Example sentences of "can [conj] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I 'd rather leave it if I can until it does |
| 2 | But yes they can if they do n't receive enough from other means . |
| 3 | What affected my career was having children , which immediately means that you ca n't devote the amount of time to your career as you can if you do n't have other responsibilities , and the reason that I 'm now a Research Fellow here , and I work part-time — only eighty per cent of the time — is because of trying to tie in one 's responsibilities as a mother with those as a scientist , and this has obvious effects . |
| 4 | They can and they do I think . |
| 5 | Not many people can cook a three-course meal and lecture at the same time , but Dr Peter Barham can and he does it brilliantly . |
| 6 | Well I can and I do n't wan na be deafened by it . |
| 7 | A spokesman for Cheshire Building Society said : ‘ We try to apply policies as best as we can but we do not have the right to vary conditions . |
| 8 | Well we still can but we do n't have to have like a big posh meal do we ? |
| 9 | It 's not bad no , no but I 'm just saying it 's not in me , and so wh when everyone else is like mucking around , making fun of me , you know , I do n't do things like that so I do n't think other people can but they do . |
| 10 | ‘ If I can but I do n't know too much about escaping . |