Example sentences of "they can [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That assumes they can decide which goals are more important than others . |
| 2 | They can decide which pathways to follow and explore them at the time they ‘ read ’ the document . |
| 3 | okay , pretend that you 're that building and I want you to describe yourself and and I want the rest of the class to see if they can guess what it is and how long they take it they take to guess okay , and if you think you know what that person is , put your hand up do n't do n't shout out . |
| 4 | Society , she says , may need to change its attitude to the perpetrators , from a climate where they are seen as ‘ monsters ’ faced with imprisonment to one where they can admit what has happened . |
| 5 | They can do whatever they want . ’ |
| 6 | They can do whatever they like provided that it is what the Treasury has already agreed . |
| 7 | ‘ When you have what is effectively a one party Government for 13 years working hand in hand with the developers they believe they can do whatever they like . |
| 8 | ‘ They can do what they like for me — blow the place up for all I care — I 'll be off to my mobile home in Lytham St Annes before long . ’ |
| 9 | By this I mean , they can do what millions of people can not do . |
| 10 | They can do what they like to me , but I hate the idea of your being messed about … |
| 11 | I mean , you ca n't let them come here and think they can walk all over you , because then next time they come they 'll get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want . |
| 12 | They ask you to go out with them , they buy you a drink or two — and then they think that they can do what they want ! |
| 13 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |
| 14 | They can do what they believe they can do but they sure as hell can not do what their manager believes they can not do . |
| 15 | Cos the poor they can do what they want |
| 16 | The excitement of a side from the Second Division being next in line to see if they can do what the likes of Leeds United and Marseille could not , and defeat Rangers in cup competition this season , was put to the back of the manager 's mind last night . |
| 17 | George is saying things to him and they 're saying you ca n't do this and they ca n't do that , well they can do what they want ca n't they ? |
| 18 | I mean like er Mark now , if he 's paying in to pension for his firm , they can do what they like with it . |
| 19 | But if they try it and they like it then it 's their life , they can do what they want . |
| 20 | But actually there is one important thing they can do which would certainly improve world economic prospects : resist the temptation to put up new protectionist barriers , and push ahead with a speedy conclusion of the Uruguay round of trade talks . |
| 21 | Ordinary Earth Dwellers are discovering that they can control what happens to their planet . |
| 22 | So they can show what two numbers multiply together to make twelve . |
| 23 | I wonder if they can deduce what that is ? |
| 24 | If you 've got a cold or sore throat , they can advise which over-the-counter medicines to take . |
| 25 | They can think what they like . |
| 26 | In these circumstances , mothers have described how they turn to collective items where they can restrict what they consume . |
| 27 | As we feel it is most important that our pupils should benefit from the best teaching materials available , it is our policy to ensure that teachers have at their disposal a wide range of supplementary materials from which they can select what is appropriate for each set . |
| 28 | Ah just a couple of people that 's all two people and er they 'll just have to get round it somehow but we do n't yeah well you speak to him right yeah well they can have they can have what they want but I mean it might be just a short term thing . |
| 29 | The model behaves so much like the real thing that the Berkeley scientists believe they can predict what would happen to the building during an earthquake . |
| 30 | At the end of the day , they can say what they like , and after they 've said what they like , they can suck my dick . ’ |