Example sentences of "he can [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early life of a child and the attitudes of those around him can have a dramatic effect upon his adult emotional state . |
| 2 | In order to overcome these communications problems it is necessary to establish the amount of data which must be available to the designer so that he can perform a specific design function . |
| 3 | And he can finish a golden year late next summer with the much-awaited showdown against Chris Eubank , who took Benn 's WBO middleweight title nearly two years ago before moving up himself to the 12 stone limit . |
| 4 | He can identify a familiar name more quickly if it is preceded by an associated face , even though he does not report finding any face familiar . |
| 5 | Kasmin 's shop posted a For Lease sign some weeks ago , although he remains in Cork Street until he can identify a new tenant for his property . |
| 6 | Mr Powell was never to regain any sizeable base among Conservative MPs but Mr Tebbit , after leaving the Cabinet , has proved again and again that when combining with Mr Michael Heseltine or other factions within the party he can rally a significant number of MPs . |
| 7 | ‘ He can go a good way like this . ’ |
| 8 | He can expect a rough welcome . |
| 9 | As a statutory assignee the legal right to the money in the account passes to him , he is entitled to all legal remedies to recover the money and he can give a good discharge to the bank without the concurrence of the assignor . |
| 10 | Even then , since the purchaser is a person who has ‘ bought or agreed to buy ’ the goods , he can give a good title to a third party . |
| 11 | Why do n't you ask Dr Pringle — he knew her better than I did and he can give a medical opinion ! ’ |
| 12 | And now he , says he can sense a bad danger coming upon the warren . |
| 13 | An Ammunition Technical Officer ( ATO ) donning his equipment on the site of a suspected Improvised explosive Device ( IED ) — Army terminology for a terrorist bomb — so that he can make a close inspection of the device if necessary |
| 14 | The 21-year-old , signed from Dallas Sidekicks last week for Pounds 300,000 , still needs a work permit before he can make a full debut in English football . |
| 15 | He 's a bit naughty , but I 'll make sure he behaves , so he can make a full recovery . |
| 16 | And it is becoming increasingly likely that the England starlet will be allowed to move on to another county where he can make a fresh start . |
| 17 | Lazio 's doctor Claudio Bartolini explained that it will be 24 hours before he can make a true assessment of the damage . |
| 18 | But in attempting to become Asia 's first holder of the game 's ultimate prize , the rising star of the East aims to prove that the ‘ the twain ’ can not only meet but , by harnessing the best of both hemispheres , he can bring a new dimension to the green baize . |
| 19 | He did a good job there and also at Plymouth and now he can do a good job for us . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's all important ; Roman is the foremost designer of sports and leisure clothes in the world , and you must realise he can do a great deal for my career . ’ |
| 21 | Sometimes new tooling and equipment er and as I said before , a craftsman always looks to see if he can do a particular job better , if not somewhat easier er than hitherto . |
| 22 | There is no ‘ correct ’ way for a librarian to calculate the desirable size of his bookfund , but taking into account published standards plus a variety of factors which affect the use and condition of his stock he can devise a semi-scientific approach . |
| 23 | A bit like Dorigo ie he can cross a good ball when necessary . |
| 24 | We 've been a bit lucky because , although our ball is in high rough — and I mean high ; it was up to Greg 's knees — we 've caught a good lie , so he can hit a pitching-wedge back on to the fairway . |
| 25 | In Nightwalker , set to a medley of Duke Ellington , Hall shows that he can dovetail a strong variety of jazz elements without looking derivative , and the men in particular pounce on his choreography with eagerness and panache . |
| 26 | But Murphy knows he can run a successful business — PRCS has been voted consultancy of the year by its peers — and the odds must be on him wanting to play on a bigger stage once he is free to do so . |
| 27 | He can buy a large tube of Autumnola , the 2-in-1 action cream which not only reduces the risk of bruising to a minimum , but has anti-toxic qualities proof against the most virulent poisoning from autumnal pests . ’ |
| 28 | Now I 'm hoping he can have a good run and show what he is capable of . ’ |
| 29 | If I go back along the path again he can have a good sniff there . |
| 30 | ‘ The usual routine is that I get frog-marched into the presence of the Topmost Panjandrum so that he can have a good gloat . |