Example sentences of "can do with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work is too important and too unsure to be obstructed by the uncertainties of not knowing what is expected and by whom , and by having to continually negotiate what one can do with individual power players . |
| 2 | This figure contains all the separate information-processing components which seem to be needed to explain how we do all the things we can do with verbal stimuli , plus arrows indicating pathways of communication between these components . |
| 3 | Well , you know what you can do with that . |
| 4 | well I can do with that cos I got a Three Eight Six , it should be perfectly fast . |
| 5 | Robert said , ‘ Well , let's see what we can do with that arm . |
| 6 | Straight after er the advert for Del-boy when he says and you know what you can do with that . |
| 7 | Yes , well , with seventeen point one pence each there 's not an awful lot you can do with that . |
| 8 | ‘ We thought : there 's got to be something we can do with all that wood . ’ |
| 9 | The baritone adds considerably to the weight of the bass part , which can do with all the strengthening it can get . |
| 10 | I can do with one of those three clematis would . |
| 11 | Wordsworth 's power as a poet is seen in what he can do with such material , so that after reading Stepping Westward these commonplaces , while retaining universality , are made new for us . |
| 12 | Terry said we might go and get another set of outdoor lights because we can do with another set at the back . |
| 13 | Erm well I feel I like you say , I can do with more more sitting down and doing it myself so it it sinks in . |
| 14 | If you show what you can do with less , you er , |
| 15 | I shall see what I can do with this horse . ’ |
| 16 | Once the information or instructions are put into the microcomputer , the user will want to check ( a ) what has been put in or ( b ) what the microcomputer can do with this information . |
| 17 | see what you can do with this . |
| 18 | Let's see what we can do with this one |
| 19 | Well he 's running up now , see what he can do with this one , ooh , over second slip down to the four runs another one has slip and a leap , like Botham and erm , away he went . |
| 20 | I can do with some men to advise me — and you are a man now , Johnnie , I see ! ’ |
| 21 | You said I can do with some clarification which we seek to do . |
| 22 | Can do with some fags |
| 23 | Can do with some fags |
| 24 | They can do with some appalling singing . |
| 25 | All you can do with these songs is sing them , and Buddy fails even to manage that with any subtlety . |
| 26 | ‘ I can explain what resources I 've got and what I can do with those resources — which includes looking after the bands I already have on board . ’ |
| 27 | I am much more interested in just how much you can do with those amazing eyes of yours . ’ |