Example sentences of "can [prep] one " in BNC.

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1 you can about one and put a line on the top of the total line , er , afraid that 's wrong .
2 And in the depots , when you are in the depot , people are cutting them , and if that 's the case , we , all of you , just remember , what we did , right just being as critical as we can of one another , to alter the way in which behave , but it 's not meant in any way , shape or form to be a criticism .
3 Do as many as you can with one leg in front .
4 Do as many as you can with one leg in front .
5 Do as many as you can with one leg in front .
6 Do as many as you can with one leg in front .
7 Do as many as you can with one leg in front .
8 Do as many as you can with one leg in front .
9 Do as many as you can with one leg in front .
10 Do as many as you can with one leg in front .
11 Fraught and frantic Saturday must be spent sorting out domestic dramas and cramming as much fun and laughter as you can into one short day .
12 She carried an oil can in one hand , and held the side of her long skirts with the other hand .
13 Nevertheless , there is an element of incongruity here since the requirement of fitness for purpose is made the basis of s14(2) as well as s14(3). ( e ) Merchantability and quality The emphasis in s14(6) upon function and purpose can in one sense be regarded as undermining an important element in merchantability , namely , quality .
14 Yeah I mean if you get erm , I 'll tell you what actually , because it 's a two hour slot I can in one slot get them to y'know and th we 're not in a great hurry cos there 's usually a few spaces left over at the end of the term .
15 But for his part , er , it looks good , er he gets lots of promotion in the erm , Iraqi press , which he controls anyway , and Iraqi television , and he comes across as a kind of , er , father of the people , who can on one hand show great severity with executions and so forth , on the other hand , dispense er justice and human feelings , and show that he really loves people in general .
16 Sit as close as you can to one side of the camera and ask them to look at you as they talk .
17 The great novelist , in Nizan 's eyes , should be an " anti-Dostoievsky " , that is to say , a writer who can at one level emulate Dostoievsky 's ability to transpose on to the literary plane the anguish and despair of men and women struggling alone and unaided in the midst of a tragic social situation , and yet who can at another level go beyond Dostoievsky , offer a coherent explanation of the specific historical situation in which men and women are trapped , and focus attention at the same time on the political means of combating the injustices of their social condition .
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