Example sentences of "can [verb] they [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeatedly interviewing the same people can sensitise them to the research , and this may have unknown effects on their responses . |
| 2 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 3 | ‘ If they live , we can transplant them into the garden . |
| 4 | I looked at what all those other glamour pusses produced and I thought , Edna , you can knock them into a cocked hat . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , if the court 's powers are to be meaningful , there must come a point at which the court , while not disregarding the child 's wishes , can override them in the child 's own best interests , objectively considered . |
| 6 | If exceptions , such as ‘ I promise to tell the truth ’ , occur to us , we can treat them as the exceptions that prove the rule . |
| 7 | The RUC are anxious to speak to the driver of a maroon Maestro car which was close to the murder scene yesterday morning , in order that they can eliminate them from the murder investigation . |
| 8 | the colours and everything and the order you want them , but the little figures erm , she buys them and she just paints them , and that 's how she could make er the ones for Shirley er for me , erm she gets little soldiers and she can paint them in the camouflage dress |
| 9 | The common police services must be combined in a central police agency so that we can deal with serious and organised crime , not necessarily crime which immediately affects the lives of constituents but crime which can affect them through the stealing of their pension funds or the misappropriation of their assets and savings . |
| 10 | If they seem to cause no problems , you can include them in the child 's diet . |
| 11 | Although the list includes characters who could never have met in reality you can include them in the same army if you wish to do so . |
| 12 | The clothes of those attending can also be referred to , especially if you can introduce them into a joke . |
| 13 | " Find them , " he told Desimir , " buy them for slaves , trick them or kidnap them , but bring them back somehow so that we can bury them under the great gate and build our city of Skadar . " |
| 14 | Familiarise yourself with the next two sections so that you can discuss them with the trainees in a chalk and talk fashion . |
| 15 | Hopefully , YTS permitting , the rest of the country can catch them on the forthcoming Teenage Fannies tour . |
| 16 | Hopefully , YTS permitting , the rest of the country can catch them on the forthcoming Teenage Fannies tour . |
| 17 | Hon. Members can buy them over the counter in a chemist 's shop . |
| 18 | We all take drugs in some form or another , some are legal , you can buy them over the counter or your G P may prescribe , those are illegal , but still widely available and used at a price . |
| 19 | You can buy them as a hedge against inflation , or as a straightforward investment . |
| 20 | We decided to use our green ballot box that we made and painted for the Maastricht campaign for people to post their cards into so that we can count them at the end and post them all together . |
| 21 | Well , perhaps we can count them on the fingers of one hand . |
| 22 | We can watch them through the window . |
| 23 | Retirement , when it comes , hits these people unnecessarily hard , and can propel them into a downward spiral of lethargy and depression , leading to premature death . |
| 24 | Get them ( a ) to supply you with book lists and reading lists ( b ) to give you a dated list of topics to be discussed , so that you can study them before the date on which they will be treated ( c ) to become accustomed to questions from the class . |
| 25 | N : The best things in life are free but you can give them to the birds and bees |
| 26 | and then they can expect them at the end of like x amount of time to be able to take over a department , then when it falls apart they 're gon na be the one to take it . |
| 27 | You can send them to the Link editor as soon as you like , but the final date of entry is October 30 . |
| 28 | ‘ We are putting paper chains on their arms ; they can break them with a gesture . ’ |
| 29 | No you can do them at the front . |
| 30 | I should be grateful for your comments on this so I can bring them before the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August . |