Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you get on the wrong side of Miss Trunchbull she can liquidise you like a carrot in a kitchen blender . |
| 2 | Some surfaces can make it bobble a bit , though not enough to put you off . |
| 3 | ‘ At need , enchantment can make us seem a host to human eyes ; but in truth , there is only myself and my nine companions . |
| 4 | Them Brits can 'ear us comin' a mile off what with your stampin' and clackin' and oléin' . |
| 5 | You ca n't stop plaque forming but you can prevent it taking a hold by removing it every day . |
| 6 | It 's nice to think you can do something to make a patient 's stay in hospital more bearable . |
| 7 | King George , I can remember he had a beard . |
| 8 | Course I can remember it had a licence , a spirit licence before the war . |
| 9 | Well I can mind us making a wreath at school when Miriam died , that was the only only body I ever remember dying when I was at school . |
| 10 | If you need to write an essay about a topic , once you have written your list of key words you can use them to create a thought-flow chart . |
| 11 | My own health is suffering and my daughter tells me to stop but I can see it causing a family row . |
| 12 | I , I mean it may not be right , but it , I mean as I think you can see it has a kind of logic about it , erm and , and i it may be that it , it 's not the right explanation , but the very fact that erm we 're suggesting it , I think shows that erm again it 's naive to think that motherhood is a kind of er is a one-sided affair where you know mothers sacrifice themselves er for their offspring , because nature demands it . |
| 13 | I can see I have a lot to learn . |
| 14 | Further thought reveals however that it is not so simple , and that there are several stages , at any one of which error can occur which breaks a link in the chain of communication ( Fig. 7.2 ) . |
| 15 | In the meantime , you should quietly do all you can to help her to feel a part of the life of your local community . |
| 16 | The only advantage these videos have over the live experience is that you 're guaranteed a clean toilet with paper and towels and you can stop them to make a cup of tea . |
| 17 | " Ownership " is a word of many meanings , but in the present context we can take it to signify a title to a subject matter … |
| 18 | So we can hear them sing a song . |
| 19 | I like them , they 've brought us central heating an' that , but we do n't want all these roads cutting into the green belt ; and you ca n't sneak up on anybody now when they can hear you coming a mile off . |
| 20 | I can read you like a book — some book I 've read six times already . |
| 21 | far as I can Have you got a screwdriver ? |
| 22 | With club rates varying from £50–£90 per hour depending on which part of the country you reside in , it makes economic sense if you can afford it to join a group — or perhaps if a little more of the folding stuff is available , to buy your own small PFA type or microlight . |
| 23 | Let's go underground and see if we can get them to talk a bit more freely . " |
| 24 | No I can did you have a cloakroom then ? |
| 25 | ‘ I can let you have a copy of the local map and some civilian buttons to sew onto your great-coat . |
| 26 | Yeah , no well we , we can let you have a copy erm but erm , you know , I , I ca n't make these reservations at at normal prices , my delegates wo n't accept that . |
| 27 | To do it so erm if if you can let us have a copy in writing of your |
| 28 | This is true , and no one can say they know a score , however well it may be known in the mind , until it has been tried on the orchestra . |
| 29 | Er in so much as I mean I must admit with these increases , I appreciate your need to get the extra profits and I 'm looking at the ones where I think we can push them to get a bit more . |
| 30 | ‘ 'T IS only until I can find someone to convey a message to the Queen , begging her to see me . ’ |