Example sentences of "the man who can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then you 'll relax and it 'll happen — then you 'll stop being one of them miserable nymphos who hop from man to man , hoping for Mr Right , the man who can satisfy her . ’ |
| 2 | Even if unemployment is only part of the problem , it seems to me that the man who can busy himself cutting peats , or growing crops , or handling stock , is less likely to be depressed , less likely to feel that his life has no meaning , than a man who has empty days to fill in the back streets of an industrial town |
| 3 | ‘ So ye 've reached the same conclusion as Ah have , that Mario Ángel Gómez is the navigator she referred to as the man who can lead her to that icebound ship . |
| 4 | His letter was hearty , breezy , man-to-man : let it never be thought , it seemed to say , that I am the man who can put your academic career on the chopping block by a couple of words in the right places . |
| 5 | ‘ And I believe he is the man who can win it for us at Elland Road . |
| 6 | The intensity of these family relationships , and the importance of maintaining family and wider connections in Pakistan , are shown in the continuance in Britain of the Pakistani institution of Biraderi which governs obligations to relatives and non-relatives outside the immediate family : ‘ Biraderi includes all the men who can trace their relationship to a common ancestor , no matter how remote ’ ( Anwar , 1979 , p. 62 ) . |