Example sentences of "you can [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wherever you see the Switch sign you can pay for goods and services simply by handing over your AutoCheque Card . |
| 2 | ‘ You can go for days without meeting a millionaire . |
| 3 | If you can talk for hours in the boot room |
| 4 | Because if there are you can arrange for things li if you if you break or sprain , you start getting strain or whatever you can ask for an amanuensis Oh , you 're interested now , oh what 's an aman where 's the dictionary ? |
| 5 | You can walk for hours and never see daylight , under the Paris Opera House . |
| 6 | Easily Accessible : You can walk for miles and miles on the nearby Halkyn mountains and a little further afield , the Denbigh moors and Snowdonia provide many challenging walks . |
| 7 | I mean there 's not many discos round here what you can see for kids . |
| 8 | By day you can see for miles , and at night the moon shines brightly out of cloudless skies . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , a penthouse is like any other home , only it 's right up on top of a building and you can see for miles and miles just by looking out of your sitting room window . ’ |
| 10 | On a cloudless day you can see for miles . |
| 11 | Everywhere you stand , you can see for miles in straight food lines . |
| 12 | I 'm sure there are some amazing restaurants up here , some incredible mirador where you can see for miles and dine by moonlight . ’ |
| 13 | Only you can look for associations , explanations and seek amplification of what it was your unconscious mind was trying to communicate to you while you slept — and dreamed . |
| 14 | In non-ELT materials you can look for situations which are likely to feature highly predictable language : scenes set in restaurants or shops , at parties , the reception desk or the dining table can sometimes be picked out of a longer programme and used in isolation to give an example of particular language functions in operation . |
| 15 | Does anybody know when you can apply for tickets for the Villa game on Jan 3rd . |
| 16 | You can shop for bargains in clothes , cameras and electrical goods in modern malls . |