Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not looking for people who can make decisions for him , but people through whom he can implement his decisions . |
| 2 | If there is any justification in using them , it 's not that they accurately reproduce the eighteenth century , but that through them we can clear our way back to it through all the nineteenth-century ironmongery put in our way by what , musically , I regard as a particularly corrupting and polluting century . |
| 3 | Through them we can come to know ourselves and others a little better . |
| 4 | At one point of the journey through them you can take to a boat , and to carry you back to the daylight there is a miniature railway . |
| 5 | Erm if it 's if you 're desperate for them we can rush it in |
| 6 | If it did it for them it can do it for me ! ’ |
| 7 | He is confident that between them they can do their bit towards the deciding Test in a gripping series with Pakistan ‘ being remembered for the right reasons . ’ |
| 8 | There was silence between the three of them for a moment as they returned each other 's stare ; then Joe said , ‘ If you do n't wish to act for me I can make other arrangements . ’ |
| 9 | We 've been looking for someone who can cope with the 24-hours-a-day rock ‘ n ’ roll lifestyle . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're putting on quite a good display for someone who can hold her drink , ’ she heard him say sarcastically from the doorway . |
| 11 | For someone who can give an object as plain and manageable as a book all the symmetry and neatness of a loosely wrapped food blender , the prospect of getting cumbersome gardening tools into a parcel terrifies me . |
| 12 | My relationship with the director is therefore rather different from most producers ; I am looking not for someone to watch and admire but for someone who can deliver the result . |
| 13 | I just have a lot of respect for someone who can pick up a piece of wood or metal and make music out of it . ’ |
| 14 | They see the tiny , vivacious Chicana poetess as someone who can give a voice to their experiences of LA . |
| 15 | At weekends it makes for a good day 's outing to take the family for a picnic , after which they can gather as many strawberries as they want at the various fruit farms dotted around . |
| 16 | The green will eventually go brown or black , after which you can wash it away with a high pressure hose . |
| 17 | I do a bit of security work myself and Keith 's after whatever he can get , so we 're all up to something . ’ |
| 18 | it 's more obvious to the audience how , like , Tony 's just after what he can get sort of thing . |
| 19 | Advice on Savings — how best to look after what you can afford to save . |
| 20 | Er er and that they sit two hours doing e and exam you know for somebody who can watch at all . |
| 21 | To quote Bertrand Russell , every language has a structure about which one can say nothing in that language . |
| 22 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 23 | Verbs involve an appreciation of time ; nouns of objects in space , or of mental concepts and experiences ; adjectives of qualities between which we can discriminate ; adverbs of associations in time , space and quality . |
| 24 | On telemarketing , the code insists that companies must ring up prospective clients at reasonable hours , do not use high pressure sales tactics and allow prospective purchasers a ‘ cooling off ’ period during which they can change their minds . |
| 25 | The parties should agree a period of time during which they can continue negotiations and the investors can undertake investigations without fear that the target may be sold to a third party . |
| 26 | Bearing in mind that the elderly often most enjoy visits that are on a one-to-one basis , during which they can ventilate their anxieties and have the undivided attention of a sympathetic listener , it is not always a good idea to arrive with several young children in tow , if they can be happily parked elsewhere . |
| 27 | As soon as it is over and both males are exhausted they have a brief opportunity during which they can launch an attack and win the harem from both of them , and this has been seen to happen . |
| 28 | Under the Law Society 's Scheme , representatives who are not accredited will have a period of six months during which they can develop their skills by being paid for work on less serious cases . |
| 29 | Thus even for the privileged few the length of time during which they can enjoy their peak earnings is being restricted . |
| 30 | ‘ It is , perhaps , not too much to ask on their behalf for a period of calm during which they can reassert , each in his and her own way , the tradition of public service to which they are clearly dedicated . ’ |