Example sentences of "he can [vb infin] for " 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 | At times he feels that the most he can hope for is to identify some fissures in the accumulating mass of proposals in their formative stages into which he can try to insert something of his own political values . |
| 3 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 4 | Lucy shrugged and said , ‘ He can hope for as long as he likes . ’ |
| 5 | If he is unlucky , then there will be a battle at sea , and the best he can hope for is that none of our sea-borne army manages to make a landing . |
| 6 | Campbell is unlikely to start the game however ; he is short of match practice and the most he can hope for is a place on the bench . |
| 7 | Clark , who took over at the City Ground from Brian Clough last month and has already sold Clough 's son Nigel to Liverpool , said : ‘ Roy seems to be under the misapprehension that he can sign for anybody he likes . |
| 8 | On his international debut the sweeper Simon looked the genuine article , while the central defender Monzon showed he can compensate for a lack of height with good positioning and excellent timing . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | This sport , you understand , is run by the Pony Club , and Plumpton tells me he can arrange for us to enter their unaffiliated competitions without actually getting too involved . |
| 11 | Well I do n't , I do n't have to give him a key as long as I let him in , you do n't have to have a key , but he can arrange , he can arrange for me to be there |
| 12 | If an explosion occurs owing to the escape of gas , it does not seem to have been suggested that the defences of common benefit or consent of the plaintiff would be available to the defendants , possibly because the plaintiff has no choice as to the source of his supply of gas , whereas in other cases he can decide for himself whether he will accept the arrangement offered to him by his landlord . |
| 13 | Well while he 's raking it in every bloody week for sitting on his behind in parliament there , he can pay for them ! |
| 14 | Mind you , he does n't smell — he must have got somewhere he can go for a bath at least once a week . |
| 15 | He can go for long periods without food ; I can go for long periods without sleep . |
| 16 | Making waves : An Australian male surf lifesaver , Damien Taylor , 24 , has entered a beauty contest designed for women if he wins Miss Wintersun 1993 , he can go for the Miss Australia crown . |
| 17 | The only productivity gain that he can show for it is in the courts . |
| 18 | Then he can head for other Grand Slam victories and eventually that coveted No. 1 spot . |
| 19 | He can talk for hours about banking , collegiate music , gardening … |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | Ludo notices it for the first time , and asks what he can do for me . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They go off to see just what she 's on about because she 's told them , he 'll do the same for you , what he 's done for me , he can do for you as well ! |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If he is to persuade his colleagues that he can win for the party , he will need to seize every available chance for exposure over the next two , three , or even four years . |
| 26 | If he can run for us , so can you . |
| 27 | If he can run for us , so can you . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He can come for an hour . |
| 30 | If you look at any page , you 'll see the bottom part of the page will tell you how much life assurance he can get for every ten pounds he 's got to spend . |