Example sentences of "[pron] can [vb infin] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My husband tries to be sympathetic , but I can tell his patience is running out . |
| 2 | Well , I mean I take the view that if we are going to erm have something on the agenda , I can telephone his secretary , I can write to him , anytime , which I 'm quite willing to do , I can not see the point in sending things through the post at twenty five P a time when we shall never see the man , and if he comes here |
| 3 | I can wash his bottle out in two minutes . |
| 4 | I can draw his face and his expressions , but words are all so used , they 've been used about so many other things and people . |
| 5 | I 've now come to realise that physically Will is no longer around , although I still like to think that I can feel his presence in other ways |
| 6 | I can feel his kiss still , pouring through me . |
| 7 | ‘ Now , at night , in that big old house , I can sense his presence . |
| 8 | I can understand his frustration , but he went too far . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Slaven has been chosen before by Jack Charlton , but I can understand his disappointment . |
| 10 | Van Gogh was also an epileptic and I think I can understand his passion and sense of isolation . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I can understand his wish for secrecy , ’ Vitor said , ‘ but I do n't see the need to adopt the charade that you were his girlfriend . ’ |
| 12 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 13 | In fact , I can describe his manner at that moment no better than the way Miss Kenton puts it in her letter ; it was indeed ‘ as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there ’ . |
| 14 | I can imagine his making love to me and it does n't disgust me . |
| 15 | I can read his silence . |
| 16 | I shall have to ask around today and see if I can find his owner . |
| 17 | Perhaps there I can find his father and we will be safe . ’ |
| 18 | I 'M GOING to ask my next door neighbour if I can write his biography . |
| 19 | Andy looks from him down to me ; I can see his jaw trembling . |
| 20 | ‘ I can see his difficulty , ’ Joe said carefully . |
| 21 | As he gestures , his robe slips and I can see his penis , which is inky black and purplish towards the ( circumcized ) tip . |
| 22 | I can see his hand moving already ! |
| 23 | from the corner of my eye I can see his partner , tangled with his chair in the dirt behind the portacabin . |
| 24 | ‘ But I can see his point , ’ Matthew said . |
| 25 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 26 | I can see his point of view , and will take the opportunity to express my appreciation of those farmers who cheerfully give permission with no more than the usual reminder to shut the gates . |
| 27 | I can see his point . ’ |
| 28 | I can hear his voice . |
| 29 | I can hear his stomach rumbling , and long to escape among the cobbles underfoot , where lovely horse droppings lie . |
| 30 | Yet questions have to be asked quite seriously about whether Eubank himself can maintain his work-rate with a tenth world title fight lined up in just 24 months . |