Example sentences of "can [vb infin] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , when a manager comes to seem me , I can make things happen to sort out any problems . |
| 2 | But it can make things a lot better for the sick , wounded and prisoners , as it was meant to . |
| 3 | ‘ I can make things , ’ said the boy , picking up the wirecutters and nicking at bits of grass with them . |
| 4 | Keep the nipples dry and exposed to the air ; pads can make things worse . |
| 5 | ‘ I sometimes use an ambient mic on guitars , but I find that it can make things sound a bit too boxy and I 'd rather have the choice on the mix if I want to add a bit of ambience . |
| 6 | And I like Lego because you can make things with it . |
| 7 | Improvements Do you look at different ways of doing things and how you can make things easier and better ? |
| 8 | One teacher 's despair may tempt them to fall into the ‘ rescuer ’ role ; other teachers may strike them as ineffective so that the supporters become judgmentally prescriptive with those ‘ why do n't you … ’ bits of advice that can make things worse by letting the teacher feel how others can handle them better . |
| 9 | He spoke fluent English and was always saying , ‘ If you do this for me , I can make things better for you . |
| 10 | This suggests that tantrums have something to do with the normal development of a child 's personality , rather than with the way they have been brought up — although the way they are handled can make things worse . |
| 11 | You can make things easier for us . ’ |
| 12 | In contrast , ‘ this time we can be better prepared … this is a time for doing the thinking , so that we can make things how we want them to be ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ True , we do n't , not all of it , but we can make things difficult for you — ’ |
| 14 | I 'm going to take a deep breath everytime I see something and just hope you can make things work properly . |
| 15 | You can make things . |
| 16 | you can make things with them |
| 17 | They 're hard you can make things out of them . |
| 18 | Again just two lanes open can slow things and a quick glance elsewhere well no real troubles reported just a look at the A One Stanford still the roadworks on the go there both north and south will slow things down . |
| 19 | for ten and then take you know so you can absorb things . |
| 20 | And how they choose to spend it can affect things that happen in the world . |
| 21 | And if you add cup hooks to the edges you can hang things from them as well . |
| 22 | ‘ The one thing you have got to give the fans is hope , and we 've got the staff at Aresenal to get them believing we can win things . ’ |
| 23 | It once being realized that one can desire things other than pleasure , there is no reason to fudge the fact that people evidently have , to some extent , a desire for the happiness of others , whether of people in general or of particular people . |
| 24 | I can discuss things about the bike and because of his experience he knows immediately what I mean . |
| 25 | I like old furniture and Scotland has some great junk shops where you can buy things that look nice , are good quality but are n't that expensive . ’ |
| 26 | You know er you get your packet money each day and you can buy things . |
| 27 | Er but I think you know , you 've got sort of police walking around all the time , erm it can aggravate things rather than calm them . |
| 28 | up there with him to clean it out because I say , you can isolate things but you 're up in the air . |
| 29 | Not if we can do things honestly . |
| 30 | People do n't realise that you can do things for yourself . |