Example sentences of "what [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What no-one can deny is that I have Scottish blood in me , and I have always known it was there ’ , he said . |
| 2 | ‘ As I keep saying , I do n't need you or anybody else to tell me what I can or can not do . ’ |
| 3 | You 're all right Jack and I should be lucky for what I can get . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , I take what I can get : safe sex with a bit of clean trade . |
| 5 | What I can say , however , is that the constructivist position allows a distinctive analysis of the ‘ mental ’ when we speak of a ‘ mental representation of a green patch ’ : it helps us to understand the difference between mental representations and the non-mental variety ( a photograph for example ) . |
| 6 | I just have to react to what I like and what I can believe in . |
| 7 | ‘ Then I said what I can do — organise , put twenty-four hours in a day and I 'm energetic . |
| 8 | ‘ I like to do what I can , you know . |
| 9 | I do n't know much but I 'll tell you what I can . ’ |
| 10 | What I can do is , I can go back and see if his car 's still there . |
| 11 | Then I 'll go and see Peter and see if he 's got a good idea what I can do . |
| 12 | I feel I 'm in a position to push a more radical programme on them , to stay there and work with what I can . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll see what I can do with it . |
| 14 | I hope you are only passingly depressed by my letter & that what I can write later on will erect your spirits . |
| 15 | ‘ It 'll have to go before t ’ planning committee , ’ the Mayor said , ‘ but as you 're all in agreement I 'll do what I can . ’ |
| 16 | I quickly capture what I can on film . |
| 17 | I 'll see what I can do . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll do what I can , ’ Parmedes said resignedly , cursing the day he ever set foot in Club Eleusis . |
| 19 | I felt what I can now see to be an unreasonable surge of panic . |
| 20 | If I am to show what I can do I must be given a chance to make my own complete performance . |
| 21 | ‘ I do what I can to help and one day I would really like a shop full of Green products . |
| 22 | I will do what I can , if you wish , by correspondence . |
| 23 | I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents . |
| 24 | The good prospect ’ he added , ‘ could arise if , as individuals , we felt able to resist the temptation to produce when that production does no more than fill up warehouses and to resist the temptation to chase prices down with what I can only assume is the objective of preserving a small bit of market share ’ . |
| 25 | I 'll see what I can do , Charlie nodded . |
| 26 | He has no idea what I can do … |
| 27 | ‘ I will do what I can , ’ the man said , mollified . |
| 28 | I will do what I can to publicize the true position . |
| 29 | ‘ Naturally , I will do what I can . |
| 30 | Please let me know if you need any further information on the locations , and I 'll see what I can dig up . |