Example sentences of "can [vb infin] and [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | These people may need to get married — trapped — to prove that they can get out , that divorce is not impossible , to discover that they can influence and do something about the situation . |
2 | ‘ So he can stay and assist me with my enquiries . ’ |
3 | ‘ And I tell you frankly that in my opinion one must not hesitate to go to a prostitute occasionally if there is one you can trust and feel something for … . |
4 | Others are opportunists , killing anything they can catch and devouring it with relish . |
5 | Have you someone who can assist and support you with the children ? |
6 | Then , when we are ready , we can reconstitute and display it as new information which human beings can once again understand . |
7 | Once you 've stuck your shapes and text on the page you can rotate and repeat they to your heart 's content . |
8 | Now see how many of these countries ' capital cities you can name and fit them into the grid . |
9 | And you want me to introduce you , so that you can try and sell it to him . ’ |
10 | So if you want to get rid of somebody you can go and tell them to peu de doci which means getting lost . |
11 | Now you can go and put it in the bin . |
12 | Well he can come and do mine after dinner . |
13 | In fact , th the New York Saint Andrews Society which exists to er I think to er , apart from to hold er meetings and er get togethers , also to assist er Scots in New York , at least that was one of it 's original er , principles , they have a er a splendid dinner with all these gentlemen in full kilts , kengroms , don'tski and do 's , the whole bangshoot , and and their their women folk can come and watch them from the gallery upstairs . |
14 | In another ten years they can come and visit me to their hearts ' content and I wo n't object . |
15 | Or , if that person buys you a gift voucher and you do n't necessarily want to have a treatment that states on the gift voucher , you can come and exchange it for products . |
16 | Now you can come and enjoy it in Europe 's very own Magic Kingdom — just a relatively short coach and ferry ride across the Channel |
17 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
18 | We will have destroyed some of our roots , burnt the family photographs for want of a tiny sum to buy the site compulsorily , block the drains which are drying it out , excavate it with a greater delicacy than the present JCBs can offer and restore it as a regenerating wetland of immense cultural significance . |
19 | The social services and your community occupational therapist can advise and help you in this . |
20 | In the case of Santiaguito , there is little evidence that the dome is actually growing at all — one can sit and watch it for hours without seeing anything more than a few wisps of steam from the top — and it 's quite safe to scramble all over it . |
21 | If you do n't have a ‘ fridge , put the food in the coldest place you can find and eat it within one or two days . |