Example sentences of "that [pron] can do [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Whenever possible , Mrs. Ayliffe accompanied her husband on his travels and acted as his interpreter , for he steadfastly refused to speak and simultaneously to interpret , maintaining that no-one can do one without detriment to the other .
2 You must understand that I can do nothing further for you .
3 It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like .
4 I do n't want to be tied , I want to leave my options free so that I can do whatever I want , I do n't need the extra responsibility , I mean I 'd like them but I just , I want my career first .
5 so that I can do my exam .
6 And anything that I can do you for three four three four three four to ring .
7 The main thing is that I can do it through official channels .
8 However hard it is , however cosy you are in your chair , you must just say , ‘ I 'm going to stretch my legs ’ or ‘ I 'm going to walk down the passage just to show that I can do it ! . ’
9 What I would like is for all the Councillors to look at this , to advise me which other seats they think are indeed the responsibility of and then I 'll go back and go to battle but er I 'd like everybody 's views on which ones they believe they are so that I can do it firmly .
10 I do n't know about you , but if I had to sort of pass something on to somebody else to check , if I can see somebody scribbling on it , I , I , I , I feel quite edgy , I hate it , I like to feel that I can do it and I can do it well and that other people do n't need to have to amend it .
11 ‘ But I do not flatter myself that I can do anything about them .
12 The slighted Samaritan can , of course , reply on her own behalf that she does care about suffering in general but that she cares much more about its manifestations that she can do something about and that involve her personally .
13 Just shows that she can do it
14 Work that you can do yourself includes converting or changing all the first-floor doors to half-hour fire protection doors .
15 Carrying a rape alarm will certainly give you confidence that you can do something if you are attacked .
16 Home in on a cause that you can do something about .
17 It was very good to have someone like that — someone who keeps pushing you and telling you that you can do it and not to be shy . ’
18 There is absolutely no doubt that you can do it if you want to badly enough .
19 When you come out to do the same session two weeks later , you know that you can do it , so you can afford to go a little faster .
20 ‘ I 'm turning this project over to you purely because it is my personal opinion that you can do it .
21 Yes that 's good dreaming that you can do it .
22 Now again you see i there 's a million ways that you can do it .
23 And as Mike referred to this morning , there are ways and means , if there 's items in here that need amending and improving , there are ways and means that you can do it .
24 I know that you can do it . ’
25 So you still reckon that you can do it in , well how long , how long do you reckon it will take you ?
26 ‘ Do n't worry , you 'll feel on top of the world afterwards and believe that you can do anything , ’ was the message from Mr Howe , 56 , who developed heart trouble while coaching England through their ill-fated 1988 European Championship campaign .
27 One day you will wake up ( it may be a nice sunny Sunday morning ) and you will luxuriate in the fact that you can do anything that you want to do — anything that takes your fancy — and there is no one else to consider .
28 And yet she claims that she is not a very gifted person , adhering to her philosophy that you can do anything if you want to enough .
29 ‘ I do n't see that you can do anything .
30 So that you can do anything .
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