Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally the fungus can ensconce itself in the terminal portion of the urethra , and it may then give rise to symptoms similar to those found in non-specific urethritis . |
| 2 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 3 | You can make it in the kitchen . |
| 4 | It is a chance for him to prove he can make it in the Football League . ’ |
| 5 | We can comfort ourselves in the knowledge that death must have supervened very quickly . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , if the court 's powers are to be meaningful , there must come a point at which the court , while not disregarding the child 's wishes , can override them in the child 's own best interests , objectively considered . |
| 7 | That 's the , that 's the whole point , you , you have to start somewhere , yes I can give her a bit of paper , yes she can throw it in the bin , it 's made no difference , in fact I think it 's getting worse since I spoke to her , is n't it ? |
| 8 | the colours and everything and the order you want them , but the little figures erm , she buys them and she just paints them , and that 's how she could make er the ones for Shirley er for me , erm she gets little soldiers and she can paint them in the camouflage dress |
| 9 | We must examine it to see what sense it can yield us in the case of those who , as it happens , are not men in the first place , and in what way , once this is done , it will have changed its meaning for those who , by no special fault or merit of their own , actually are so . |
| 10 | If they seem to cause no problems , you can include them in the child 's diet . |
| 11 | Although the list includes characters who could never have met in reality you can include them in the same army if you wish to do so . |
| 12 | In oriental rugs , every knot — which corresponds to two individual strands of pile — is tied by hand , and a skilled weaver can tie something in the region of a thousand knots per hour . |
| 13 | People can immerse themselves in the spiritual dimension without being religious at all . |
| 14 | The point about the shop is that erm it sells things on a medieval theme and more specifically it has we have this undertaking that if you see it in the house , you can buy it in the shop . |
| 15 | Some years later he commented on this to Minton who gave an insight into their insouciance : draw in the morning , when fresh , he advised , so that you can enjoy yourself in the afternoon . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , you can picture me in the thick of it . |
| 17 | You can chuck me in the river , if you like , for all the good I am to meself . |
| 18 | ‘ You can feel it in the streets that Labour will win , ’ the television reporter said . |
| 19 | We can lock ourselves in the basement , away from that bloody thing outside and until this Darkfall storm blows over . ’ |
| 20 | I said well I can do everything in the hotel trade from housemaid to housekeeper to barmaid , the only thing I have n't done is managed one but I could do that if I had to and I done , done booking of the reception and I 've done bar , I 've done diner 's room , I 've done kitchen , I 've done |
| 21 | If he can do it in the Baltic lands , he can do it elsewhere . |
| 22 | If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? ’ |
| 23 | If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? ’ |
| 24 | If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? |
| 25 | If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? |
| 26 | Oh , I 'll have to see wh she 's going to ring me this afternoon and say whether they can do it in the S C R. I 'm gon na try and persuade her that they can , because there are only forty people at this dinner and they 'll look stupid in the middle of the dining hall . |
| 27 | But she said she does n't need them for Monday because it 's only when she takes the tests she gets in a panic not when she 's she said she can do it in the practice classes . |
| 28 | in the seventies but like er you can do it in the seventies you ca n't do it in the nineties . |
| 29 | you can smell it in the book |
| 30 | See who can remember them in the right order . |