Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [conj] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've watched over her in all those sewery parts of the night , and can testify that she does n't move . |
| 2 | ‘ Then perhaps we can assume that she does n't exist , ’ said Penelope . |
| 3 | ‘ But Miss Everdene can do as she likes , and she 's chosen to manage her own farm — and keep me as an ordinary shepherd only . ’ |
| 4 | Chrissie can not deny that she took the items , but she might well argue that she thought Fred had the authority to let her have them , and unless we can show that she had been told otherwise our prosecution might well fail , especially since the law traditionally recognizes that ‘ perks ’ are a feature of the catering industry . |
| 5 | The writing has been a hobby for Vanessa for as long as she can remember but she has recently started trying to turn it to profit . |
| 6 | ‘ You can see that she wants you here . |
| 7 | I said , she said it 's got an extra bedroom , Okay I can see that she 's got an extra bedroom and they can perhaps do with one now that they got a boy , but , I said , you know , do n't , what have you got what you 've got , you know at the minute |
| 8 | Well , oh is n't he , I can see when she looking at him was looking at him , that 's what . |
| 9 | I can insist that she has the very best attention … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll give you my phone number , so your mother can ring when she gets in . ’ |
| 11 | Although insistent scolding , nagging and criticizing may be counter-productive , the effects of a really loud , convincing ‘ No ! ’ — the kind of short , sharp verbal ‘ shock ’ which a mother can produce when she sees her child about to poke her finger into her baby brother 's eye — may well be highly successful . |
| 12 | No you can tell because she sits there and |
| 13 | She can go where she likes . |
| 14 | Er she can go if she gets a babysitter . |
| 15 | ’ She can cry if she wants . ’ |