Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] can [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Northern League 's Easter ‘ Ground Hoppers ’ weekend gathers pace : there 's even been an enquiry from Cork and a chap in Birmingham who says we can use his name to guarantee Northern League hospitality . |
| 2 | He says he can find his way up the Orinoco and discover the Seven Cities of Gold where the streets are paved with precious metals , and dusky , full-bosomed maidens scatter gems and pennies . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's Garry 's boss and he thinks he can dictate his every move . ’ |
| 4 | The sequence begins when Cassio , brought to Desdemona by Emilia ( the unwitting intermediary of evil ) , leaves in some embarrassment when he sees Othello and Iago approach : Iago moves from an upper plane ( Signifier ) to a lower ( Signified ) , from perception to interpretation : subtly doubting the former — Was that Cassio leaving your wife ? — so that Othello , who thinks he can trust his own eyes , takes the latter — so guiltily — with it , accepting a — false ! — linguistic sign . |
| 5 | " Then when he fails you can chop his head off and take the ram . " |
| 6 | The Burscough boss believes he can put his finger on why his side can consistently beat opposition from higher leagues , as they have done time after time in the past two years , yet struggle at their own level . |