Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 If you have height and space you can do anything .
2 I want to leave by about ten tomorrow so I 'll get on to a garage first thing in the morning and hope they can fix my car straight away . ’
3 After the case jobless Heath said : ‘ I still love her and hope we can make it back together . ’
4 You know it 's a magical item and hope he can use it . )
5 But when — suddenly — for no apparent reason your twin rejects the offer of marriage from the man you always believed she loved , and whom you always loved yourself ; when she turns round and says you can marry him yourself if you feel that strongly about him … suddenly your world is upside down .
6 The cost of buying equipment and the requirement of skilled personnel to maintain and run it can make its use in the repeated assessments which are required for measuring rhythms prohibitively expensive .
7 Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life .
8 and know you can do it in less than an hour , right to the bottom
9 Please think carefully about registering as a bone marrow donor and remember you can change your mind at any time and have your name removed from the register .
10 Rather than have one large program that offers the sort of facilities we 've described for SideKick and Spotlight you can choose one , or more , of the range and build you own set .
11 ‘ I might do the tennis stuff for three or four years and decide I can do it sleepwalking and turn to something I really care about and like to pursue , which is politics . ’
12 You are a natural athlete and find you can disguise your shots easily this way .
13 And suppose he can obtain his desire , is that so bad as cutting her throat ?
14 I mean , you ca n't let them come here and think they can walk all over you , because then next time they come they 'll get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want .
15 Properly set up and organised it can tell you a great deal about your business and in particular your customers .
16 This not only keeps it in place , but it also feels nice for your partner and means you can stroke yourself at the same time .
17 Oscar Wilde was a student here at Magdalen College … now disc jockey Mike read has been inspired to write a new musical about the man who wrote the Importance of being Earnest , and said I can resist everything except temptation .
18 So she went like this pulled our her note card and said I can put it on now she said .
19 We can go out and say we can fight them now , we can do it , we can use this legislation .
20 He acknowledges that the band have an élitist following that generally does n't buy chart records , but thinks he can expand their fan base by getting in the charts .
21 I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this .
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