Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] can [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against : almost nothing I can put my finger on , except that it 's a darned expensive guitar and I expected it to justify its price by being inspiring — which , for all of us who tried it , it somehow failed to be . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , physically there 's nothing I can put my finger on . |
| 3 | Some people will wish to enquire in person and to speak to someone who can answer their questions . |
| 4 | Blanche realises that she is becoming old and seeks someone who can offer her stability . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're putting on quite a good display for someone who can hold her drink , ’ she heard him say sarcastically from the doorway . |
| 6 | Labour needs someone with whom it feels thoroughly unsafe , someone who can overcome its sentimentality about itself . |
| 7 | Nothing you can put your finger on , nothing you can really attack , but it worries me . |
| 8 | Thus having sold Rocky we are left with no-one who can put his foot on the ball and control the game ( Macca excepted ) . |
| 9 | ‘ It is n't something I can put my finger on , Chieh Hsia . |
| 10 | It , said he , it is a long-cherished scheme and the only one which can secure my great end . |
| 11 | Never mind what you think about it , I want everything you can lay your hands on . |
| 12 | You have an opportunity through experience for knowing better than anyone else what is at stake and how much effort it takes , and what a loss it is if you do n't do everything you can to make your partner contented . |
| 13 | It is n't giving away much of the story to say that Miranda at first sees her mother 's behaviour — alternately doing everything she can to please her husband and then screaming rage at him for letting her down — as a clear example of women 's oppression . |
| 14 | She will do everything she can to get her daughter back . ’ |
| 15 | Now we either are going in the direction this morning , or rather I think you 're being pressed to go in the direction of seeking to identify in due course , what is the preferred general location , and this undoubtedly is something you can hang your hat on . |
| 16 | The third choice was the obvious one you can take your money and get out . |
| 17 | The winner is the one who can out-bluff his opponent and keep his hand on the pad the longest . |
| 18 | A real Christian is one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip Billy Graham |
| 19 | ‘ The only one who can kill my career at this point is me , ’ she says . |
| 20 | The successful reader is one who can transcend her social background to make a sympathetic adjustment to a writer whose norms and values may be those of a different age . |
| 21 | We must do everything we can to restore her sight but there is no guarantee the operations will be successful . ’ |
| 22 | They have made them because they are determined to do everything they can to save their business and their employees ' jobs and to secure a healthier future . |
| 23 | A coastguard said : ‘ People are trying to nick everything they can lay their hands on . ’ |
| 24 | A coastguard said : ‘ People are trying to nick everything they can lay their hands on . ’ |
| 25 | They value everything they can get their hands on . |
| 26 | ‘ Now I know he 's been trying everything he can to take my place and whatever James Hunt says , he does n't want it for nothing . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And I know that Ayrton has tried everything he can to get my drive . |
| 28 | He says we 've had wide and varied enquiries — especially from London-based purchasers looking for something for the weekend — something he can tell his friends ’ Well actually I live in a turreted folly in the Cotswolds ! ’ … |
| 29 | The man leading the inquiry , Det Supt Stan Fletcher , said : ‘ Anyone who can abandon his own child , as he has done , may become violent , either to others or , particularly , to himself . ’ |
| 30 | I like writing letters and reading anything I can lay my hands on ! |