Example sentences of "[indef pn] can [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " No one can help . |
| 2 | Take that off you see and no one can run programs . |
| 3 | Well , a few weeks ago , on your behalf , I attended the National Policy Forum of the Labour Party and we made it quite plain that the Labour government in its manifesto will have full employment rights for all from day one , so no one can abuse workers ' rights . |
| 4 | A wag in the crowd quipped that it is so long since they have been in evidence , police enquiries are being hampered because no one can name or describe them . |
| 5 | A wrongful possession of land for twelve years , or of goods for six years , destroys not only the former owner 's right to recover the land or goods by action , but also his title ; and so the possessor has the best of titles known to the law — a possession which no one can dispute . |
| 6 | " We 're not quite ready yet , " he cooed , if one can coo while grinding one 's teeth . |
| 7 | And of such professors , how many would rest content with the conclusion that Pound reached in 1918 : ‘ A critic must spend some of his time asking questions — which perhaps no one can answer . |
| 8 | He is sullen and morose , and given to bouts of screaming rage during which no one can reason with him . |
| 9 | No one can point to a particular warhead that the US has made from British plutonium . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , the lawn , if one can grace it with such a title . |
| 11 | What had changed was two things , one that the governor of the state had talked about defying the court rather than actually do it and secondly , that Eisenhower had summoned Forbus to see him at Camp David , the president 's summer retreat in Maryland , and had a weekend of talks with Forbus Now I was n't there , I was at primary school then , but I was n't there as far as one can piece it together what , what Eisenhower said to Forbus was , you know , I do n't really care what you do , but I do n't want it on prime time national television , I do n't want a scene , I do n't want you to flagrantly , openly , publicly to flout the order of the court . |
| 12 | if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ? |
| 13 | But I thought that erm barn dance or something like that would be favourite cos it 's not too expensive and it 's something that everybody can muck in on . |
| 14 | ‘ If Anyone Can Canon Can ’ , or so the TV commercials tell us . |