Example sentences of "the [noun] [pers pn] can [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I walk round the croft I can feel a strange sensation in my stomach , a feeling not unlike fear , and I now know that she is dead . |
| 2 | Keeping down the overheads is also vitally important , buying in materials and services is very expensive and when these are extracted from the takings they can leave a very big hole in the balance sheet . |
| 3 | If I can get three or four dishes into the freezer I can do a dinner party without worrying about being home in time to cook . ’ |
| 4 | In the complex we can use a similar basis to classify the PH 3 modes as symmetric ( giving dipole changes parallel to the M-P bond ) and antisymmetric ( giving dipole changes perpendicular to the bond ) . |
| 5 | If it 's another tank I ca n't prove otherwise but I know one tank er the fourth tank you ca n't empty it , it 's got be syphoned out it comes from the top and er if you went there and just opened the valve you can get a an ounce of diesel out of it . |
| 6 | Out of the window you can sneak a look |
| 7 | It 's always there , I mean erm that 's one of the advantages you can have a bath every day . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , in the torchlight you can see a dark stain . |
| 9 | Near the western end of the reservoir you can see a bronze age burial mound and a cup and ring marked boulder which may also date from the same period . |
| 10 | ‘ I have heard how in Spain there are beggar children so skilled with the garrotte they can kill a fully grown man in a matter of seconds . |
| 11 | … within hydrology at the moment we can see a growing interest among civil engineering hydrologists in ‘ process ’ studies at a time when some geographers are beginning to show signs of impatience with these ( Ward , 1979 , p. 393 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ At the moment you can have a prominent player being fouled repeatedly by three different opponents which defeats the whole purpose of personal fouling . ’ |
| 13 | With Joseph Kerman 's The masses and motets of William Byrd ( London , 1981 ) in one hand and New College 's two records of cantiones sacrae in the other you can plan a strategy for listening in which the chronology gradually unfolds . |
| 14 | Well , this morning 's satellite picture shows clearly yesterday 's nasty weather out there in the North Sea and as we run the sequence through the day you can see a lot of showers coming towards Scotland and there 's some more threatening cloud coming across southern parts of England and Ireland . |
| 15 | Right , so what 's the minimum annually , the minimum we can make a profit on ? |
| 16 | The sign on the door tells the visitor he can have a tooth extracted for a trifling sum . |
| 17 | Seventeen miles away in the Rollrights you can examine a mysterious circle of early Bronze Age stones . |
| 18 | On the northside you can see a typical example of 1930s Art Deco style in Bedford Mansions with its brick detailing , rounded corners and metal windows . |
| 19 | the japanese say they are looking for the instructions they can work a solar car but ca n't put up a tent for eats … its what you fancy … at night its noodles … come daybreak its what 's left … |
| 20 | Some people even leave radios on in the house , so that there 's not only the light on , but if somebody does walk up the drive intending to knock on the door to test it , before they get to the door they can hear a noise , they turn around and go back . |
| 21 | Later in the profession it can vary a great deal . |
| 22 | If you are one of the faithful few who keep your machine set up and working during the summer you can have a wonderful time trying out patterns and colour schemes in between knitting those delightful little summer tops . |
| 23 | At the end they can enjoy a complimentary dram while watching a lively audio-visual presentation on the making of whisky . |
| 24 | I just love the way he can play a note , just one note . |
| 25 | Elongated cables are similar to the classic cricket sweater cables but by both making them narrower and alternating the crossovers you can give a more fashion conscious look to a garment . |
| 26 | It just depends where we 're going cos I do n't know what we 're doing yet So I 'd and the woman 's coming round tonight so I 'll just , sort of , say to her if I can keep it over the weekend I can do a lot more so otherwise I 'll feel a bit bad |
| 27 | they 'd better share the police and if it comes to the crunch I can get a farm yard for the birthday |
| 28 | As we approach the quay we can see a small crowd waiting for our arrival . |
| 29 | But from a study of detailed thin sections through the colonies we can deduce a good deal about the growth ( astogeny ) of colonies of bryozoans long since extinct . |
| 30 | Mr Powell was never to regain any sizeable base among Conservative MPs but Mr Tebbit , after leaving the Cabinet , has proved again and again that when combining with Mr Michael Heseltine or other factions within the party he can rally a significant number of MPs . |