Example sentences of "they can [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Predictably they will tell the adviser that they can not rehouse all those families and perhaps the tenant can contact the police . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Cos they can easily seat sixteen up there . |
| 5 | They can even talk-back to the television . |
| 6 | 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 . |