Example sentences of "the [noun pl] can [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There they are sorted and put back on the vehicles and re-delivered so that the franchisees can deliver them first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 2 | course the kids can punch them about |
| 3 | I mean how wh er how the parents can let them |
| 4 | Advocate them only if you are sure that the parents can complete them without loss of temper and possible physical risk to the child . |
| 5 | The use of this term is inaccurate and misleading because the fact is that the recorders are required by the appropriate regulations to be painted a brilliant colour so that the investigators can find them more easily in the wreckage . |
| 6 | The children of the Indians are saved , to be sold or given away as servants , or rather slaves for as long a time as the owners can make them believe themselves slaves . |
| 7 | They have Soviet-made rifles , mortars and rocket-propelled grenades , and they have captured tanks , guns and armoured personnel carriers from the Iraqi army — though how many of these are usable , and how many of the Kurds can drive them , is not clear . |
| 8 | The museums can promise them only one thing an enduring memorial and gratitude for any help given . |
| 9 | Only the blues can hold them back . |
| 10 | Only the blues can hold them back . |
| 11 | certainly , and my Lord my problem is I 'd liked to see them before I cross-examine Mr the er , the next witness cos he , he was the the officer in charge of brochures , er I do n't know whether the defendants can get , the plaintiffs can get them before but er , I mention it now , the second application my Lord , er your Lordship recalls that Mr evidence is at a meeting of , he brought up his concerns about the accuracy of the inflation sentence in the brochure and a board meeting in , no board meeting to that effect has been disclosed |
| 12 | The cidermakers can use them all . |
| 13 | What always annoys me is the display of sweets at the check-out right where the children can grab them . ’ |