Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we now recall the alternative definition of democracy as popular power , or popular sovereignty , then it becomes clear that it can not be a democratic act for the people to vote away their own power and their own rights ; any more than if I freely renounce my freedom I can remain free because the renunciation was a free act . |
| 2 | For my part I can detect no inconsistency between our domestic law and the Convention . |
| 3 | For my money it can rain as much as it likes in the coming weeks . |
| 4 | Oh no you can sleep in the same tent I 've got my tent you can sleep with me poor sod , you go and sleep with them |
| 5 | ‘ Billy told me to use my hook I can hook well as well as jab and found Jason could n't take them . ’ |
| 6 | In my neighbourhood I can hear a sampling of Spanish , Portuguese , Chinese , Urdu , Polish , Italian and West Indian English when I take my children across the street to the park . |
| 7 | In my mind you can make up anything you want in your notebooks , but you ca n't call it fraud if it was n't published . |
| 8 | Yeah you 're talking about a dream , because er in my mind I can hear George now in a bar lounge I walked in , he was with two of his mates and we got talking , he said here 's my , this is m he used to say Chip then , you know , George did this is my young Chip he said he goes to work in the middle of the night . |
| 9 | Up in the mountain , the Bible belt was drenched and from my window I can see the river running strongly as a result . |
| 10 | ‘ I do hope that 's not my lasagne I can smell burning , my dear , ’ and while she moved swiftly to check the oven and to find that not a thing was burning , Naylor was saying , ‘ We 'll see you at the weekend , Travis . ’ |
| 11 | from the corner of my eye I can see his partner , tangled with his chair in the dirt behind the portacabin . |
| 12 | I keep my distance and do not look at him , though from the comer of my eye I can see him so smartly attired , decked out in scarves and jumpers , set to brace the cold and the street at any hour . |
| 13 | ‘ But since it 's obvious that I do n't have a bloody army at my back you can take me directly to the Countess , or the Sheriff of Gloucester , if he 's here . ’ |
| 14 | on my head you can call me Normal Lamont . |
| 15 | Erm as you get older once you get to my age you can spell most of the words you know . |
| 16 | If I cross my hands over my breast I can think I 'm dead and in paradise , but it 's true what they say , you can get too tired to sleep . |
| 17 | My Lord I can tell you that I do have a copy for the jury if your Lordship thinks . |
| 18 | That 's it my man you can switch it off now |
| 19 | As I lie on my bed I can feel it coming in the window . |
| 20 | ‘ In my system you can plug in four or five amps at once , without losing any gain , without gaining any hum ; you can put them all on parallel and they will all be in phase . |
| 21 | I need interpreters in my surgery who can speak Punjabi , Urdu and Gujarati , otherwise I can not understand fully what my constituents are saying when they have complicated immigration problems . |
| 22 | But at least in the midst of my misery I can own what I have instead of feeling I am a pawn in another 's game with rules that I can not stick to or change . |
| 23 | So that I can take it off and if she gets in my way you can smack her with it ! |
| 24 | I want to be a good horsewoman , if only to show my mother-in-law I can do it . ’ |
| 25 | If you 'd like to come back to my office we can discuss it there , ’ he said , looking at Fairham . |
| 26 | Once she 's done a course in massage and has her certificate she can work here . |
| 27 | Tell her firmly that you fear if she does n't pull herself together soon she 'll have a drink problem and suggest she seeks help from her GP who can refer her to a psychiatrist . |
| 28 | ‘ If everybody plays their part we can keep him out ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke said . |
| 29 | There may be client cases where new recruits feel out of their depth in which case they can invite the minder into the interview room , with the permission of the client , but still continue to deal with the client 's enquiry . |
| 30 | It may be that the lovely weather will go on even after the hall is pulled down , in which case we can meet out of doors , but we ca n't expect to go on doing that when autumn and winter comes , can we ? ’ |