Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Come on , you 've got lots , masses , you can spare me a bit .
2 ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour .
3 And I like to keep it that way still if I can , because you can make yourself a lot of work over some small incident sometimes .
4 ‘ If you 're hungry you can make yourself a sandwich .
5 You can make me a lemon cheesecake if you like after tea .
6 See how his nostrils are all caked and blocked up — you can make him a lot more comfortable . "
7 Who can save the world now ? 99 tea of course — slip a few tea bags into his utility belt tonight , Alfred can make him a cup downstairs .
8 ‘ We can make you a stretcher , ’ said Grimma .
9 And that can make you a problem .
10 Remember , I can make you a duchess one day .
11 I can make you a sandwich . ’
12 I 'm gon na , I can make you a paper star , if you 'd like .
13 Your personality , your way of doing things , your way of helping someone to dress , how you listen to them — all these can make it a Home where the residents feel secure , looked after and treated with dignity , as explained below :
14 David Marquand , one of Britain 's most acute political analysts , has written that ‘ only a notion of community , of fraternity , can make it a duty — as opposed to a compassionate whim — to help one 's fellows ’ .
15 It is sometimes said of Parliament that , say , it can make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris , or that it can not turn a man into a woman .
16 It is , however , equally true that Parliament can not stop Frenchmen smoking on the streets of Paris ( or , for that matter , Englishmen smoking on the streets of London ) and that it can make it a crime for a man not to turn into a woman .
17 A haulier can make it a condition that he incurs no liability under these circumstances :
18 We can lend you a pair of goggles if you do n't wan na buy them .
19 ‘ If you 'd like a dip , we can lend you a costume , ’ James would say casually .
20 See the next FOCUS for other policy proposals — and if you would like more detailed information about the above we can lend you the documents .
21 I can promise you the phone wo n't ring , well it might ring but we wo n't answer it .
22 If your organisation is a " high tech " company and works in areas such as microbiology or electronics it will be useful to have a trained scientist who can translate what the company is doing into terms which most people can understand .
23 It is only on the basis of such a model that the government , which considers one of its basic functions to be the management of the economy , can predict what the effect will be of a change in one of its policies .
24 It is the ‘ one every few years ’ , and Alfieri knows , or can predict what the outcome will be .
25 Some think that they can steal what the club makes , but it 's still thieving , even if it 's thieving from yourself .
26 The world championship is the ultimate ; any top player to lose at the Crucible can consider it a failure . ’
27 ‘ You can buy me a pint , Jim . ’
28 ‘ You can buy me a bodystocking if you like , ’ Bryony went on after a pause .
29 ‘ You can buy me a drink after you land the job . ’
30 Mm , well you can buy me a box for Mother 's Day , that 's a good idea in n it ?
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