Example sentences of "can [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repeatedly interviewing the same people can sensitise them to the research , and this may have unknown effects on their responses . |
| 2 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 3 | Surely we can conduct it in an adult manner ? ’ |
| 4 | This alone can make it worth a reporter 's time to come along . |
| 5 | Now , do you think we can make it to the post box let's go and have a try shall we ? |
| 6 | ‘ Not much traffic if we can make it into the forest , ’ he said . |
| 7 | You can make it in the kitchen . |
| 8 | It is a chance for him to prove he can make it in the Football League . ’ |
| 9 | You can make it from a standing start to 60 miles per hour in 8.6 seconds — almost exactly the same time as a Mazda MX3 . |
| 10 | You can breathe it in through the lungs you can swallow it through the mouth , you can inject it through the skin and you can also absorb it through the skin . |
| 11 | ‘ If they live , we can transplant them into the garden . |
| 12 | so you can build it into the unit . |
| 13 | We would always suggest that you supply a copy of the PageMaker document so the bureau can output it via the software if the PostScript file wo n't perform . |
| 14 | ‘ If you 're being checked out by someone the fact that they can compare you with a photo is so satisfying that you 're on your way before you know it . ’ |
| 15 | Nevertheless , if the court 's powers are to be meaningful , there must come a point at which the court , while not disregarding the child 's wishes , can override them in the child 's own best interests , objectively considered . |
| 16 | If exceptions , such as ‘ I promise to tell the truth ’ , occur to us , we can treat them as the exceptions that prove the rule . |
| 17 | See as you 've found your wallet you can treat us to a chicken |
| 18 | You can treat it as a printer , but one that prints its documents elsewhere . |
| 19 | A fire blanket is the best way of smothering chip-pan and frying-pan fires , and has loops so you can lower it over the pan without burning your hands . |
| 20 | Oh they can sack you on the works . |
| 21 | The RUC are anxious to speak to the driver of a maroon Maestro car which was close to the murder scene yesterday morning , in order that they can eliminate them from the murder investigation . |
| 22 | If that man is out there and he is innocent then please would he come forward so that we can eliminate him from the inquiry |
| 23 | That 's the , that 's the whole point , you , you have to start somewhere , yes I can give her a bit of paper , yes she can throw it in the bin , it 's made no difference , in fact I think it 's getting worse since I spoke to her , is n't it ? |
| 24 | But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves . |
| 25 | ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby . |
| 26 | Nothing can prepare you for the shock . |
| 27 | Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods ? ’ |
| 28 | the colours and everything and the order you want them , but the little figures erm , she buys them and she just paints them , and that 's how she could make er the ones for Shirley er for me , erm she gets little soldiers and she can paint them in the camouflage dress |
| 29 | ‘ But it is infinitely the best show in town at a time when legislation threatens press freedom and we shall do everything we can to support it through the arguments ahead . ’ |
| 30 | The common police services must be combined in a central police agency so that we can deal with serious and organised crime , not necessarily crime which immediately affects the lives of constituents but crime which can affect them through the stealing of their pension funds or the misappropriation of their assets and savings . |