Example sentences of "he can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I reckon they can afford a good feather tye so 's he can 'ave 'er laying down ! " |
| 2 | Because , he can repair the broken bit by putting a false bit on . |
| 3 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 4 | If the landlord opts and it is a landlord repairing lease , he can reclaim any input tax on the repairs as they are attributed to a taxable supply . |
| 5 | The reimbursement is standard-rated if the landlord has opted , and he must account for output tax on the reimbursement ( net of any VAT which he can reclaim ) . |
| 6 | I 'm sure Morrissey is arrogant enough to believe that he can reclaim the Union Jack and even the entire skinhead movement for his own ‘ little England ’ fantasies and subtly satiric purposes . |
| 7 | You 've no doubt heard of these helmets which can feed a man 's senses a crudely simulated universe-a cartoon universe — with which he can interact physically ; he rotates , it rotates ; he hears a sound , he turns towards it , the source is where it should be , so on and so forth . |
| 8 | He can ignore it or he can take profit . |
| 9 | If he does n't like it , he can lump it . ’ |
| 10 | As mentioned earlier in this chapter , company policy may vary with regard to whether the expatriate is expected to rent or buy property in the new location or whether he can benefit from living in company housing . |
| 11 | Here , as in the mature tragedies , the hypocrite is ready to destroy anyone if he can benefit from it . |
| 12 | In this way he can check whether there are ‘ more ’ , ‘ fewer ’ or ‘ the same ’ cups as saucers , without using number . |
| 13 | Guys he can check with , after I 've gone . |
| 14 | You might also try to use an edition which your reader can independently get hold of , so that she or he can check what you say . |
| 15 | Yes , well he should n't see , cos he can , he can check his own name ca n't he ? |
| 16 | But only Sam , asking hopefully if he can control the town hall 's lights as well as the synthesiser , looks likely to follow Messiaen and Boulez rather than Kylie and Bros . |
| 17 | If the operator is in an aircraft that is flying at a height of 10000 m he can control a Telemine from a range of 500 km . |
| 18 | It is this concurrent development which provides the source of what much later is destined to become the relationship which binds man to his God , first , by the processes of evolution , and then by man himself struggling to bring into his life the enrichment available to him if only he can control the legacies of ruthless evolution . |
| 19 | ‘ Waldegrave must be mad if he thinks he can control such a beast . ’ |
| 20 | He does n't understand why the temper tantrums happen , and there 's no way he can control them . |
| 21 | McKean looks much happier when he can control a heat from the front . |
| 22 | He can laugh about it now , and has referred to it in many speeches since to very good effect ; but at the time it hurt . |
| 23 | The question is whether he can discharge that responsibility to Parliament without being in day-to-day charge . |
| 24 | It is only by putting some distance between himself and them that he can discharge his prime responsibility , which is to the country : decisions taken in the House of Commons affect all of us . |
| 25 | ‘ If he is n't , he can swear pretty well for a dead person , ’ said Sacco , sagging to the floor . |
| 26 | The good composer expresses what he feels and makes what he is making , from an essentially musical motivation , by essentially musical means , with all the skill and experience he can command . |
| 27 | ‘ Since he speaks in the name of the King 's Grace , my lord , he can command . |
| 28 | ‘ We must love one another or die ’ , wrote W. H. Auden , bringing from E. M. Forster the declaration : ‘ Because he once wrote ‘ We must love one another or die ’ , he can command me to follow him . ’ |
| 29 | He can steady her balance by holding his hands sufficiently close but not grasping her waist as she pirouettes , then grasp it firmly at the end of the turn , maybe to twist her into another pose . |
| 30 | Whether he can match the Tories and Labour at political poker will only become apparent in a hung parliament . |