Example sentences of "[det] [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 2 | ‘ Master Taplow , ’ he whispered , ‘ there is very little I can do for you except make sure the gaoler gives you your wine , pray for your speedy death and that in Purgatory Christ will have mercy on your soul . ’ |
| 3 | However , there seems to be very little I can do with it . |
| 4 | Until you have indicated that , there is little I can do . ’ |
| 5 | There is little I can say . |
| 6 | Lewis said : ‘ I was n't at Yarmouth and there is little I can say . |
| 7 | However , I think Steven Micklewright has summed up our concerns very ably , and there is little I can add at present . |
| 8 | At the very least I can find the keynote speaker at each one and chase him . |
| 9 | Sub-text : ‘ I 'm in a stronger position in that I can feel sorry for you , and you are vulnerable . |
| 10 | And like that I can feel John around here … |
| 11 | But erm there 's only one day that erm , he does that I can go anyway . |
| 12 | Well , now there 's a place not many escape from … well , there is n't anyone that has that I can think of offhand . |
| 13 | Not really no , none that I can think of . |
| 14 | It gives me a tremendous advantage in that I can moor the punt about 15yds back from the top of the shelf , in the shallower water , out of sight of the bream . |
| 15 | Are n't I playing high status in that I can tell you who you are ? |
| 16 | I suppose it 's something to be grateful for that I can do anything useful for you , so stop worrying . |
| 17 | Of that I can assure you . ’ |
| 18 | And there were never any fights that I had that I can remember between men and women or anything like that . |
| 19 | but then , on the other hand , I 'm not the sort of person who , I mean , if it 's something like that I can ask people , but I 've got friends who are quite cheeky , who will ask things , I mean , like if somebody does something for me , I 'm like , are you sure , are you sure , you do n't mind , and like , I 'm like over the top the other way . |
| 20 | And then there 's That I can understand . |
| 21 | Well some of it erm with some of it is , I mean it 's like the taxation side and , and things like that I can understand quite easily because I 'm used to dealing in that but when it comes |
| 22 | Who 's that I can hear ? |
| 23 | This I can tell you is a great relief . |
| 24 | I can do this I can go radio four |
| 25 | This I can answer exactly . |
| 26 | LADY DAVERS : If I bear this I can bear anything . |
| 27 | Yes indeed , I mean many argue that in fact a law was n't required , and that the common law , as it 's developed and grown and , for example , in the Quinlan case , says that the withdrawal of treatment , the withholding of consent to treatment , is entirely lawful ; and some might argue that , by giving a law like this , which is rather narrowly drawn , you 've taken away a lot ; in other words , a doctor will feel , this I can do , but the other I ca n't do . |
| 28 | I 'm not sure how much of this I can endure , she thought . |
| 29 | Having said all this I can see Wilko selling him almost imediately — this was his reaction when Scumtona started making waves last year — nearly a year to the day when he sold the scum the league . |
| 30 | ‘ With this I can buy anything I like as long as it 's food from suppliers approved by the Home Office , ’ Lamb says . |