Example sentences of "can [verb] and [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I would just like to add something to that , and the fact that it 's not only that women , that , that men are taught that they can rape and they can abuse women , but er that it 's alright ! |
| 2 | The logic is obvious , we have seven sections now , seven sectional conferences , these conferences must have proper terms of reference , proper guidelines for debate and clear rules as to who can attend , who can speak and who can vote , and that 's the most important part of our report . |
| 3 | And one of the reasons why the black women in Liverpool put this exhibition together erm and they tried to pick out different kinds of jobs that women had to show that black women could do those jobs , and they were saying look , there 's lots of stereotypes erm about the kinds of jobs that black and Asian women can do that fit in with their personalities , and you know the world is wide open and you are able to do this and you do n't have to be erm a singer or a model or erm or erm erm a runner , you know , the whole stereotypes in terms of what black people are good at and they 're saying let's break away from this , let's show the kinds of things that we can do and we can do anything that we set our minds to and erm the exhibition is very positive , actually . |
| 4 | see what we can do and we can arrange that , that 's no problem |
| 5 | and this section on your L C D flashes and you can like and you can zoom in and it 'll say blah , blah , blah , road works at such and such avoid , or something like that |
| 6 | ‘ You can run and you can hide , but I 'm not leaving 'less you come with me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You can run and you can hide , but I 'm not leaving 'less you come with me . ’ |
| 8 | I can touch and I can see |
| 9 | Your best bet is to give the person who is going to do most of the riding top priority ; if a five foot five woman and her six foot husband want a horse between them so that she can compete and he can hack , they should find that a 16hh middleweight that is deep through the girth will suit them both . |
| 10 | Mebbe for the Oxford game that should be the other way round ( ‘ I can read and I can write but I ca n't drive a tractor ’ ) ? |
| 11 | I can read and I can write but I ca n't tie a shoelace |
| 12 | I mean I suppose it means that I can drink and they can drive . |
| 13 | At the last Council meeting I quoted figures on comparative performance of the Conservative record on health against Labour 's and I make no apology for reiterating some of these figures , and you can howl and you can wail and you can say what you want , these are facts . |
| 14 | At the last Council meeting I quoted figures on comparative performance of the Conservative record on health against Labour 's and I make no apology for reiterating some of these figures , and you can howl and you can wail and you can say what you want , these are facts . |
| 15 | He 's going to rent an appartement ( I 'm going all French and should have said , a flat ! ) where I can live and he can stay when he 's in England . |
| 16 | and obviously Ingy will let us know when she can come and we can talk a little more about the Festival . |
| 17 | is that er you can go in and you can sit and you can talk to them about what you want for a holiday |
| 18 | It sets down exactly who can teach and who can study , and on what terms ' democratic procedures for taking decisions , involving votes by staff and students ' and rules and regulations for examinations . |