Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [pron] can [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to bless me you can bless my bottom , for it is sticking out of the hole . " " |
| 2 | A coastguard said : ‘ People are trying to nick everything they can lay their hands on . ’ |
| 3 | A coastguard said : ‘ People are trying to nick everything they can lay their hands on . ’ |
| 4 | They have made them because they are determined to do everything they can to save their business and their employees ' jobs and to secure a healthier future . |
| 5 | ‘ I welcome the opportunity , therefore , of assuring all the customers of the Royal Bank here this evening that it is still our basic aim to do whatever we can to promote your welfare , and to deal with you fairly on every occasion . |
| 6 | Girls are brought up with calls to buy cosmetics , jewellery and clothes and to do what they can to enhance their looks . |
| 7 | In September 1764 , eighteen months after they first met , Boswell told Johnson in a letter from Saxony , ‘ It shall be my study to do what I can to render your life happy ; and , if you die before me , I shall endeavour to do honour to your memory . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I am going to do what I can to bang their heads together — but it is , frankly , hard going , ’ he said . |