Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel I am wanted only for what business I can bring their way . |
| 2 | I watch them and they watch me , but whereas I feel , possibly mistakenly , that I can comprehend their animal antics , they find me bewilderingly inscrutable . ’ |
| 3 | Now when that 's improved enough , I 'm gon na start asking these councillors and that if I can take their photograph . |
| 4 | They live in London but I can get their address for you . ’ |
| 5 | If they equate punishment with physical punishment , I can see their point and would generally agree with them ( although most parents would feel that such a proposition is very difficult to apply ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I can see their point . |
| 7 | Coun Nilsson said : ‘ I can see their point , but the solution would be to seek a sponsor such as ICI or British Steel who have a vested interest in the area instead of selling the ground . ’ |
| 8 | An official said : ‘ If someone can handle their disability , it might not impair their mobility . ’ |
| 9 | A closed loop that someone can catch their foot in and trip is one of the most frequent causes of industrial accidents . |
| 10 | ‘ It is not my fault , ’ she whimpered in the dark of the hall , ‘ indeed it is not my fault , and nobody can blame me , nobody can raise their voice to me , for it is not my fault . ’ |
| 11 | This experience forms an important basis of their knowledge of other countries which can influence their role as mediators of other cultures in teaching and other professions . |
| 12 | But it was felt though , that it was necessary to support the document in order to clear up a rather unsatisfactory situation er , where we 're holding sectional and delegate conferences that do n't have remits and guidelines er , which can clarify their position . |
| 13 | For children who encounter educational difficulties we have the services of our Learning Support Department and for all children we have Enrichment Staff who can extend their learning . |
| 14 | For Davis , the Ranters , as a group , are largely constructed by twentieth-century Marxist historians , notably Christopher Hill , intent on finding groups who can justify their thesis of a revolution . |
| 15 | As a student about to graduate , I am saddened by the number of my colleagues who can see their future only in high-salaried financial management . |
| 16 | It is for this stratum of users and their families that heroin is the dragon with a sting in its tail , not the hidden middle-class users who can afford their habit and avoid the police and courts . |
| 17 | Vegetables , and herbs for that matter , are a delight for youngsters , who can follow their progress from seed packets to dinner plate . |
| 18 | The age barriers to college entry are now rapidly crumbling , giving place to a policy of open access — which means college admission to students of all ages who can demonstrate their capacity to benefit from study . |
| 19 | The intensity of these family relationships , and the importance of maintaining family and wider connections in Pakistan , are shown in the continuance in Britain of the Pakistani institution of Biraderi which governs obligations to relatives and non-relatives outside the immediate family : ‘ Biraderi includes all the men who can trace their relationship to a common ancestor , no matter how remote ’ ( Anwar , 1979 , p. 62 ) . |
| 20 | When you are shooting for high profits , you have to have a small entrepreneurial team who can project their way forward , not today but tomorrow . |
| 21 | Indeed , kinship could well be said to involve greater obligations to the old than it once did , because survivors now live longer and have fewer descendants who can share their care . |
| 22 | Certainly , we are looking for individuals who can accept responsibility both for themselves and others , who can use their initiative to control events rather than drift aimlessly through life . |
| 23 | Who can put their hand up and tell me the next number ? |
| 24 | ‘ I think what we need is a new type of juvenile detention in secure schools where those young boys can actually have better training and education so you can change their life-style . ’ |
| 25 | Then draw up a plan as to how you can maximise their value . |
| 26 | ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things . |
| 27 | Indeed , with generally low staffing levels they are avid users of press releases , articles and any other old junk you can throw their way . |
| 28 | If they are lost or stolen , you can recover their value so long as you have kept a note of their numbers separately . |
| 29 | And again he had said , ‘ You can arrange their dinner hour . ’ |
| 30 | Ideally , use dimmer switches with the pendants so you can alter their intensity to suit the mood . |