Example sentences of "can [vb infin] they [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can guarantee they 'll get inside . |
| 2 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
| 3 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
| 4 | If any readers would like to receive a free copy of an information sheet I have produced on the types of environmental audits and what they can achieve they should write to me at the address below : |
| 5 | I can see they 'll get it from that quarter and before very long . |
| 6 | They can backfire they can lead to some injustices but what they are is a signal that other methods of getting a better representation of women in parliament , in local councils has really not worked . |
| 7 | Ah just a couple of people that 's all two people and er they 'll just have to get round it somehow but we do n't yeah well you speak to him right yeah well they can have they can have what they want but I mean it might be just a short term thing . |
| 8 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |