Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] can [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | But they say they can do nothing . |
| 3 | ‘ I hope someone can do something for him . |
| 4 | And I hope you can do something for this little lad here . |
| 5 | I hope you can , I hope you can do something with it , because being truthful I just , it 's just |
| 6 | If you have height and space you can do anything . |
| 7 | I mean you can imagine somebody saying , well it 'll last me out , I 'm not bothered . |
| 8 | I I mean you can put anything in there really . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Okay well we 're in a really bad situation , I mean we can achieve something at least and perhaps oh perhaps communism does n't work after all , they just seem to be doubting their own beliefs and what they 've read . |
| 12 | You know you can hear everyone talking at the same it 's recording at the same time you can hear everyone talking like sort of really clearly . |
| 13 | Rather than have one large program that offers the sort of facilities we 've described for SideKick and Spotlight you can choose one , or more , of the range and build you own set . |
| 14 | For she was one of those born failures as a disciplinarian , one of those teachers whose classes know they can do anything they want . |
| 15 | If you can manage to get one photo of a gunmen in all that crowd , how many more were there they did n't get a photo of you know , erm , so that 's bull shit for a start the said that they only fired upon identified targets , going on motorbikes , and erm , I mean the thing is , the para 's are a highly disciplined , highly trained apparently at a you were n't even allowed to go out there without at least five years experience yeah , they were soldiers , they need and I ca n't believe that they negligibly you know , cos there was women and children there , and nearly all of them had wives and kids , you know , and there was reports from like the Irish saying oh yeah , they were mixing body er , care and body people and fucking laughing and joking over dead bodies and my old man said yeah if you just , if you just seen something drop most people will laugh and joke about it , you know I do n't know if you 've ever meet this sort of , old man , but the service sort of a , a unique sense of they can laugh at anything , you know they can see somebody with its guts put out in front of them and they 'll fucking crack out about it , its the only way they can stop themselves cracking up , or fucking crying sort of thing . |
| 16 | And I 'm so confident that I believe I can beat anyone — starting with Bowe . |
| 17 | I am entering the RAF and then the Navy because I believe I can contribute something to this country by so doing . |
| 18 | Now I want a top three medal , and I genuinely believe I can get one , ’ he said at the Luton social club where he runs one of the few silat classes in this country — there are less than a hundred active practitoners of the martial art in Britain . |
| 19 | The startled youngster said : ‘ I have n't got a girlfriend , but I reckon I can afford one now . |
| 20 | Still if you do n't want to co-operate with the department , I guess I can rake one up fast enough . ’ |
| 21 | I feel I can beat anyone at the moment . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Because here I feel I can do anything at all . |
| 23 | It sounds ridiculous — it is ridiculous — it 's one of those huge ridiculous facts that one tries to close one 's eyes to , they 're so absurd — and I 'm only mentioning it because it 's two o'clock in the morning , and I feel I can say anything to you . |
| 24 | The piece includes a great deal of descriptive colour ; only try it if you feel you can bring something of your own imagination to it , and be prepared to risk some indulgence . |
| 25 | George continued with deliberate diffidence : ‘ It 's all rather confidential I know of course you 'll respect that ; the problem is rather whether you feel you can disclose anything from your side without an official request from Security and I 'm sure you 'll understand why we 'd rather avoid that at this stage … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But we 've got our pride back after beating Blackburn and we believe we can overcome anybody on our day at Ayresome Park . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The principle is that once we find we can do something that makes us feel good , we repeat it , ’ he explains . |
| 28 | Those who know no better probably reckon they can put one over Mary , passing her off as a cups-of-tea , rustic East Country accent , down-home , fund-raising type . |
| 29 | There 's bound to be some rub-off , but I like to maintain a balance so that at least in one subject area of the school the children feel they can contribute something of themselves , and the work therefore becomes meaningful for them , as opposed to working from a set format , like an art school ; end-product , colour exercise and the rest of it . |
| 30 | It 's very important they feel they can do something themselves as well . |