Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [vb infin] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone interested in that idea , or in the turning systems for schools can contact him at The Croft , Brough , Thurso , Caithness , Scotland KW14 8YE , ( 0847 ) 85605 . |
| 2 | the kids can ring him tonight |
| 3 | This distaste for the subject of money should also guide his behaviour if another gentleman was impudent enough to enquire about his income : ‘ [ In such a situation the mirza ] should try to get the topic changed ; if not he should leave the house to its owner and run away as fast as his feet can carry him . |
| 4 | Dr van der Merwe studies old bones , and the chemistry of those bones can tell him what their owners ate when they were alive . |
| 5 | Other worldly concerns can affect him , though . |
| 6 | MAGISTRATES have changed the bail conditions of a teenager facing robbery and aggravated vehicle taking charges so social workers can take him on a holiday to Spain . |
| 7 | All these factors have affected his confidence to the extent where even medium-fast bowlers can cause him problems with the short delivery . |
| 8 | If Mr Hussein had the wit to get out of Kuwait before the Americans and their allies can push him out , the war would have lost its overriding purpose — and the coalition might at last have lost its cohesiveness . |
| 9 | Anyone with suitable suggestions can contact him on Forties Delta . |
| 10 | The white client 's basic and additional pensions can take him or her well above these levels . |
| 11 | The new head of the Baskerville family will be Sir Henry Baskerville , if he is still alive and if the lawyers can find him . |
| 12 | ‘ Any general would like to postpone his battles for forty years until the historians can tell him what to do . |
| 13 | Let him shoot somebody and the police can have him . ’ |
| 14 | If the adventurers can trick him into believing that , for example , his Master is in danger and they are here to help , then Gerd will be very eager to assist them , and he does know his way around the dungeons rather well . |
| 15 | If considered appropriate by the OR a public examination of the debtor will then be held and creditors can examine him about his financial affairs . |
| 16 | It is true that the Ecclesiastical Court is not the only one which deals with the goods of dead men ; the executor or administrator may have to sue in the Common Law Courts to recover the claims or property of the deceased , and the deceased 's creditors can sue him there . |
| 17 | The shareholders can vote him off the board themselves . |