Example sentences of "can [verb] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing about celebrity , of course , is that it can earn you a decent living — although usually only after years of struggle , as with most jobs . |
| 2 | Come on , you 've got lots , masses , you can spare me a bit . |
| 3 | When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 6 | You can make me a lemon cheesecake if you like after tea . |
| 7 | Who can save the world now ? 99 tea of course — slip a few tea bags into his utility belt tonight , Alfred can make him a cup downstairs . |
| 8 | See how his nostrils are all caked and blocked up — you can make him a lot more comfortable . " |
| 9 | Because intensive livestock production renders the animals more susceptible to disease most stockmen have developed a degree of veterinary skill which can make them a decisive factor in the profitability of any livestock enterprise . |
| 10 | Whereas Marxism-Leninism does not always take a wholly positive attitude towards the peasantry , identifying petit bourgeois tendencies — particularly amongst the less impoverished — which can make them a sometimes unreliable ally , Mariátegui and subsequent Latin American Marxists have pointed to a dual oppression — both economic and racial . |
| 11 | I can make you a sandwich . ’ |
| 12 | And that can make you a problem . |
| 13 | Remember , I can make you a duchess one day . |
| 14 | ‘ We can make you a stretcher , ’ said Grimma . |
| 15 | Well in really warm weather a T-shirt and shorts may be enough but as it gets colder so you need to add layers of sweaters , trousers and top the whole thing up with a wind and waterproof spray suit but all that can make you a little clumsy , so the answer for most British sailors is a wetsuit like the ones that you and Suzanne are wearing . |
| 16 | I 'm gon na , I can make you a paper star , if you 'd like . |
| 17 | Your personality , your way of doing things , your way of helping someone to dress , how you listen to them — all these can make it a Home where the residents feel secure , looked after and treated with dignity , as explained below : |
| 18 | It is sometimes said of Parliament that , say , it can make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris , or that it can not turn a man into a woman . |
| 19 | It is , however , equally true that Parliament can not stop Frenchmen smoking on the streets of Paris ( or , for that matter , Englishmen smoking on the streets of London ) and that it can make it a crime for a man not to turn into a woman . |
| 20 | A haulier can make it a condition that he incurs no liability under these circumstances : |
| 21 | I hope Aziz and Mohammed can make it a ‘ treat of a trek ’ to many visitors in the sunny years ahead . |
| 22 | ‘ His underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place , ’ explains Charles Handy , who picked Gould out from a handful of students at the London Business School ‘ because he stood out in a group of people as by far the most interesting , and that was because he was determined to have control over his life ’ . |
| 23 | Philip Gould ( right ) : his underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place . |
| 24 | David Marquand , one of Britain 's most acute political analysts , has written that ‘ only a notion of community , of fraternity , can make it a duty — as opposed to a compassionate whim — to help one 's fellows ’ . |
| 25 | Well you can make it a be bit of extra one ca n't you ? |
| 26 | ‘ If you 'd like a dip , we can lend you a costume , ’ James would say casually . |
| 27 | We can lend you a pair of goggles if you do n't wan na buy them . |
| 28 | Yes , it 's always sad to say farewell to colleagues that have been with you for a number of years , but all things have to come to an end , we say farewell with sadness and er fond memories to those who 've been with us for so long , but we welcome all those who are joining us and we can promise them a thriving future . |
| 29 | Fit electric air conditioning and , though we ca n't promise you control over the elements , we can promise you a more comfortable , efficient working environment . |
| 30 | We can not promise you good weather but we can promise you a clean friendly house and a really good breakfast . |