedest to make it all work . |
| 23 | Well Cath can do it for you . |
| 24 | Let's see if I can do it for you . |
| 25 | But I can do it for you . |
| 26 | So in everything that we do and staying spiritually awake , we have to do something , it all comes back to you and I at the end of the day , no one else can do it for us we sometimes think well , well , so and so can help , I mean this is true to a degree , but at the end of the day it all comes back to us does n't it ? |
| 27 | ‘ Poor Bernard , I must see if I can sew it for him . |
| 28 | ‘ I can stick it for myself , but I ca n't bear it for you . |
| 29 | As it is helpful to hear them without a break you may ask the LH to mark which words you want him to say , or you can mark them for him . |
| 30 | ‘ I can see it for myself . |