Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean that 's the sort of thing if the press decides that somebody 's not a good thing , then that person is not a good thing and almost nothing he or she can do can change it . |
| 2 | Sometimes the fact that you are doing something concrete to help someone with whom you can empathise can help you to forget your own personal misgivings . |
| 3 | I suppose you can get can you get so many up you can in a lot of places ca n't you ? |
| 4 | anything like that , but you can say Can you just tell me the name of two taxis ? the number of two taxi companies in this area ? and they will . |
| 5 | You can say can I have a receipt please ? |
| 6 | No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it . |
| 7 | Nothing that they can do can alter the fact that they are our responsibility . |
| 8 | A bureau that promises more output than it can deliver can expect to be penalized by lower budgetary allocations in the future ( Niskanen 1971 , p. 42 ) . |