Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I , I , I , just , just a cover note , I think it 's quite true that this is one of the small steps one can make to make it a little bit more possible for people with dependents to take a full part in local government , and the majority of the people who are excluded at the moment are in practise erm , women with dependent children , but there are many other people including men , and including people with dependent elderly relatives , and I think we need to make it the rule rather than the exception that local government has a carer 's allowance scheme . |
| 2 | Do n't try to cut his parents out of your lives , see if you can make visiting them a pleasure rather than a duty . |
| 3 | If there 's nothing wrong with your curtains except that you 've grown rather bored with them there 's quite a lot you can do to give them a new lease of life . |
| 4 | As this is not a book on careers in advertising , the best thing I can do to give you an idea of the sort of people you might conceivably find in an agency is to refer you to the books by Norman Hart and Felicity Taylor ( see page 232 ) which describe them all very comprehensively . |
| 5 | It is only when you take the courage to look at yourself and your life — without judgement , without prejudice — that you can decide to make it a new life . |
| 6 | Forlornly comical in photos , with its gaunt face and fluffy body , no one else from dusty patent lawyers to impassioned animal rights activists can resist calling it the Gheep . |
| 7 | But sometimes it is disturbing to mothers , so if you feel uncomfortable about it you can try giving him a toy to hold while he 's on the toilet seat ’ ; and in general : ‘ If you take it easy in caring for your baby , you will be doing him a great service . ’ |
| 8 | Does n't it occur to you that the rejuvenators can afford to give themselves a discount ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Damn it , I can afford to give you a decent meal . ’ |
| 10 | Just a minute darling it 's alright I can afford to buy you a packet of Polos . |
| 11 | He come in Saturday , not that he , we 've heard all that before , said that you can get give it a good wash and squeeze it back , that I ca n't put one on now , give me a ring when you 're done |
| 12 | We are constantly trying to improve our standards so that we can continue to offer you the best possible service . |
| 13 | These factors can combine to make it an expensive procedure . |
| 14 | We can start giving it a lick of paint if you wan na start giving it a lick of paint . |
| 15 | You can , everybody who can talk knows what a noun or a verb , an adjective , an adverb and things like that are . |
| 16 | Well , you start out by reading any books that you can find to give you an idea of who was involved , and my next stop after that was the Library of Congress in Washington , where they have the papers of the National Consumers ' League , which was Florence Kelly 's organisation , and , and contains most of her own personal records , too . |
| 17 | But Milton Keynes council insists the plant wo n't require a subsidy from council tax payers , in fact they can help make it a success . |
| 18 | An escapade or two can help to teach what the world is like , and even why it is what it is ; but novels in this age-old tradition of English fiction , though often radical , are in no way revolutionary . |
| 19 | You can help give them a more self-reliant future . |