Example sentences of "[adv] he can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The less initiative the worker has , the better he can tolerate such a job . |
| 2 | He 's even something of a linguist apparently he can grunt monosyllables in five languages . |
| 3 | The more difficult question is how long he can continue as a one-man movement . |
| 4 | We know that ‘ theologically ’ only he can do it , but we can play our part . |
| 5 | It is this concurrent development which provides the source of what much later is destined to become the relationship which binds man to his God , first , by the processes of evolution , and then by man himself struggling to bring into his life the enrichment available to him if only he can control the legacies of ruthless evolution . |
| 6 | ‘ Peace be to Lieutenant Denholm but he 's a civilian electronics specialist who 's come out to fix some abstruse electronic fault that only he can fix . |
| 7 | Then the judge must do his best for the community as a whole , frankly and honestly , not pretending to " discover " some law beneath the surface of statutes or precedents that only he can see . |
| 8 | ONLY HE CAN TOUCH ME |
| 9 | Occupying , as he does , what is virtually a vice-regal position , only he can judge whether he can maintain his authority after the visit to Dublin . |
| 10 | Surely only he can say whether I 'm out or not . ’ |
| 11 | So I says I tell you what I 'll do , I 'll take you only he can drive it . |
| 12 | Maybe only He can save us . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , we 'll have an overhead-scrolling runaway bit , perhaps he can change into a car later , kill lots of people , ( cough ) and perhaps along the way the game could convey a general lack of atmosphere , just like the film . ’ |
| 14 | As the Leader of the House is here , perhaps he can give us an idea of when a statement will be made . |
| 15 | I understand that my right hon. Friend has just been to Oman , so perhaps he can give the House some information . |
| 16 | Besides that , Pedrosa laughs , when she 's finished running marathons , perhaps he can start running seriously . |
| 17 | I 'm seeing Dr McKenzie tomorrow so perhaps he can arrange a meeting . |
| 18 | Perhaps he can do it ? ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps he can explain Falconer 's macabre joke about graves ? ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps he can help us . ’ |
| 21 | That being the case , perhaps he can help me . |
| 22 | Perhaps he can raise some cash on a patent granted last week or an application he filed in happier days . |
| 23 | when he 's been there a little while perhaps he can come with all the authority of a Euro MP and tell us the answer to his own question er , the honourable member for Ashfield er referred back to the positioning of the European parliament er where it should meet , there are three sites . |
| 24 | Perhaps he can hear us . |
| 25 | Perhaps he can understand Sarah . ’ |
| 26 | That celebrated refusal to sell David Hirst leaves Fergie with at least £3.5 million and now perhaps he can spend it in a different direction and under less panic-driven circumstances . |
| 27 | It was all down to them thinking , oh , Glen 's at art school , perhaps he can get it done for us . |
| 28 | In typical Whig language , Ferguson concluded that the Sovereign having no other Ground of claim to any Power or Prerogative , save what he hath from the Constitution which hath settled and vested them in him , That Prince who goes about to overthrow this , does all he can to cancel his own Right . |
| 29 | The skilful dealer does all he can to maintain the illusion , by for example , saying reassuringly : " My clients ' interests are my own . " |
| 30 | Even then , such assessment as there was was lost in Burgessian rhetoric : ‘ Mr Motion does all he can to chronicle those years and years of world without event , in which the interesting things happened in trousers , in pubs , and on paper … |