Example sentences of "[noun pl] can do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words can do something . |
| 2 | If this is so , and the missionaries can do it , then why are there so many religious disputes . |
| 3 | ‘ I just hope the lads can do it tonight whoever is in goal . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I just hope the lads can do it tonight whoever is in goal . ’ |
| 5 | But you can soften the blow by telling his Dad that none of the other dads can do it either . |
| 6 | What is clear is that we need another ball control , distribution player , it is unfair for Macca be responsible for us all the time and besides teams can do what Ipswich did to him and mark him out of the game in the forward areas . |
| 7 | The Critiques can do nothing but proliferate extravagantly into the writing of a perpetual process of deferral . |
| 8 | We 're nothing but a bunch of museum pieces : machines can do everything that we can do , only faster and cheaper . |
| 9 | WEEKENDERS can do it in Amsterdam courtesy of Acid Jazz , who invade the city 's Melkweg arts centre on Aug 29–31 . |
| 10 | Well you can forget the astonishment that cats can do it all , it is extraordinary that cats can do that at all . |
| 11 | At a simple level one might suppose that effective departments can do nothing but good . |
| 12 | Help is desperately needed — and rugby friends can do their bit . |
| 13 | As far as I 'm concerned , you and your Bolshie friends can do what you blooming well like — and that 's not swearing , Father . ’ |
| 14 | Before turning to these — set out in two stages ( see below , pp. 93 – 106 ) — we need to be clear what we mean by reflective thinking , and that pupils can do it . |
| 15 | An irritated Dutch official said : ‘ If the Danes can do it with a referendum by July , I do not see why the British would need a longer time . ’ |
| 16 | Some people think that the police can do everything under the sun like , but of course you ca n't . |
| 17 | And , and the police can do nothing David , because their hands are tied , for a simple reason , if you name a name , which I do n't know any , erm they gang up on you ! |
| 18 | But , as I said , apart from this hassle , you 've got to sort it out yourself , cos the police can do nothing ! |
| 19 | The National Socialists led us out of depression then , and the National Socialists can do it again . |
| 20 | Fraser of Neill 's claimed that only " a few men can set music and only a few men can do a table and only a few men can do anything out of the way " . " |
| 21 | Er but yes you could put your wife and two children and if your wife is fit to do it she can do it , if she is n't the two children can do it instead or her and one of the children to help each other out . |
| 22 | He then suggests that the former can either directly create the conditions for the reproduction of the relations of production , presumably by quelling any sign of working class insubordination ( i.e. , a feature of economic practice depends upon political practice ) , or they can do so indirectly , by establishing a situation in which ideological state apparatuses can do their work ( i.e. , in which ideological practice determines economic practice ) . |
| 23 | " all the Bower-birds can do it . " |
| 24 | Few others can do it , you see . |
| 25 | In the end , only actors can do it . |
| 26 | Residents can do nothing with high-rise buildings once they are completed . |
| 27 | Local authorities can do nothing that is not expressly set out in some Act of Parliament . |
| 28 | The first level is something that the climbers can do something about , and that is removing their rubbish . |
| 29 | So I 've been in touch with Brian again erm and I said , ca n't you make sure that your blokes can do it in a day . |
| 30 | If politicians can do it , why not child molesters , fraudsters or armed robbers ? |