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

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1 But then they came back and said it was changed to ‘ Everything We Do Is Driven By You ’ and my initial thought was ‘ Yuk , I do n't think I can do anything with that either , ’ because it just sounded like motor cars and I 'm not interested in singing songs about motor cars .
2 Do we want somebody who will just do , cos I 've got , I mean I can get somebody just to do that if that 's all you want done , that could be done easily
3 I was in apartments for 10 years , and when one has lived under those conditions it makes one contented to know we can use plenty of water .
4 But they say they can do nothing .
5 ‘ I hope someone can do something for him .
6 Bryony says she can see one in the sky .
7 It does , it 's hundred watts , yeah it says you can use anything between four and eight Os
8 And I hope you can do something for this little lad here .
9 I hope you can , I hope you can do something with it , because being truthful I just , it 's just
10 If you have height and space you can do anything .
11 At least with newt searching you can pick one up and share it round if you find one .
12 You 're the one who says we can stick anything if we know where we 're going . ’
13 It does n't matter one can have one .
14 I see people now in the same situation as I was before , unable to meet anyone , and they do n't feel they can do anything about it , and I want to say ‘ Yes you can ! ’
15 He says he can do nothing , and we must go back to Hull , because of a small storm !
16 Likewise , I 've never trusted anyone who says he can turn one over with a piece of plastic or a credit card .
17 I do n't think you can do anything about me not getting an erm they should just pay me more should n't they , if they ask to ?
18 the tiles , so I do n't think you can do anything about it now .
19 I do n't think you can play one , two , three , four , five on there can you ?
20 If you do n't think you can get one just
21 I do n't think you can get one now
22 The other thing that is important is that I do n't think you can get anything on the cheap .
23 Do you think you can get anything for them ? ’
24 ‘ Well , my dear , I do n't think you can find anything sinister in the fact that a man wants to see his child bathed at night .
25 I mean you can imagine somebody saying , well it 'll last me out , I 'm not bothered .
26 I I mean you can put anything in there really .
27 but erm , I mean you can get everything there on Sunday you 've really no need to cook , cook at all , I mean you could go over there and have a meal for about two pounds fifty
28 We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic .
29 ‘ You might believe you can achieve something with those acres of rough pasture and that extremely overgrown wood ; I am , as yet , unconvinced . ’
30 ‘ I do n't believe you can do anything for me .
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