Example sentences of "who can [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only eagle who can settle her is Minch … was Minch I should say , ’ he added sadly . |
| 2 | Every man who can beat me to the Windmill is excused all fatigues . |
| 3 | ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Many patients will have a family member who can collect them by car . |
| 5 | In such an organization you feel hemmed in by people who can refuse you permission to do something or who are only waiting to jump all over you if you appear to be taking the initiative , or achieving something which even they may recognize as being highly desirable , in ‘ the wrong way ’ . |
| 6 | Mr William Waldegrave , Britain 's cabinet minister in charge of science , has offered a bottle of decent champagne to one who can tell him why the Higgs boson is worth finding ( see page 781 ) . |
| 7 | Who can tell me ? |
| 8 | Now , what 's a typical , who can tell me what the typical body language is that you would prese present or portray if you said I do n't know ? |
| 9 | a really strong ruler who can tell me what to do so I know where I stand and so on . |
| 10 | Properties who can tell me a property of this gas . |
| 11 | Who can tell me ? |
| 12 | Perhaps I 'll meet someone who can tell me how to get back to the hotel . |
| 13 | I shall give way to the hon. Gentleman , for whom I have some affection , or to any other Labour Member who can tell me what part of that mandate I have reneged on . |
| 14 | Who can tell me what twenty five will be ? |
| 15 | Who can tell me thirty two ? |
| 16 | Who can tell me the next number . |
| 17 | Who can tell me what thirty four will be , Adam ? |
| 18 | ‘ Hands up who can tell me a country which particularly needs our prayers , ’ she said . |
| 19 | He considered the opportunity to participate in the project to have tied in well with curriculum trends he had been supporting across the school : This was something I very much wanted to encourage because I have a worry that in spite of everything one does in schools to make children aware of library facilities and how to use them , I think quite a lot of children may still leave school without personally having experienced the whole process of needing to find something out , going to a person who can tell them where to look , going , looking , finding it , and then using it . |
| 20 | Let us go , says the second proposition , and find somebody else , some wise man who will be able to answer the unanswerable , who can tell us which are the sheep who can properly raise their prices , and which the goats who ought to keep their prices stable or lower them ; and then , when he tells us , we will all go and scream blue murder at the goats and make them thoroughly ashamed and sorry for themselves . |
| 21 | What I can do is bring you someone now on the line who can tell us exactly why that decision was made and exactly why that money was spent in the way it was because we 've been joined by Councillor John Power . |
| 22 | I suggest you have someone take a look at it who can tell you the exact problem and not speculate as to probable causes and costs . |
| 23 | Studies on savants who can tell you the day of the week on which you were born found that they followed the rules of a calendar to work out the dates . |
| 24 | Finding out does n't have to be chore , so if you have any questions call the Action Team and they 'll put you in touch with someone who can tell you exactly what help you can get . |
| 25 | To think that there is someone out there , some guru , some wise man , who can tell you the purpose of life . ’ |
| 26 | If you can tell me which region Hertfordshire is in , or Berkshire is in , I will find somebody else who can tell you it 's in a different region . |
| 27 | Ken is one of the few people who can stun me into being ungrammatical . |
| 28 | It 's just that when you first hear a record and do n't know how to make one , you think it 's too hard until you actually meet somebody who can do it , ’ offers Tony . |
| 29 | If you 've got children let them do the work survive the parents , erm as long as they 're the sensible sort who can do it and are n't going to fall out with parents and are going to be round . |
| 30 | ‘ See , Jez , there 's not so many people even here on Mars who can do it right . |