Example sentences of "[conj] he can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just wants to keep the goat tethered — ; here , where he can see it . |
| 2 | ‘ He likes us where he can see us , he says . ’ |
| 3 | This leaves the Energy Secretary , Mr John Wakeham , with two options : he can either agree to underwrite any cost escalations in nuclear handling costs after privatisation , or he can swallow his pride , and pull all nuclear plant out of the impending sale . |
| 4 | You might also try to use an edition which your reader can independently get hold of , so that she or he can check what you say . |
| 5 | I therefore put it to him that he has really now er a definite choice , he can seek to resist most of these amendments and I have n't a slightest doubt they 'll be put into the Bill er the Bill will be drastically altered thereby er and when it goes back to another place nobody quite knows er wh what will happen to it , or he can use his very considerable powers of conciliation er by taking a little time for further consideration . |
| 6 | it 's either in his imagination or he can see it . |
| 7 | Yes , he can continue at that level of a hundred and ninety but he 's obviously going to have to pay more , because he 's only paid for it for ten years , or he can reduce it down to the original amount . |
| 8 | Although he can do nothing directly about them , the existence of the concurrent proceedings is an element , albeit not necessarily decisive , in the assembly of facts by reference to which the judge of subordinate jurisdiction must decide how in the interests of justice to exercise his powers to regulate the proceedings in his court . |
| 9 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 10 | However , although he can reject his class 's accepted code of behaviour and marry a servant , he is unable to alter his view of a wife 's role . |
| 11 | Participant observation , then , is an attempt to put both observer and observed on the same side by making the former a member of the group so that he can experience what they experience and work within their frame of reference . |
| 12 | A three-times World speedway champion has been taking motorbike lessons … so that he can pass his test . |
| 13 | Where , however , the entry of the goods was inevitable , not only is there no liability for trespass on the part of their owner , but the view that he can retake them seems to be right , even if there is no direct decision to that effect . |
| 14 | I do n't think there is any way that he can realise what I am going through . |
| 15 | The result of his planning so far is what he calls ‘ the R&D Initiative for the NHS ’ — something that he recognises must be visible and simple so that he can present it ‘ succinctly ’ to boardrooms and to nonspecialist health professionals , such as managers . |
| 16 | But in his 3–6 6–4 2–6 6–1 6–4 victory , one had to admit that Courier has character and a burning conviction that he can beat anyone . |
| 17 | I want Bob to become well known , too , so that he can liberate himself from me . ’ |
| 18 | In the Sheriff Court , there are fourteen days to enter appearance , but to do so here it is necessary to produce to the Sheriff Clerk the Service Copy Writ so that he can satisfy himself from when the fourteen days is calculated . |
| 19 | So it is only if he admits the strength of the argument from error that he can think he is getting anywhere by refuting PC k . |
| 20 | A MAN accused of having sex with a 15-year-old schoolgirl walked free yesterday — so that he can marry her . |
| 21 | He 's got his own skateboard ramp in his back garden and he video tapes what he does so that he can watch what he 's doing wrong and all the rest of it . |
| 22 | Mr Smart has been assured that his TV licence is on its way , and that he can watch his television set with no worry of having a visit by a TV licensing inquiry officer . ’ |
| 23 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 24 | The child who has been moving boats and other objects that float on the surface of the water , suddenly discovers that he can make them sink by holding them down or pouring water on top of them . |
| 25 | ‘ His underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place , ’ explains Charles Handy , who picked Gould out from a handful of students at the London Business School ‘ because he stood out in a group of people as by far the most interesting , and that was because he was determined to have control over his life ’ . |
| 26 | Philip Gould ( right ) : his underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place . |
| 27 | But he calls it a world , and he 's such a good writer that he can make it seem like one . |
| 28 | We know that he can handle everything . ’ |
| 29 | I must never forget that He can influence us to right interpretation and thinking and even to some inspired initiative of love . |
| 30 | Of course , you 'll have to tell Charlie , but by the time you 're free , Emma will be of age , such an age that he can do nothing to hold her . |