Example sentences of "can [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will you turn that tape recorder off so I can thump him . |
| 2 | " It 'll warm his little heart for once , " he thought , " and if the leaders do get attacked , I suppose we can spare him easier than some . " |
| 3 | His character is one that not even those envious of his power can disparage him . |
| 4 | I reject the hon. Gentleman 's criticism , and I can reassure him on the present position . |
| 5 | Leaving aside the phrase that the hon. Gentleman attributed to me in the early part of his question , I can reassure him that the budget for the health service will be £3.7 billion , an increase of £342 million , or 10.1 per cent . |
| 6 | I expect that the Minister can reassure him that an environmental impact assessment can not have been made properly for that incinerator yet , because an application does not yet appear to have been made . |
| 7 | These people here can make him useful to society . ’ |
| 8 | This is an important area in which you can help him a great deal if you can make him feel that with you open grieving is permissible . |
| 9 | His very intelligent scrutiny of a role can make him seem too detached , too much the performer of a plan . ’ |
| 10 | If I can make him play deep and keep him as far away from our goal as possible the more I 'll fancy our chances . ’ |
| 11 | Who can save the world now ? 99 tea of course — slip a few tea bags into his utility belt tonight , Alfred can make him a cup downstairs . |
| 12 | Only a judge and a jury can make him guilty . |
| 13 | He chuckled , ‘ Perhaps I can make him see the error of his ways . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Anyhow , ’ Sendei continued , ‘ while we 've got this we can make him do pretty much what we want . ’ |
| 15 | Come and see if you can make him calmer , please ! ’ |
| 16 | See how his nostrils are all caked and blocked up — you can make him a lot more comfortable . " |
| 17 | Skilful questioning of the child can make him tap sources of knowledge he did n't know he had . |
| 18 | ‘ I expect I can make him understand , ’ she replied . |
| 19 | I can make him out just fine , thanks . |
| 20 | If I can make him take another step he will come alongside Ludo . |
| 21 | I think what you want to do now , write down a list of what you want him to do and let Steve do that for tomorrow if you can and then let's see if we can make him stick to that list cos otherwise he 'll be here in |
| 22 | No one can make him do anything he does n't want . |
| 23 | Now nobody can make him fight , but he can not leave his new homeland as he has no passport . |
| 24 | One drink can knock him galley west if he is tired . ’ |
| 25 | From his Jamaican holiday retreat , Lewis said : ‘ I can beat Tucker , I know I can knock him out . |
| 26 | So it is only if he admits the strength of the argument from error that he can think he is getting anywhere by refuting PC k . |
| 27 | You can bump him off now you know , from the fifth of January cos you get thirty thousand quid if you bump him off . |
| 28 | Whereas hypocrisy in the tragic mode is usually revealed to the audience directly , in advance of the action , here Shakespeare makes Angelo declare himself to a second person , Isabella , confident that — as Falstaff says when he is planning his pretence of having killed Hotspur in battle — ‘ Nothing confutes me but e-yes , and nobody sees me ’ ( 1 Henry IV V.iv.125f ) : And indeed , Angelo 's position is impregnable , unless some force from outside , with superior knowledge , can expose him . |
| 29 | However many facts I know about another person I can treat him as pure means , but I can not be perceptually and emotionally aware from his viewpoint without letting his inclinations interact with mine and affect my ends . |
| 30 | The most cynical argument , of course , for the soft approach is that if Mr Mann takes part in the election and triumphantly declares Punjab 's independence , the federal government can sack him and resume rule from New Delhi . |