Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] his [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joanna 's got a tumour and another terminal disease and is threatened with repossession and Mr McGinity is in an iron lung and ca n't pay his electricity bill . |
| 2 | De Klerk dismissed suggestions that he ca n't control his security forces by pointing out that he appointed 10,000 police officers last year , and claims that the new influx will go a long way in helping subdue township unrest . |
| 3 | One patient has been told he ca n't have his knee operation , because his local hospital does n't have the cash even though the hospital continues to treat patients from another county . |
| 4 | Liberal Lothario Paddy Ashdown can only hope his poll share keeps growing . |
| 5 | ROBBIE Earle deepened Liverpool 's misery with a brilliant display that can only enhance his England chances . |
| 6 | They objected to an advertisement in which a jaded American factory manager complains that he can not cut his labour costs . |
| 7 | Johnson reports this and other gory tales , tongue-in-cheek so firmly you can scarcely see his jaw bulge . |
| 8 | I can still hear his plaintiff cry , in a strong Durham accent , before the cast broke : ‘ He 's pulling al me line oot . ’ |