Example sentences of "he can do " in BNC.

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1 It 's only him can do it like !
2 I took that line , so the main , the main character goes skiing for the first time , ca n't do it , and is frustrated because everybody else around him can do it including his girlfriend which er adds insult to injury and there is in there of course , a very attractive dashing Austrian ski instructor ; that 's the catalyst really for the drama .
3 But notice that in order to respond effectively the defender must now twist all the way back , because sideways-on there is little he can do to score .
4 He can do this by guiding her with a strongly held forearm or firm hand clasp as she sustains a pose .
5 Fifty years later , in Thrones , this is still the best he can do — juxtaposing the two authors , and the two compositions , as here , so also at 98/689 , 100/719 , and 103/736 .
6 However , the overall feeling is that the Jockey Club is genuinely concerned with helping the industry move forward and Haines should at least be a given a chance to show what he can do .
7 The 76-year-old Euro-MP , who currently lives in West Germany , said he would of course not rule out a run some time in the future but for the moment he feels he can do more to promote his country in the European parliament .
8 Usually the most experienced crew member , and an Amphibious Engineer Class One , he can do all of the others ' jobs , and if the crew is reduced to three , due to manpower shortages or a temporary absence , he normally also drives .
9 Balmoral is one place where he can do that .
10 Having perfected this petulant stance , all he can do is reiterate it — with a self-deprecating acknowledgement of the onset of self-parody : ‘ Stop Me if You Think You 've Heard This One Before ’ , ‘ Sweet and Tender Hooligan ’ , where the chorus is simply ‘ et cetera , et cetera ’ …
11 The SSC 's director , Roy Schwitters , has decided that he can do without the participation of Samuel Ting , from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , who wanted to develop one of the two huge experiments that will make use of the machine .
12 If he can do it in the Baltic lands , he can do it elsewhere .
13 If he can do it in the Baltic lands , he can do it elsewhere .
14 If God can make matter think in this world , and give us material ‘ souls ’ , he can do so in the next .
15 But he can do this : he considers the petition , or Bill , as it is called ; if he thinks there is anything in the case , he issues a writ which requires the person complained against to appear , not in a Common Law Court , but before himself , and answer the petition on oath .
16 What he can do is to say that the legal owner can not in conscience , in equity , make use of his Common Law right for his own benefit ; he must use it for the benefit of the man for whom he holds it in trust .
17 On attaining majority , or within a reasonable time thereafter , an infant may ratify a contract which is otherwise unenforceable against him or voidable at his option , and he can do this by unilateral act .
18 He is trying to establish and retain a block of capital available for the members of his family for as long as he can do so .
19 We know that ‘ theologically ’ only he can do it , but we can play our part .
20 Even my cousin who sort of runs the War Office says there 's not much he can do .
21 All he can do is resort to his native cunning and to prayer .
22 As one of the party 's rural Deputies put it : ‘ If Ray proves he can do the toughest job in the EC , and he has , would n't it be foolish not to give him the opportunity to run this little country of ours ? ’
23 It 's somewhere he can do what he likes .
24 You 're part of Roirbak 's network and he can do anything . ’
25 Since he can do nothing unless I write it down I think that before I light this last cigarette of mine I will let him go into the cottage .
26 A proud Henderson said : ‘ Fast or slow , he can do it either way .
27 If the Conservatives are the largest single party , should he hang on as Prime Minister in the hope that he can do a deal with another party ?
28 Wilson 's stature , it becomes increasingly clear , is dependent on the sheer variety of his talents , for he can do , effortlessly , what most novelists now fashionable could not begin to effect if faced with a firing squad — create Sylvia Calvert , for a start ; pin down a very minor , but necessary , character in a couple of sentences ; employ fictive skills to celebrate human qualities that are not marked by intellect .
29 Nothing he can do .
30 He can do whatever he likes , and I will be a slave the rest of my life .
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