don't have any that

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Can one say
a. This baby loves to snatch people's eyeglasses. Luckily, I don't have any for him to snatch.
b. This baby loves to snatch people's eyeglasses. Luckily, I don't have any that he can snatch.


c. They have a lot of job openings, but they don't have any opening for someone with my qualification to fill.
d. They have a lot of job openings, but they don't have any opening that someone with my qualification could fill.
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For c and d, it is better to use "qualifications". Other than that, they are grammatical but I don't find a and b particularly natural.
 
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I agree with Andrew about using "qualifications".

I would delete the second mention of "openings". It seems unnecessary in both examples.
I also feel that "to fill" is unnecessary in (c).

(c) They have a lot of job openings, but they don't have any for someone with my qualifications.
(d) They have a lot of job openings, but they don't have any that someone with my qualifications could fill.
 
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