Example sentences of "they can [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You ca n't hear a thing , deaf as the , deaf as a post , and does n't wear any thing , I feel it 's very one side conversation because he , he says all the talking and they ca n't muck in almost unbearable , cos she likes to talk a lot to and she could n't get a word in because
2 Yeah the clock , the clock 's there I always get groups that say where 's the clock cos they ca n't sort of see where it is and I 'm sort of saying it 's the angle tell the time .
3 well I 'm not sure I 'm not sure they ca n't implementation I mean , we 're , we 're supposed to erm implement erm , equal , pension , rights for men and women
4 There are habits and sometimes there are bad habits and sometimes assume they ca n't hymn composer and our next hymn What is ?
5 Predictably they will tell the adviser that they can not rehouse all those families and perhaps the tenant can contact the police .
6 Always check to make sure that electrical wires attached to the television or any other appliances , such as reading lamps , are well secured , so that they can not trip people up .
7 That does not mean , he wrote , that if the body does not protest the project necessarily has any value , though for reasons I have gone into already it is necessary to put such thoughts out of mind , they can not help , they can only hinder , they can not water , they can only blight .
8 They can not police the place for themselves or teach for themselves , yet 400 teachers face redundancy this year .
9 Cos they can easily seat sixteen up there .
10 They can even talk-back to the television .
11 The questions to be asked in relation to adoptive parents are : first , whether they can successfully parent a child and develop deep attachments to it without a feeling of ‘ entitlement ’ or of being in charge and whilst there are continued visits or contacts by birth parents or birth relatives .
12 Where the prey is shoaling fish , the schools of common , spinner and spotted dolphins who feed on them can often number in the hundreds , sometimes even thousands .
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