Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Times are hard , and money is scarce , but please , if you can spare anything at all , contact Pat Drake as soon as possible . |
| 2 | Not directly but you can make one in that how that once everybody gets , once you have the resources to raise everybody up to a certain sort of acceptable standard of living , then you can redistribute those resources and you are , you are , y you 'll be able to eliminate poverty |
| 3 | You can make lots of different muffins from the basic mixture above . |
| 4 | A recent upset or altercation can unsettle someone with severe dementia , making behaviour even more erratic . |
| 5 | ‘ Buzz , I ca n't understand how you can eat anything after these huge , delicious French lunches . |
| 6 | This can include anything from racist jokes to actual physical violence . |
| 7 | We have a shop in Southport like this , where you can buy anything for any hobby . |
| 8 | Then make a list of all the items and photocopy it so you can give one to each guest . |
| 9 | There are still countries in which a mother can expect one in three of her children to die before reaching the age of 5 ( UNICEF , 1964 ) . |
| 10 | It showed you can achieve something at short notice , provided you 're prepared to drop everything and cover the cost . |
| 11 | ‘ You might believe you can achieve something with those acres of rough pasture and that extremely overgrown wood ; I am , as yet , unconvinced . ’ |
| 12 | I hope so , and if I can contribute something to that culture change I shall be glad to do so . |
| 13 | I am entering the RAF and then the Navy because I believe I can contribute something to this country by so doing . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , we can do something about that straightaway and at the same time keep you under observation . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | " Why , I think we can do something about that , " said the little girl . |
| 17 | Aye that 's right , that 's right , aye , but er sixty six we can do something about that nowadays . |
| 18 | And see , you know , if they can do something about that , maybe it 'd be right time . |
| 19 | And , and I think that y until you can do something about this then you 're not going to fight the crimes that occur . |
| 20 | Well I 've got , I I 'm going to take a , see if he can do something about this cough , cos it 's driving me mad ! |
| 21 | And I hope you can do something for this little lad here . |
| 22 | What you 've got to do is actually have some understanding of the needs of a of particular newspapers , radio programmes , television programmes , by studying , look at it , see what it who 's it for , what language do they use , how do they phrase things , what 's their format , and then you can get yourself in the position where you can say , ‘ I can do something like that , I can produce something like that . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | You see when you first start , you 've only got three appointments anyway , so you can do one at ten o'clock and one at four ca n't you ? |
| 25 | can do one like that with that mustard up the top shelf |
| 26 | If Graham can write something solid about the lousy deal research gets in this country , it can do nothing but good . |
| 27 | Disposing of the matter of gay rights in the military , even if messily , can do nothing but good for the relationship between uniformed and civilian powers . |
| 28 | At a simple level one might suppose that effective departments can do nothing but good . |
| 29 | " I can do nothing for that boy . " |
| 30 | ‘ We can do nothing for Eastern Europe if we fail among ourselves in a few days ’ time to agree on economic and monetary union , social and environmental policies so that we can complete the European single market on time . ’ |