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

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1 Whatever the sufferer or family member may say at times of anger or despair , nobody causes addictive disease or can control it or cure it .
2 can do your work can do your work or can do your work , whatever , maybe that 'll maybe that 'll mix it up a bit
3 I do n't know if umm Jeff or , would know anybody or can do anything with this .
4 If you can afford them , or can make your own , rough-hewn granite water basins and lanterns are far preferable to mass-produced items of reconstituted stone , though even these will mellow with age .
5 Hand-cutting of hay by scythe is almost a thing of the past , as people either have their own tractor-driven machines or can hire someone to do the job .
6 So physical dull metals are malleable you can beat them into sheets or can mould them .
7 Adultery can arise from problems within the family or can disrupt it .
8 Many of them offer a mail-order service or can give you details of your local stockist .
9 He can make his birds fly like an arrow — in a straight line , in single file — or can direct them to any place he likes , in any formation .
10 It is the ‘ one every few years ’ , and Alfieri knows , or can predict what the outcome will be .
11 Children can present data in simple block graphs , pictograms or sets , or can enter it into a computer , using suitable software , to compile their own database .
12 If you run a dog-friendly establishment — or can recommend one — please write to us with full details .
13 You know you need some information , resource investigator can either give it to you because he 's got it or can find it for you .
14 Others are much happier to have their judgements explored and can check their claims .
15 This may be illusory since the government will decide the value of vouchers and can alter them at will .
16 The detrimental effect of some odours such as toxic industrial wastes , and the results of snorting cocaine , or of solvent sniffing , is proof enough that odours , beneficial or otherwise , do enter the body as gases and can alter our physical and mental health .
17 By sticking to the rules of keeping rhythm , balance and impulsions and allowing the fences to come to you , the horse is given the chance to jump athletically and can alter his stride if necessary .
18 Each edge is labelled and can carry whatever information is needed for the parsing task .
19 When turned on the major achievements of humanity , it can help to illuminate them , and can carry our understanding of the world forward .
20 when the child understands the purpose of the routine and can carry it out
21 I do n't need to copy it down when initially build it but er I might just put a little bit of extra work in I can make so and can copy it down .
22 This answer would be fully acceptable only if the speaker is fully aware of his situation and can do nothing at present to ease it .
23 Still , I 'm powerless , and can do nothing about anything .
24 The Labour Party is a busted flush and can do nothing about it .
25 MANY thanks for the excellent series of articles on the proposed Sports Museum they put the situation accurately and can do nothing but help our cause .
26 ‘ When I 'm eighteen and can do what I like , I 'll eat all my cakes uncooked , ’ Benny pronounced .
27 ‘ And Mother Francis will be the Reverend Mother General of the whole Order and can do what she likes , and go to see the Pope , and everything . ’
28 Some , some people possess the means of product production and , and can do what they like to many other people , they 're the people
29 Ca n't you wait until you have a cottage to yourself and can do what you like with your life , Seb Quilter ? ’
30 Please use this system so that we are aware of your views , problems , complaints etc. and can do what we can to help .
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