Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lithuania are a side who can cause us problems and we have to be careful . |
| 2 | And when he comes to the richer and more respectable inmates of the borough who can veil their defects behind money , he remains sardonic , and sees them as poor people who have not been found out . |
| 3 | Or some proctor who can slice someone in two without caring . |
| 4 | Please find me a new Mummy who can love me a lot and look after me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I know a lady lawyer who can get you off , even if you 've been going round the shops buying poison , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Especially when she happens to have a half-sister who can provide her with a stable and secure home in London ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | She is back to grande dame mode having proved herself , as John MacGrath put it , ‘ an actress who can do anything ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Readers of this column who can cast their minds back to 1984 may remember a piece of equipment called the Nava Skiing System . |
| 11 | He is usually an old male who can anticipate which way the colobus will go and climbs a tree well ahead of them , so completing their encirclement . |
| 12 | The pastoralist who can control his aggression with regard to his animals has in his childhood first had to learn how to do it with regard to his excremental activities and the parental authority-figures who insisted . |
| 13 | If your organisation is a " high tech " company and works in areas such as microbiology or electronics it will be useful to have a trained scientist who can translate what the company is doing into terms which most people can understand . |
| 14 | Tell her firmly that you fear if she does n't pull herself together soon she 'll have a drink problem and suggest she seeks help from her GP who can refer her to a psychiatrist . |
| 15 | But do n't tell me he is a United player , the kind who can win them that coveted crown . |
| 16 | Whether at the planning stage or up and running , Midland has an Enterprise Counsellor in every branch who can guide you along the path to success . |
| 17 | Sembene Ousmane is a story-teller and a skilful writer who can carry you along with the drama and the atmosphere regardless of subject . |
| 18 | Durham , the team who can overtake them , face Cleveland Bridge at Ferens Park . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Whereas in the classic Italian historical novel , Manzoni 's The Betrothed ( 1827 ) , much admired by Eco , the omniscience of the author consists in his ability to probe at will into the psychology of his characters and , at the same time , to link this to broad historical movements and even some sense of a providential ‘ plot ’ in history , in Eco it is closer to the power of the master craftsman who can make what he will with the materials to hand , and unmake it too . |
| 21 | If you 've got children let them do the work survive the parents , erm as long as they 're the sensible sort who can do it and are n't going to fall out with parents and are going to be round . |
| 22 | I am almost tempted to produce some enormous prize for any bookseller who can furnish me with a list of the shortlisted titles , or even let me know if they have the winning title in stock : I feel confident that I would have no takers . |
| 23 | I need a husband who can keep me in order , and I 'm sure you would n't be able to do that . ’ |
| 24 | I want a wife who can make me laugh , and I would always want her near me . ’ |
| 25 | Always take a friend who can drive your transport in case you do get injured or the poor organisers will be left with unattached horses and vehicles all over the place ! |
| 26 | The only eagle who can settle her is Minch … was Minch I should say , ’ he added sadly . |
| 27 | We usually manage to provide every new member or new mum with a contact who can introduce her to the NCT and chat over any everyday difficulties . |
| 28 | The person who issued it is the only person who can change it . ’ |
| 29 | But erm , the , so although he , he , the point I 'm making is although it was who says he mentioned symbolism , or became aware of it , it 's er , it does n't conflict with the point th that , that we were making earlier , that the only person who can interpret their dreams is the dreamer ultimately . |
| 30 | 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 . |