Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I have a stove on which I can cook a dinner , and a paraffin stove for heating . |
| 32 | ’ I can offer a conclusion , on a high probability level , that the enemy ship intended to immobilize us , not to destroy us ’ . |
| 33 | But we hope so , but I do n't I 'm not facetious enough to think that I can change a personality in a person , but what we 're trying to do is make him feel a loving and a commitment , that we are providing him with the best we can . |
| 34 | Now I think about it I believe I can identify a mixture of floor-polish and dust … cooking , certainly … books , yes … a touch of mildew … and an old and comfortable smell which I suppose is from Millie 's cello case in the corner . |
| 35 | Suppose I can identify a range of cases in which I am wrong more than the putative authority . |
| 36 | I can feel a vein standing out on my temple . |
| 37 | I can feel a hole , but not a pain , in my tooth , with my tongue . |
| 38 | Yes , thought Dyson , at that I can feel a pricking behind the lids of my eyes ! |
| 39 | It spoils them dear , you should n't throw them I can smell a smell |
| 40 | I can smell a rat . ’ |
| 41 | I can make this engine more efficient — there is a method of recondensing the steam so that it can be re-used — and I can design a firebox which will burn the fuel down to ash . |
| 42 | ‘ Why , I can reap a field with the best of them . |
| 43 | In this regard I can boast a kind of virtue , in that I do not gamble . |
| 44 | I just feel sometimes that I can throw a rock into a pool , and watch the ripples create a certain amount of discussion . ’ |
| 45 | I 'm keeping my head swivelling from side to side to see if I can spot a space |
| 46 | I can leave a wake of controversy behind me but science is all about discussion and debate . ’ |
| 47 | Erm no , but I can leave a message ca n't I ? |
| 48 | I can sense a piccolo faux pas when I make one . |
| 49 | I like to know that I can paint a hand or fingernail in great detail , almost photographically in contrast to areas of detail . |
| 50 | I 'll have to see if I can borrow a car . ’ |
| 51 | Because it 's there 's if I 'm there for three weeks and they only want a score card done then my potential earnings er total earnings are that but I 'm there anyway so if I 'm getting both of them done then I can earn a lot more money . |
| 52 | The board has simply been asked to provide that information before I can make a decision . |
| 53 | I would have shown you how I can make a scone … scones . |
| 54 | Once I can make a hole through them it should n't be too difficult to get round into the outer cellar . |
| 55 | I can make a mess . |
| 56 | I can make a home in about an hour . |
| 57 | ‘ We 'll take fruit as well and I can make a quiche . ’ |
| 58 | I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles . |
| 59 | In Romanian , Serbo-Croat or Czech , I can make a guess at meanings based on my bits and pieces of Italian , Latin , German or Russian . |
| 60 | I do n't as yet sell many of my paintings , but I can make a sort of living by using my knowledge of furniture and china . |