Example sentences of "[indef pn] can do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope someone can do something for him . |
| 2 | ‘ Nobody can do what he ca n't , ’ Emily said . |
| 3 | The problem sheets are so difficult now nobody can do them and they usually just wait until the answers come out every week and usually it 's just a case of copying them down . |
| 4 | Nobody can do anything , Doctor Sparrow does not answer , he refuses to listen , he gave me no reassurance , but I know , I know that I am seriously ill and there is no one here except my mother , and who is to look after her , Dorothea ? |
| 5 | Everybody seems to know everybody else and nobody can do anything without someone knowing what is going on . |
| 6 | But if the scrum is retreating no one can do anything . |
| 7 | In fact no one can do anything with him . |
| 8 | In later years , offered the objection that celibacy is not always possible , Lewis the radio evangelist was to be quite unambiguous : ‘ faced with an optional question in an examination paper , one considers whether one can do it or not ; faced with a compulsory question , one must do the best one can … |
| 9 | If anybody can do what they like with it , it 's him . ’ |
| 10 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 11 | Sit down for half an hour and anybody can do it . |
| 12 | ‘ Anybody can do it , it is simple and immediate , ’ he said . |
| 13 | If I can do it , anybody can do it ! |
| 14 | Anybody can do it fe free , |
| 15 | To pick up these calls , all you need do , when you hear these screaming bells , anybody can do it , it does n't have to be within your area , okay . |
| 16 | ‘ Anybody can do anything , ’ Josie said , which she knew was only so much bullshit but which she also believed was a reasonable dictum for getting a person through life . |
| 17 | ‘ If anybody can do anything , ’ she said , straightening a little amidst the old clothes and the discards , ‘ then I can carry on . ’ |
| 18 | Anyone can do anything if they 've got what it takes . ’ |
| 19 | Dr Ann Robinson , head of the IoD 's policy unit , says : ‘ Anyone can do anything , that 's my motto . ’ |
| 20 | These days we 're more like the Americans — anyone can do anything and all that nonsense about where you come from and how you speak does n't matter . |
| 21 | She is a great believer in persistence : ‘ I believe anyone can do anything if they really want to enough . |
| 22 | Christine half-turned then , and glanced at the room as if some ironic comment had presented itself in her mind ; but instead she said , ‘ Anyone can do anything . |
| 23 | Anyone can do it so long as they are not criminals or kids , and promise to play by the rules . |
| 24 | The ‘ Simulation Pop ’ of the Pet Shop Boys , Pop Tarts , et al , is the end product of a discourse of demystification that began with punk , its DIY ethos , its ‘ anyone can do it ’ clarion call . |
| 25 | Walking is simple and safe ; just about anyone can do it , including the young , elderly and those recovering from illness . |
| 26 | THE British expedition attempting a rare winter ascent of Everest flew out yesterday , with top mountaineer Chris Bonington saying : ‘ If anyone can do it , you can . ’ |
| 27 | It is so simple that anyone can do it , but everyone else has missed the key . |
| 28 | Great fitness and anyone can do it . |
| 29 | Not everyone can do it . |
| 30 | Whenever possible , Mrs. Ayliffe accompanied her husband on his travels and acted as his interpreter , for he steadfastly refused to speak and simultaneously to interpret , maintaining that no-one can do one without detriment to the other . |