Example sentences of "ca [adv] [verb] [pron] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca n't do one for everything ! |
| 2 | Some of but you ca n't do it for something like a Medieval 's day or Roman |
| 3 | For him to die of pneumonia was really a terrible waste and I think David harboured a little … you ca n't blame someone for something like a person dying tragically with pneumonia , but I think he felt his mother should have watched over him more carefully , but I suppose that 's like saying the cat got drowned , why was the puddle there ? |
| 4 | Maybe I 've misjudged you , but do n't you see , after all that , I ca n't feel anything for anyone any more ? |
| 5 | Presumably you ca n't use it for anything else because it needs to be very smooth and perfect . |
| 6 | You can erm you ca n't use it for anything else but croquet ? |
| 7 | I mean the question that has to be faced is that when you talk about cutting the costs in local government you also have to talk about the services which councils deliver , and you ca n't get something for nothing . |
| 8 | Therefore , if they , the unemployed , want help from the State they must pay back from that State with some form of work , because you ca n't have something for nothing , not in a capitalist market economy . |
| 9 | Now , now , with it , the one thing in that 's it , and all the water 's wasted , you ca n't re-use it for anything . |