Example sentences of "[pers pn] can do [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , well if I can do a few two ounces worth I put them all together and then Adam can give her a little bit .
2 I can do no more for his memory than to extend that same faith to his son . ’
3 I can do no more than endorse the statement made by the proposer and would just like to formally second the proposal resolution number two .
4 ‘ Hope I can do the same for you some day . ’
5 ‘ I know I can do the same here , and I 've got the feeling that a lot of people want to help me .
6 ‘ I think she 's got the attribute that every good cook should have — if you can do a few things really well , stay with those rather than attempt the impossible . ’
7 Just as you can remove sulphur from power station emissions so you can do the same with carbon dioxide .
8 You can do the same for them when they go away .
9 You can do the same for them .
10 Later you can do the same thing when walking along or when sitting in a car ( but only if you are the passenger please — do n't try it while driving ! )
11 Just as it is possible for an athlete to train himself to run faster by gradually increasing his speed , you can do the same thing with your reading .
12 Think , too , of the extra pleasure when you can do the same for him .
13 You can do the same if you note the time every occasion you get a bite or a fish , and fish a water for long enough .
14 At the end of each week you can then add up your total time and compare your planned and achieved time to measure your progress ; and you can do the same thing at the end of 30 days .
15 You can do the same sort of thing with the ‘ personnel ’ information , though here you have to make rather more assumptions .
16 You can do the same for children and see the sort of things they pounce on ( ohh , I do like that ) .
17 I know they 've got a bit of crime rate with burglaries but it 's not actual violence round , and round Valley you can do the same , go in a pub and come out , and er no one 'll say nothing .
18 So you can do the same on that .
19 You can do the same thing on a computer file , deleting each phonetic entry and replacing it with the phonemic transcription or an orthographic one .
20 Although you can do the same via the menus ( the corresponding sequence being Chart , Edit Data ) it is much more convenient to click on this icon .
21 You can do the same sort of thing with your refrigerator at home .
22 You can do the same using Oliver Neighbour 's The consort and keyboard music of William Byrd ( London , 1978 ) and the various records many now sadly deleted that together achieve a more nearly comprehensive coverage of those two repertories .
23 They reckon if you concentrate with him you can do the same
24 So you can do the same as him and you can also not register for poll tax .
25 And then you can do the same for all the others .
26 You can do the same thing for any of the others , so however man many sides you want ,
27 In a sense you can do the same thing , of course , with erm elementary particles like neutrons and protons , but the process of interpretation is much more complicated .
28 All right now that we can do numbers up to thirty one , let's see if we can do a few more dates .
29 The evolution of mammals after the Cretaceous was both extremely rapid and very complex , and we can do no more than give the roughest sketch here .
30 Its universality as far as human life is concerned depends on when it actually happened , and we can do no more than guess at the date .
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