Example sentences of "and [pron] can [verb] he " in BNC.

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1 He has set is hand to it along lines dictated by his own will , and nothing can deter him .
2 So much that sometimes I can almost believe he belongs to me , that nobody and nothing can take him away .
3 I 've wanted him all my life , and I can give him in return what he most desires — La Tour Monchauzet .
4 My hon. Friend referred to the north-west of England , and I can give him the figure for Lancashire .
5 before he comes along and er ask er to put me one on and I can give him the money in the bet ,
6 I reject the hon. Gentleman 's criticism , and I can reassure him on the present position .
7 I hesitate to correct the hon. Gentleman 's pronunciation , but in my day I fought the constituency of Islwyn which is now represented by the Leader of the Opposition , and I can tell him that it is pronounced ’ Issloin ’ .
8 Later , when I ask again , he is silent and I can feel him relent .
9 You and I can get him moving . ’
10 His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets .
11 And I can say he had one of the strongest of all influences on me .
12 He 's there , and I can ring him up and report to him when he er er , how they 've gone , how they 're feeding , how they 're doing and how they 're not .
13 Some days , when it 's damp , he has to use the stick inside , too , and I can hear him clacking about the uncarpeted rooms and corridors of the house ; a hollow noise , going from place to place .
14 Three mornings on the trot I 've been up there and I 've walked in the front door and I can hear him downstairs snoring , still in bed .
15 ‘ He 's here in the factory and I can see him . ’
16 he says , and I can believe him :
17 And nobody can imagine him like that in twenty years time .
18 ‘ Dorian Gray will be here and you can meet him again . ’
19 " Well , I suppose we 'd better go and see the Chief Rabbit and you can tell him about it .
20 the important is that he knows what you 're on and why you 're on it , and you can tell him that .
21 ‘ Our friend is there now , ’ said Wemmick , ‘ and you can visit him tonight , but do n't go back there after that .
22 You 'd think no-one else had ever made a film except him and you can see him coming on all good mates with the crew so they 'll make things easier for him when he gets in front of camera , so he looks five years younger and I get the shiny nose .
23 Erm , we heard a great , he was a great erm , refratition So when Freud and Bullett say , look , Woodrow Wilson was a great refratition and you can see him doing this in his childhood .
24 The bungy jumping was filmed on video ; Ned went first and you can see him dangling upside down against a cliff , shouting ‘ hi mum ! ’ ;
25 Christians have hindsight , you 're looking at it , you 're looking at it two thousand years later and you can see him riding into Jerusalem on a donkey , knowing that he 's going to a victory .
26 That Kevin is certainly growing into a fine young man , he has been working with his shirt off in this weather and you can see he is going to be just as much an athlete as his father was .
27 And you can see he was a very happy person .
28 That comes from Milton 's Latin Treaties on Christian Doctrine , and you can see he certainly must have felt he 'd found his subject .
29 I 'll get his number for you and you can call him yourself What about you , though , Rose ?
30 And you can report him for that !
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