Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please could you tell me something about this fish , such as how large will it get , so that I can prepare for rehousing it ? |
| 2 | His saying was " If I can work for 1 Yard an hour I can walk for 1 1/2d an hour . |
| 3 | I can walk for quite long distances now . ’ |
| 4 | I can not afford to send donations to every appeal that comes through my letterbox , but I can walk for miles in glorious locations and sit for hours enjoying the birds in my garden . |
| 5 | There is no way in which I can vote for a guillotine which so severely curtails debate in Committee . |
| 6 | I 've come on your wild-goose chase and that 's all I can do for you . ’ |
| 7 | What do you think I can do for you ? ’ |
| 8 | Nevertheless if there is anything I can do for you in the way of friendship , now or in the future , I hope you will not hesitate to call upon me . |
| 9 | He seemed to be saying , ‘ Listen Geoff , there are some things I can do for you and there are some things I ca n't . |
| 10 | If there is anything I can do for you … ’ |
| 11 | There 's nothing more I can do for you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Is there anything I can do for you , my boy ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Is there anything more I can do for you today ? ’ he said presently . |
| 14 | In my capacity as my own analyst I feel that the least I can do for my patient , and my readers , is precisely to ‘ let the case material speak for itself ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ Ask not , ’ Carnelian taunted , ‘ what you can do for me , but what I can do for you . ’ |
| 16 | His last question to bishops on their ad limina visits was always the courteous : ‘ And now , is there anything I can do for you ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , of course , anything I can do for the poor girl — ’ she began . |
| 18 | And you know , anything I can do for you — just ask . |
| 19 | Harold there 's nothing I can do for you , but a Cadbury 's boost |
| 20 | See what I can do for yer . |
| 21 | ‘ And now , ’ he said , having mopped up the last crumb , ‘ now , what is it I can do for you ? |
| 22 | ‘ Anything else I can do for you ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Anything else I can do for the moment ? ’ |
| 24 | Is there anything else that I can do for her cos she says she is in quite a lot of discomfort at the moment . |
| 25 | The plain fact of the matter is , there is nothing I can do for your wife . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Master Taplow , ’ he whispered , ‘ there is very little I can do for you except make sure the gaoler gives you your wine , pray for your speedy death and that in Purgatory Christ will have mercy on your soul . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Anything I can do for you ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Is there anything I can do for you ? ’ |
| 29 | But perhaps it 's more a question of what I can do for you ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Is there anything I can do for you in return ? ’ |