Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] can [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — What they are — How they work — What viruses are common and what practical steps you can take against them — The law |
| 2 | There will be moves to tighten up this part of the bill in the Commons to try to stop some of the waste imports from countries which can dispose of them but find it politically expedient to export them . |
| 3 | ‘ The problem is that when a new trick appears , everyone is trying to see what advantages they can get from it . |
| 4 | These days we can joke about it , ask him to turn people into toads . |
| 5 | He seemed to be saying , ‘ Listen Geoff , there are some things I can do for you and there are some things I ca n't . |
| 6 | there 's various things you can talk to them about , and all you do is , all you 're looking for is some key words to motivate them , right eh er to a certain extent you want , you want to assume from the start that they do n't have a clue what they 're doing |
| 7 | Clicking on an object with the right mouse button brings up a menu listing all the things you can do to it — a feature first seen in Borland 's Quattro Pro for Windows . |
| 8 | So we 've had a look at some of the numbers now have n't we and some of the things you can do with them . |
| 9 | There 's lots of things you can do with it . |
| 10 | There are certain things you can do about it . |
| 11 | I think it 's the diversity really , the number of things you can do in it [ that appeals ] . |
| 12 | I think as long as you 've got some way of dealing with things you can live with them . |
| 13 | The coverage or covering capacity of an item is the number of things one can say with it . |
| 14 | When we die there are two things we can leave behind us : genes and memes . |
| 15 | I confess that in spite of the many negative sides I can see to you I would have expected you to be good management material . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Saving the planet ’ is being translated into a religion for Earth Children who can afford for it . |
| 17 | a requirement or condition which he applies or would apply equally to a man but — ( i ) which is such that the proportion of women who can comply with it is considerably smaller thin the proportion of men who can comply with it , and ( ii ) which he can not show to be justifiable irrespective of the sex of the person to whom it is applied , and ( iii ) which is to her detriment because she can not comply with it . |
| 18 | a requirement or condition which he applies or would apply equally to a man but — ( i ) which is such that the proportion of women who can comply with it is considerably smaller thin the proportion of men who can comply with it , and ( ii ) which he can not show to be justifiable irrespective of the sex of the person to whom it is applied , and ( iii ) which is to her detriment because she can not comply with it . |