Example sentences of "they can [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they can change me from one to another by using hormones , they can now give me the male hormones and then I 've got everything I want . ’ |
| 2 | They 'll improve on it , or they might adapt it , see if they can change it in some way in that case , and they 'll act in a cohesive way . |
| 3 | Once the children are familiar with this method of working they can manipulate it for themselves — e.g. the performers can ask for advice whenever they need it ; the performers can " Tag " an adviser to take over from them . |
| 4 | Again , such subjects typically have to develop a more ‘ scholarly ’ , conceptual or abstract side in order to gain admittance to and status within the academic fold , although to some extent they can isolate themselves from other faculties and departments — art and design in the polytechnics and colleges often seem to be states within a state , enjoying an autonomy underpinned by their separate location on inherited art college sites . |
| 5 | But they can beat me to it every time . |
| 6 | There 's bound to be some rub-off , but I like to maintain a balance so that at least in one subject area of the school the children feel they can contribute something of themselves , and the work therefore becomes meaningful for them , as opposed to working from a set format , like an art school ; end-product , colour exercise and the rest of it . |
| 7 | You find that if if if i in a team , if there 's teams i you find that in a singles , but if there 's a team e if everybody feels the everybody feels they can contribute something to it when you 've got |
| 8 | It was Batuan who explained that , although only the Gods can own land , they can lend it to man for his temporary use . |
| 9 | Here are people who quite blatantly do n't give a f— for social pleasantries , leastways not when they can lock themselves into a groove and cunningly misplace the key . |
| 10 | Kersey said : ‘ They 're doing all they can but there 's really no way they can fit us in here for any length of time . |
| 11 | ‘ They feel they can distinguish themselves with greater transparency between PS/2s , AS/400s and mainframes , with less translation and overhead . |
| 12 | Oh they can sack you on the works . |
| 13 | People are like chameleons : they can adjust themselves to any environment so long as they 've no alternative . |
| 14 | But they also know they can give you at least a bit of a chance . ’ |
| 15 | if , they ca n't , they 've got this system when they can key it in you know and comes up with a price , but it 's that bloody strip |
| 16 | All the drivers are exciting , and people who are stuck in this pattern of behaviour often have an incentive to stay in it — they feel that one day they will succeed , they will finally be perfect , they will at last please everyone ; they will prove that they can get everything done more quickly than everyone else , and they 'll know that they can undertake anything under the most difficult conditions . |
| 17 | Both have replied saying while they are sympathetic , they can do nothing about her situation . |
| 18 | The Government wish that such increases were not happening , but realise that they can do nothing about them . |
| 19 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 20 | Whereby erm we do n't end up actually doing the things for them , but we show them the way that they can do them for themselves . |
| 21 | They can do everything in two rehearsals , and they take to Berlioz because of the virtuosity of their playing and the quickness of their reading . |
| 22 | It 's about individual people realising they can do something beyond what they may normally expect to achieve . ’ |
| 23 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 24 | And when they go out on a football field they can do something about it . |
| 25 | Women have always felt both complaint and commitment about domestic life with men — the difference is that today they can do something about that contradiction . |
| 26 | The fac targets are focused on things that are within that own persons control , that they can do something about themselves , straight away . |
| 27 | " We want to bring it to the attention of communities that they can do something about the rubbish in their streets , " said UNEP 's Richard Lumbe , launching the campaign in Nairobi . |
| 28 | And see , you know , if they can do something about that , maybe it 'd be right time . |
| 29 | two years older and they can do lots of other things |
| 30 | But I mean , we we 've got a situation where we are , I mean , our estate 's quiet , very quiet and and , you know , you get the impression that , you know , they can do it without fear or favour , you know , th they know that no one 's going to disturb them it 's very quiet there |