Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Sam can apparently do what the hell he likes , with as many women as he pleases ! ’ |
| 2 | I can perhaps anticipate what the Minister will say . |
| 3 | We seem to have a breed of unadventurous promoters who can only offer us the likes of Grooverider and Carl Cox , making it difficult for talented newcomers to get the break they deserve . |
| 4 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
| 5 | Local authorities can only do what the law explicitly allows ; all council powers come from Acts of Parliament . |
| 6 | A chronological table can only give us the bare outlines of a life : one asks three questions . |
| 7 | The " fundamental " principle of education is that the head can only take what the seat can take . |
| 8 | At a national level one can only imagine what the development consequences might be for countries with already declining or collapsing economies . |
| 9 | The Purchaser can only see what the Vendor makes available : it may not disclose everything . |
| 10 | Erm , but but , you can easily see what the rule is , ca n't you , I mean , it 's enough , it 's enough to be able to recognise that there is a pattern to that usage . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you mean that if you can just explain what the alternatives are you will have answered the question ? |
| 12 | I know , because he can still reach it the other way round . |
| 13 | The only thing that perhaps they do n't handle is that intermediate area , which the AC30 is very good at — where you can strike a chord and it 's distorted , but you can still hear what the chord is . ’ |
| 14 | Cos some people er er may think , you know , the agreement because I have split the load you can still charge me the same price and it may not be the case . |
| 15 | We can hardly suppress what the police surgeon has just told us . |
| 16 | This time I studied it in good sunlight , because some of the colours are so dim or so dark that one can hardly see what the pattern is all about . |
| 17 | Monitor evaluator , they can usually make themselves the pest of the group because everybody thinks they 're so bloody negative . |
| 18 | They can also tell us the correct name of a city . |
| 19 | Not only do the size diagrams in the magazine indicate the measurements of the pieces , they can also tell you the proportions of the finished garment . |
| 20 | Part-time or evening classes can really give you the blues . |
| 21 | As Kenny McLeod says : ‘ What we share with these groups is that we can now do what the fuck we like . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | That 's why we can now offer you the new slimline Philips Whirlpool 942 Dishwasher . |
| 24 | Steve Royle says they used the tank for teaching people to row and it has enabled him to see lots of students and they can now coach everybody the right technique . |
| 25 | We can then recognize what the relationship is by observing , in context , who gives what to whom . |
| 26 | You can either create it the way I did or just copy everything you see here into a new file . |
| 27 | Make sure that , sure they 're good quality photographs , normally black and white , sharp , appropriate and so forth , and make sure that you 've got sufficient details associated with it , often a good way of doing it is by having a , something typed on a slip of paper which is just very slightly stuck to the , to the back so the editor can actually see what the thing is and can take it off if he needs to when the picture is actually being reproduced . |