Example sentences of "he can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the tides run fast an' sometimes a man gets the feelin' 'e can swim across from shore ter shore with ease when it 's runnin' slow . |
| 2 | Well , it 's what you might call clerkin' work , writin' letters for business firms at 'ome , which do n't come too welcome to an active man like 'im , so 'e likes to get out as much as 'e can to give 'is gammy leg a walk . |
| 3 | ‘ Your father 'e can go smoke , ’ Madame retorted , sitting Ellie down in a chair . |
| 4 | " By heck , 'e can jump ower that gate as if it were n't there . |
| 5 | Farvver Murphy at the church 'as promised us some paint , an' whitewash fer the ceilin 's , an' one o' the lads knows where 'e can get all the timber we need , no questions asked o' course . |
| 6 | ‘ Waiting down below for us , I should n't wonder — wanting us to get a move on so ‘ s 'e can keep 'is hand in at 'is old trade ! |
| 7 | Their quadrennial stampede for the moral high ground is more fervent than ever , as Democrat Bill Clinton and Gary Hart before him can testify . |
| 8 | It 's only him can do it like ! |
| 9 | I took that line , so the main , the main character goes skiing for the first time , ca n't do it , and is frustrated because everybody else around him can do it including his girlfriend which er adds insult to injury and there is in there of course , a very attractive dashing Austrian ski instructor ; that 's the catalyst really for the drama . |
| 10 | The patient 's attitude to you and other people around him can change dramatically because of his stroke or head injury . |
| 11 | The new congregation has a heaven sent opportunity to begin again to do all it can in public worship to present Christ in such a way that those who do n't know him can find him . |
| 12 | He continues pouring from one container to another , and after lots of experience and conversation with the adults around him can begin to estimate how much he is going to need to fill the guinea pig 's water bowl or top up the vase of flowers . |
| 13 | Such a quantity of natural ability can sometimes cause inner confusion and players like him can turn a match on its head sometimes without knowing how it happened or how they did it . |
| 14 | The early life of a child and the attitudes of those around him can have a dramatic effect upon his adult emotional state . |
| 15 | " I reckon they can afford a good feather tye so 's he can 'ave 'er laying down ! " |
| 16 | Because , he can repair the broken bit by putting a false bit on . |
| 17 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 18 | The Executive is not unaware of these problems , and vice president Neil MacFarlane has been delegated to do all he can to obviate them . |
| 19 | If the landlord opts and it is a landlord repairing lease , he can reclaim any input tax on the repairs as they are attributed to a taxable supply . |
| 20 | The reimbursement is standard-rated if the landlord has opted , and he must account for output tax on the reimbursement ( net of any VAT which he can reclaim ) . |
| 21 | I 'm sure Morrissey is arrogant enough to believe that he can reclaim the Union Jack and even the entire skinhead movement for his own ‘ little England ’ fantasies and subtly satiric purposes . |
| 22 | You 've no doubt heard of these helmets which can feed a man 's senses a crudely simulated universe-a cartoon universe — with which he can interact physically ; he rotates , it rotates ; he hears a sound , he turns towards it , the source is where it should be , so on and so forth . |
| 23 | He can ignore it or he can take profit . |
| 24 | If he does n't like it , he can lump it . ’ |
| 25 | As mentioned earlier in this chapter , company policy may vary with regard to whether the expatriate is expected to rent or buy property in the new location or whether he can benefit from living in company housing . |
| 26 | Here , as in the mature tragedies , the hypocrite is ready to destroy anyone if he can benefit from it . |
| 27 | In this way he can check whether there are ‘ more ’ , ‘ fewer ’ or ‘ the same ’ cups as saucers , without using number . |
| 28 | Guys he can check with , after I 've gone . |
| 29 | You might also try to use an edition which your reader can independently get hold of , so that she or he can check what you say . |
| 30 | Yes , well he should n't see , cos he can , he can check his own name ca n't he ? |