Example sentences of "can [verb] it [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I wo n't go into the EMG system in extreme detail , because we 're presently preparing a special acoustic pickup article in which we can compare it against the other big names , but it seems to suit the Lowden very well .
2 We can describe it as the seamless integration of data , text , images and sound within a single digital information environment .
3 It is already happening in New Zealand where you can qualify for a remission of 60 if you dig the grave yourself , provided you can do it to the proper standards as prescribed by the local district council and bring your own tools .
4 we want it done in both directions , there 's no way you can do it on the main line
5 There are a whole lot of players who can go out there and knock balls in all over the place , score wonderful great big one four sevens and centuries and things of this nature , but what makes the , the good player an excellent player , is the player who can do it on the big occasion .
6 If he can do it in the Baltic lands , he can do it elsewhere .
7 If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? ’
8 If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ?
9 It makes a firmer fabric than an every needle rib , makes a double jacquard pattern shorter and truer to the actual pattern and , also , you can use it for the plain rows instead of the ‘ striper ’ card if you like the texture .
10 Some observers can see it with the naked eye under ideal conditions , though I certainly can not .
11 But you can see it in the glazed look in his eyes .
12 You can see it in the glazed looks on the faces of the crowd tonight — they 've never seen anything like it !
13 However , it must also be recognised that in most cases when English speakers come across an unfamiliar word , they can pronounce it with the correct stress ( there are exceptions to this , of course ) ; in principle , it should be possible to discover what it is that the English speaker knows and to write in the form of rules .
14 Use an extendable pole , as we did here , so you can adjust it to the exact length you require .
15 Rather than only training women to take on roles that have been shaped by men over the centuries , would it not be far more interesting , more expansive , to look into the questions of priestesshood , to find out what mystery it is that women can touch on , and how they can communicate it to the human world ?
16 I can hear it like the constant traffic noise below my window .
17 According to the Court of Appeal in Tagro v Cafane this requires the valuer to assume that he can sell it on the open market to a willing buyer , and in so doing to ignore any covenant against assignment which restricts alienation of the landlord 's interest .
18 Now , you can have it by the written word and the spoken word , but I think the links we must continually have all the time are personal links , talking to people .
19 Erm but like , ideally , I said oh yes we can have it in the spare room , well there was that much rubbish in there clothes and God knows what else I ended up having it on our bed well it every time you wanted it you had pull it out , and they 're bloody heavy !
20 Now that LIFESPAN knows about the media types and units it can use , you can tell it about the specific media items you have available for it .
21 A pier is a disappointed bridge ; yet stare at it for long enough and you can dream it to the other side of the Channel .
22 But in a world where nature left to its own devices is as grim as it is in much of the Soviet Union , the belief that you can bend it on the heroic scale is unlikely to go away .
23 You can get it from the frozen .
24 So either one can not imagine postal activity in isolation , because it is conceptually bound up with so much else , or one can imagine it as the futile activity of a deluded loner .
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