Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby . |
| 2 | But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves . |
| 3 | Nothing can prepare you for the shock . |
| 4 | This being a movie , Sandra is recognised , by a young American woman who won her place in the workshop in a competition and who now , shyly , politely , asks if she can trouble her for an autograph . |
| 5 | The birth his birthday was twenty four months , that means from when you can buy it for a new born baby or somebody up to two years old , will be suitable for it . |
| 6 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 7 | And you can do it for a fraction of the price and without finding yourself on first-name-terms with your local AA recovery team . |
| 8 | You can do it for a week . |
| 9 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 10 | ‘ These are all the variations I can show you for the moment . ’ |
| 11 | When the child has gained a number of these it can exchange them for a rewarding object or activity . |
| 12 | I think it can store it for a while , too . |
| 13 | If the comparison is successful , a program-accessible register is loaded with the address of the compared words ; alternatively , A and L could be retained in program-accessible registers throughout the process , so that the programmer can interrogate them for the result of the search . |
| 14 | She can keep him for the moment . |
| 15 | Well at least we can plan it for the week then . |
| 16 | ‘ But now I can use them for a different trade . ’ |
| 17 | This means that we can use them for the riding school , muck the out etc … and the owner pays for its feed . |
| 18 | You can use it for a lot of things , but when you get down to analyse it , I think it may be the law of the jungle where the strongest survive ; and I do n't know necessarily whether that 's a bad thing . |
| 19 | And that 's what we got imminence for — but you can use it for a lot more than that . |
| 20 | Well so that she has similar , so that she has erm you know money when she gets married or if she decides not to get married maybe she can use it for a , a house deposit . |
| 21 | you can use it for a saw or put a head |
| 22 | It makes a firmer fabric than an every needle rib , makes a double jacquard pattern shorter and truer to the actual pattern and , also , you can use it for the plain rows instead of the ‘ striper ’ card if you like the texture . |
| 23 | You can use it for an interview . |
| 24 | Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’ |
| 25 | He may meet in private with his lawyer , but access to his family is severely restricted : he can see them for no more than one hour a month , under tight surveillance . |
| 26 | Commenting on the scope of a scheme that can give every farmer a stake in conservation , he said : ‘ If someone wants to make a 20 metre-wide headland , he can run it for a mile and still use up only eight acres of his set-aside land . ’ |
| 27 | So as I can take her for a ride and back . |
| 28 | " I shall have to take you back with me to Vienna , dear Tilda , yes , I 'm sorry , I sha n't be able to manage without you , fortunately you 're so small they wo n't miss you here and I can take you for a Glücksbringer . " |
| 29 | The tourist path , although free from hazards , is a weary treadmill , and active and experienced walkers can reserve it for a quick descent and adopt an alternative route by crossing the midway plateau and descending into the stony recesses of the Allt a' Mhuillinn by rounding the base of Castle Buttress . |
| 30 | Hope you can join me for the breakfast show for Gary and Robbo 's next in your day . |