Example sentences of "[coord] can [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the ‘ one every few years ’ , and Alfieri knows , or can predict what the outcome will be . |
| 2 | ‘ When I 'm eighteen and can do what I like , I 'll eat all my cakes uncooked , ’ Benny pronounced . |
| 3 | ‘ And Mother Francis will be the Reverend Mother General of the whole Order and can do what she likes , and go to see the Pope , and everything . ’ |
| 4 | Some , some people possess the means of product production and , and can do what they like to many other people , they 're the people |
| 5 | Ca n't you wait until you have a cottage to yourself and can do what you like with your life , Seb Quilter ? ’ |
| 6 | Please use this system so that we are aware of your views , problems , complaints etc. and can do what we can to help . |
| 7 | The most important question seems to be how far individuals believe they are in control of their own environment and can control what happens to them . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sick to death of looking over my shoulder every time I come here , wondering and dreading if someone who knows me has seen me and can guess what I 'm coming here for ! ’ |
| 9 | Pessimists see this fragmentation as a recipe for disaster , particularly since the Supreme Court ruled that the assembly is sovereign and can decide what it likes . |
| 10 | We 'll then have heard from the hospital and can decide what to do about the situation . |
| 11 | In the light of this passage we can interpret one of Wordsworth 's gnomic sayings — ‘ The Child is Father of the Man ’ — and can understand what the attractive childhood episodes are doing in Books i and ii ; they are now seen to be similar ‘ spots of time … enshrined … for future restoration ’ . |
| 12 | They reflect the fact that some groups in society can create laws , and can determine what behaviour is seen as criminal . |
| 13 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 14 | The second is the position apparently preferred by the police itself : where it is not subject to the whims of party politics and can develop what it considers to be the best safeguard for the community — the professionalization of the police force , in other words , it wants to be regarded as a profession and , like the medical and legal professions , to be left to do its job according to its own discretion . |
| 15 | But when we took it over the , one of the first things we did was to redesign the kitchen because the soup was made in these great boiler and it was probably heated up every day of the week and can imagine what it would be like being in prison . |