Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come on , you 've got lots , masses , you can spare me a bit . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 3 | And I like to keep it that way still if I can , because you can make yourself a lot of work over some small incident sometimes . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 're hungry you can make yourself a sandwich . |
| 5 | You can make me a lemon cheesecake if you like after tea . |
| 6 | See how his nostrils are all caked and blocked up — you can make him a lot more comfortable . " |
| 7 | Who can save the world now ? 99 tea of course — slip a few tea bags into his utility belt tonight , Alfred can make him a cup downstairs . |
| 8 | ‘ We can make you a stretcher , ’ said Grimma . |
| 9 | And that can make you a problem . |
| 10 | Remember , I can make you a duchess one day . |
| 11 | I can make you a sandwich . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm gon na , I can make you a paper star , if you 'd like . |
| 13 | Your personality , your way of doing things , your way of helping someone to dress , how you listen to them — all these can make it a Home where the residents feel secure , looked after and treated with dignity , as explained below : |
| 14 | David Marquand , one of Britain 's most acute political analysts , has written that ‘ only a notion of community , of fraternity , can make it a duty — as opposed to a compassionate whim — to help one 's fellows ’ . |
| 15 | It is sometimes said of Parliament that , say , it can make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris , or that it can not turn a man into a woman . |
| 16 | It is , however , equally true that Parliament can not stop Frenchmen smoking on the streets of Paris ( or , for that matter , Englishmen smoking on the streets of London ) and that it can make it a crime for a man not to turn into a woman . |
| 17 | A haulier can make it a condition that he incurs no liability under these circumstances : |
| 18 | ‘ If you 'd like a dip , we can lend you a costume , ’ James would say casually . |
| 19 | I can promise you the phone wo n't ring , well it might ring but we wo n't answer it . |
| 20 | If your organisation is a " high tech " company and works in areas such as microbiology or electronics it will be useful to have a trained scientist who can translate what the company is doing into terms which most people can understand . |
| 21 | It is only on the basis of such a model that the government , which considers one of its basic functions to be the management of the economy , can predict what the effect will be of a change in one of its policies . |
| 22 | It is the ‘ one every few years ’ , and Alfieri knows , or can predict what the outcome will be . |
| 23 | Some think that they can steal what the club makes , but it 's still thieving , even if it 's thieving from yourself . |
| 24 | The world championship is the ultimate ; any top player to lose at the Crucible can consider it a failure . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You can buy me a pint , Jim . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You can buy me a bodystocking if you like , ’ Bryony went on after a pause . |
| 27 | ‘ You can buy me a drink after you land the job . ’ |
| 28 | Mm , well you can buy me a box for Mother 's Day , that 's a good idea in n it ? |
| 29 | ‘ Do you realize , I can buy myself a gun now , and keep rabbits out of my own lettuces ? ’ |
| 30 | So erm you know , if you , if you er , do n't know what to say to your family to buy for Christmas , why not come and have a eyebrow trim and they can buy you a gift voucher for that ? |