Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] can [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course no-one can guarantee anything . |
| 2 | As an islander I can see something of both points of view , and I have been aware of a sense of embarrassment in some of my Faroese friends that the outside world should think of them as ‘ barbarians ’ . |
| 3 | We shall have to consider the sub judice rule in relation to what is said , but at present I can see nothing sub judice in this matter . |
| 4 | ‘ Bob , I understand now that nothing in life is as easy as it at first seems , and that being in love is a condition which can cause one a great deal of pain . |
| 5 | Or some proctor who can slice someone in two without caring . |
| 6 | Careering between two extremes Described by one director as being ‘ an actress who can do anything ’ , Edith MacArthur talks to Colin Donald ‘ The play is all about charm … |
| 7 | She is back to grande dame mode having proved herself , as John MacGrath put it , ‘ an actress who can do anything ’ . |
| 8 | I 'm more disappointed than angry … and a little saddened , too , to think that there 's a rugby fan who can find nothing better to write about the game and a magazine that can find nothing better to print than such provocative nonsense . |
| 9 | Scott ( RH ) : If it 's a radio programme we can put anything on it . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ But if they want an AIDS test they can have one . ’ |
| 11 | But in the hall they can see everything . |
| 12 | Of course you can do something . |
| 13 | Also if it 's within your own normal income you can give anything , in other words if you do n't reduce your capital . |
| 14 | It is one thing to claim that by sharing in a dramatic exploration of a theme I can learn something about myself in the process , and quite another to suggest the drama is for me and about me . |
| 15 | If you have a shop which can sell anything , why ca n't a grocer sell anything ? |
| 16 | But of course one can form one 's own relationship with one 's god or with mankind in general . |
| 17 | ‘ Still , I reckon that if we keep a proper lookout we can have everyone on the move in five minutes . |
| 18 | I know what my problem is , so I think to myself at least on Christmas Day I can have one normal , decent day . |
| 19 | ‘ As Gielgud used to say , if you can play comedy you can do everything . |
| 20 | For about £12 a head you can get something quite special and not have the worry of driving home . |
| 21 | You know when Beecham was conducting it once a trumpeter came in early in one of the big silences : the kind of catastrophe you can do nothing about . |
| 22 | And she says Jean you know well you can see er she says you know the day before Ros was in Lisburn and she says you know the way when you 're standing and from the back you can feel somebody that their eyes are penetrating through you and she said she happened to turn round and there she 's sitting in , in this girl 's car and just er looked at her like that . |
| 23 | If you have picked all the answers in this section you are the sort of person who can watch somebody do it and then pick it up in a flash — or read the handbook and you 're away . |
| 24 | Oh well ye , Belinda if you 're the sort of person who can help someone to dress you 're going to be a good nurse I think . |
| 25 | — For the price of a newspaper or a bar of chocolate you can help someone at home and away — |
| 26 | Just as Batman had Robin , you may have an assistant who can manage something a little more advanced than recent work . |
| 27 | Rob 's assured us that he 'll let you know where in your area you can pick one up so you can wave bye bye to ‘ Syntax error ’ , and say hello to ‘ Now loading please wait ’ ! |
| 28 | From these letters to an aunt we can gather something of his habits of devotion . |
| 29 | And , and within the rules of the game we can do nothing other than |
| 30 | And when they go out on a football field they can do something about it . |