Example sentences of "[pron] can do something " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking several samples of firedamp in glass bottles , Sir Humphry returned to London telling Buddle , ‘ I think I can do something for you ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ If I have a little chance , ’ Karl told me , ‘ I can do something with it . ’ |
| 3 | But , ’ I jumped in as he was about to interrupt , ‘ I think I can do something for you . ’ |
| 4 | Run ! at me but the message is n't getting through , there 's something else in the way , something else pulling me back , back to Andy and back to that frozen river bank ; I hear Andy crying out and I can still see him reaching towards me and he 's about to slip away from me again and I ca n't do anything … but I can , this time I can ; I can do something and I will . |
| 5 | And I can do something , Sergeant . ’ |
| 6 | " I can adjust the stove , if you like , " said Richard , in relief " I can do something to the regulator . " |
| 7 | ‘ Just so long as I can do something — no matter what — I wo n't feel so helpless . ’ |
| 8 | What you 've got to do is actually have some understanding of the needs of a of particular newspapers , radio programmes , television programmes , by studying , look at it , see what it who 's it for , what language do they use , how do they phrase things , what 's their format , and then you can get yourself in the position where you can say , ‘ I can do something like that , I can produce something like that . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I hope someone can do something for him . |
| 10 | The slighted Samaritan can , of course , reply on her own behalf that she does care about suffering in general but that she cares much more about its manifestations that she can do something about and that involve her personally . |
| 11 | She can do something with you — clean you up . |
| 12 | We doubt whether the shock-horror TV advertising campaign will directly stop youngsters sniffing solvents , but it should bring home the horrors of the practice to those who can do something about it parents . |
| 13 | If we can get that , then five or six years down the track we might be producing players who can do something at world level . ’ |
| 14 | YOU can do something about the situation , YOU can take personal responsibility for conserving the worlds finite resources , by not consuming meat and animal products . |
| 15 | Of course you can do something . |
| 16 | ‘ If you can do something as well as that , you must be able to convey — a little bit — ’ |
| 17 | You can do something to moderate the anger . |
| 18 | Feedback is easier to accept if you can do something constructive once you have got it ; if you know how to develop yourself , you are more likely to welcome feedback when it is offered and also more likely to solicit it actively . |
| 19 | ‘ And you can do something for me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Then you can do something for me . ’ |
| 21 | Carrying a rape alarm will certainly give you confidence that you can do something if you are attacked . |
| 22 | You can do something to bring this about . |
| 23 | ‘ Well now that you 've single-handedly won the war on drugs , perhaps you can do something useful , like scrub the deck ? ’ |
| 24 | And I hope you can do something for this little lad here . |
| 25 | ‘ If you believe he did it , then you can do something about it , ca n't you , Mr Fancy-Yourself ? |
| 26 | people do understand that there ar , if there 's a problem and you can do something about it without being a hero , as Mark said then something should be done . |
| 27 | And of course if it 's a husband and wife , the two of you together should be thinking of this sort of information because you can do something about it in your will . |
| 28 | ‘ So if Hurley asks you again if you can do something for him , ’ he said , ‘ tell him , okay . |
| 29 | And , and I think that y until you can do something about this then you 're not going to fight the crimes that occur . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , you can do something for me , ’ Lambert said . |