Example sentences of "he can [vb infin] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can last for hours during the day without needing to go to the toilet , so I ca n't understand why it 's continuing to happen at night . |
| 2 | Jan Aage says having scored for Norway he now hopes he can score for swindon in the league and that this is a turnning point he would rather score for swindon than norway … |
| 3 | He can talk for hours about banking , collegiate music , gardening … |
| 4 | But the time must be at hand to see if he can do for Scotland what he is doing for Celtic , and not simply because of injury to others . |
| 5 | ‘ He can do for Lazio what I did for Napoli , ’ said the dethroned Argentine superstar , still talking excitedly yesterday about Gazza 's wonder goal on Tuesday night . |
| 6 | He is surrounded there by everything he loves ; he can walk for mile upon mile and meet nothing more taxing than the occasional sheep ; he can fish one of the best salmon rivers in Britain ; he can stalk deer , a sport he finds fascinating as well as challenging ; and he can paint . |
| 7 | Note that the child does not have automatic party status when an application is made for a s8 order except in the circumstances specified in ( iii ) and ( iv ) above although he can apply for party status as explained below . |
| 8 | The grubs inside the nest , he 'll take the nest away and the grubs he can use for fishing . |
| 9 | My son fishes at the fish farm where I know there is a responsible adult who he can ask for help if needed . |
| 10 | My son fishes quite often at the fish farm where I know there is a responsible adult who he can ask for help if needed . |
| 11 | He can swing a punch , which would give me pleasure , or he can call for help , which will give me warning , or , as he is doing , he can cower against the wall . |