Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell of many schools and many teachers doing an exciting job under very difficult circumstances : a school set up in abandoned , corrugated iron railway sheds in Ghana with no partitions , hot at midday and unspeakably noisy during rainstorms , yet well equipped with a cheerful co-operative staff , an open plan school , Ghana style ; an overcrowded school in Lesotho where teachers had evolved their own brand of team-teaching , one teacher imparting information to a class of 120 , followed by groupwork where two teachers and a student supervised written work ; a school down the road from them where Class I and 2 teachers who finished teaching at lunchtime had organised afternoon sessions on remedial reading for older children ; another in Francistown , Botswana , in temporary classrooms , with walls made of hessian and children organised into ‘ family groups ’ playing reading and number games under the guidance of older children . |
| 2 | But I can end with one piece of good news as far as I 'm concerned — the reappointment of Alan Davies and Robert Norster to the coaching positions . |
| 3 | People often say to me how much time have I got in which I can complain about faulty goods ? |
| 4 | So I can sympathise with those protesters outside the gate who say that new scientific knowledge must be applied for the benefit of all and not just those who commission and control it . |
| 5 | Visitor pressure and the often mindless or downright destructive behaviour of some of the people who come to this area have annoyed some farmers so much that they look on walkers as just another kind of vermin — and there are many times when I can sympathise with this attitude completely . |
| 6 | ‘ I can explain what resources I 've got and what I can do with those resources — which includes looking after the bands I already have on board . ’ |
| 7 | I shall see what I can do with this horse . ’ |
| 8 | You said I can do with some clarification which we seek to do . |
| 9 | I can do with some men to advise me — and you are a man now , Johnnie , I see ! ’ |
| 10 | But all I can do at this moment in time is tell you where I stand today . |
| 11 | I can do without this hassle . |
| 12 | ‘ I can do without this sort of thing . ’ |
| 13 | So that 's R Z , one Z two , that 's two R's together and then , what I calculate the side B , the square root of sixty minus thirty I , eh this about the hardest figure that I can do in complex numbers , the square root of sixteen , minus thirty I . |
| 14 | ‘ I seem to have some other side to my personality which I can bring to certain parts , ’ he says . |
| 15 | Obviously the opposition were lovers of literature , but I fooled them — I can type with either hand . ’ |
| 16 | Well , I do n't want your sympathy , and I do n't want you as a sister — I already have more than I can handle in that department , thank you . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think I can cope with any problems that might arise , Mr Scott . ’ |
| 18 | I can compete with able-bodied people . |
| 19 | ‘ Gran , I 'm not the normal one of the family after all ; I 'm a witch 's daughter , I can travel to other worlds and make magic . ’ |
| 20 | if I can comment on that Chairman , the erm , the Authority asked for thirty for next month , along with all the other authorities I think in the country , asked for an improvement in the , in the policing the country , and I think people that live in , in Shropshire , and the people that live in other er , parts of the country as well , would have welcomed the increase in the police force this year , but the government decided not to do that . |
| 21 | ‘ I can stay for three weeks , if you 'd like me to , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Furthermore , he was by far the more colourful character : a delightful rascal is perhaps the best description I can offer at this stage . |
| 23 | I can go to these governments and offer my skills . ’ |
| 24 | Cos I 'm the cleverest person , I can go with two teenies ! |
| 25 | Right that 's just determined to the level at which I can go at this stage then . |
| 26 | He can go for long periods without food ; I can go for long periods without sleep . |
| 27 | ‘ I can go from this place today , and you 'll see nothing of me again , or I can stay . |
| 28 | I 'm looking very hard for a new amp as a 30th anniversary present to myself and would really like to own a quality ( loud ! ) amp which I can carry in one hand . |
| 29 | Although I can move to another wing of the house , if that makes you feel happier . ’ |
| 30 | I might fool the fans , but the best I can hope for this season must be second from bottom and the third preliminary round of the FA Cup . |