Example sentences of "can do [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This they can do through a stockbroker , who will sell them via the stock market to people who want to buy such bonds . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's only so much any man can do on his own . ’ |
| 3 | It 's something I can do on long , boring evenings and gives the recipients a lot of pleasure . |
| 4 | On the other hand , in order to get clearance , I will have to provide an idea of costs and benefits and so anything you can do on this will be most helpful . |
| 5 | All the archaeologist can do on the line of this new road is to hurriedly record features and salvage finds . |
| 6 | It depends on how much you can do how much Simon can do on his own if I give him stuff to do . |
| 7 | There are four essentially different things a process can do on its first step : ( i ) it diverges ; ( ii ) it communicates with its environment ( and goes on to its second step ) ; ( iii ) it stops because , even though it has not terminated , it can not agree with its environment on any communication ; ( iv ) it terminates in some state . |
| 8 | The reasons for this seem to fall into three categories : ignorance of what solicitors can do on the part of potential clients and a lack of preparedness in pursuing legal action , that is apathy ; the public image of lawyers ; and barriers against use , in particular cost and accessibility . |
| 9 | Er what we can do with the Holy Spirit is more than we can do on our own . |
| 10 | The best deal I can do on the airfares is £870 — this includes a small fee for myself for the administration . |
| 11 | Here 's something you can do on the train without getting arrested . |
| 12 | He then did it in employment , you know , it 's obviously now gon na continue , I do n't know quite erm , how much more damage he can do on the economy , but that 's the guy who started it all . |
| 13 | We should see what we can do on this matter and expect another report back and then they actually can tell . |
| 14 | I 'll tell you what you can do on the freezer there 's some cat food for the cat you can feed him that . |
| 15 | Yeah , brush I should say , can pop up , oh Midland we can do on the way back , we can go |
| 16 | That 's what you can do on your day off |
| 17 | The longer term help is something that I do n't think teachers can do on their own , I do n't think even somebody like a , a specialist school counsellor can do on their own , which is the time at which the availability of agency help needs to be , become apparent . |
| 18 | The longer term help is something that I do n't think teachers can do on their own , I do n't think even somebody like a , a specialist school counsellor can do on their own , which is the time at which the availability of agency help needs to be , become apparent . |
| 19 | We can do on the way through , okay . |
| 20 | ‘ They do n't realise the speed of the men players or what they can do with the ball . |
| 21 | All you can do with these songs is sing them , and Buddy fails even to manage that with any subtlety . |
| 22 | ‘ You know what you can do with your sphyg , ’ said Wexford , proceeding to tell him in lurid detail . |
| 23 | I 'll see what I can do with it . |
| 24 | And you know what you can do with your blue card , you cunning little bitch . |
| 25 | ‘ We thought : there 's got to be something we can do with all that wood . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's fun to show others what you can do with a small garden . ’ |
| 27 | As it is , there is not much she can do with her curls except , every now and again , crop them brutally short just to demonstrate how inadequately they represent her character . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's so versatile , ’ said Henry , aloud , as he drove back down the hill , ‘ There are so many things you can do with thallium ! ’ |
| 29 | He was getting into his sleeping-bag when he yelled , ‘ Oh , I 've burnt my bum today … and if that fish and chip wagon does n't come I 'll tell him what he can do with ‘ em . |
| 30 | Indeed , one of the worst things you can do with anger is suppress it . |