Example sentences of "can [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the sort of feature anyone half handy can make for their own water garden . |
| 2 | With a little time and imagination , there is no end to the low fat , high fibre energy breakfasts you can make for yourself . |
| 3 | Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . |
| 4 | Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . |
| 5 | One is the elegant collection of hotels where , as the town 's name suggests , you can bathe for your health just as the Romans did 2,000 years ago , but in much greater comfort and with considerably more expert supervision . |
| 6 | The report called for £200 million of government spending on fifth generation computing , that is computers that can think for themselves and get along with humans . |
| 7 | A contracting party can stipulate for what consideration he chooses . |
| 8 | A little man , faced with a much larger adversary , can compensate for his opponent 's longer arm reach by using his legs as defensive weapons . |
| 9 | You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself . |
| 10 | She maintained links with the Quakers but made a point of religious independence : ‘ As I am not a member of any community , no society can answer for my irregular conduct . ’ |
| 11 | The suite features a substantial Pavarotti-sized shower where the Yeltsins can prepare for their visit to the Stock Exchange , laying a wreath at Westminster Abbey , and that night 's banquet with Prime Minister at the Royal Naval College , Greenwich . |
| 12 | ‘ We can wait for them here on the highway . ’ |
| 13 | I can wait for her approval . |
| 14 | I can wait for her to understand how I make Gillian happy . |
| 15 | ‘ I can wait for you , ’ she said huskily , and Claudia wanted nothing more than to leave a car that was rapidly becoming far too small for three . |
| 16 | It 's all right my hubby can wait for his lunch I are n't bothered . |
| 17 | If you 've got long hair and the bald patch is n't too noticeable , then perhaps you can wait for it to re-grow . |
| 18 | No , thank you ; I can wait for my dinner . ’ |
| 19 | Taking an existentialist approach , he says that it is God who delivers us into freedom , which is not something which we can accomplish for ourselves . |
| 20 | You can translate for us , human to Angel , Angel to human . |
| 21 | There are many systems that you can install for yourself if you 're keen on DIY , but professionally installed bedroom furniture can cost about £2,500 per room , and should add at last half its cost to the value of the house . |
| 22 | Also , I believe most students prefer to be introduced to new ideas which they can explore for themselves with a sense of adventure , rather than be led on a Cook 's Tour with every fact and statistic recited . |
| 23 | Or should they prefer , trainees can opt for our Factor 6 lotion instead . |
| 24 | But no map , nor guide book either , can vindicate for us , ‘ Chalais is high , a-level with the poplars ’ . |
| 25 | The Handbook of Over-the-Counter Medicines compiled by Mike Smith ( Kyle Cathie , £6.99 ) lists all sorts of nasty afflictions , from acne to worms , and what you can buy for them at the chemist 's . |
| 26 | The burger bar is doing a sizzling trade and Pacitto 's , dear old Pacitto 's the best ice cream you can buy for my money has a queue that stretches halfway back to Middlesbrough . |
| 27 | They formed in 1980 as a purely instrumental jazz-funk band and their excellent playing always kept them interesting as a live band : I know ‘ they can really play their instruments ’ is a boring credential , but it can count for something . |
| 28 | you can watch for them , oh gosh well , in a while respect their religious beliefs and they 're at terms |
| 29 | That 's it , she can watch for you coming through the door . |
| 30 | Once humanity can formulate for itself a truly superstition-free religion , such activities would die a natural death , as for example , has the burning of ‘ witches ’ , although even this hideous ritual would be not entirely free from revival if a godless , religious vacuum were allowed to form . |