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 . |