Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I ca n't picture him any other way than the little boy he was on that last day I saw him . ’ |
| 2 | Well , it ca n't do him any harm where he 's gone . |
| 3 | He 's a miserable manager at the I mean she ca n't stand him that 's in the bar . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't tell him that ! ’ |
| 5 | You ca n't tell him any different , er like Dan at work he does videos of profession like you know . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't face him this morning . |
| 7 | At night see he ca n't leave him alone he sits there and he goes or something like that and jumps on him and gives him a I ca n't keep my hands off that dog ! |
| 8 | Oh you have to , oh you ca n't leave him alone one second . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's got him so I ca n't handle him any more . ’ |
| 10 | But I still ca n't make him guilty . |
| 11 | You ca n't make him responsible , at that stage . ’ |
| 12 | We ca n't give him any free headers around the box or else we 'll regret it . |
| 13 | There 's Robin Smith , who 's moved a little straighter in fact , you ca n't call him silly point now , he 's more of a silly mid-off , on that 's sort of line , and he 's about three yards on bat , two men out , deep on the leg side , there 's tough on the who 's hoisted that one away on the leg side , I think that could well be safe for , who 's chasing wicket , two bounce it 's over the rope , and four more runs to , he 's kept up his one hundred per cent boundary rate , moves on to twenty , five fours , and it , again , his eye very much on that short leg side boundary and Tufnell and Gooch they 're having further consultations and that leg side field being adjusted again . |
| 14 | The sea breeze was strong enough to mould the skirts of passing women , and Grunte , who could remember little of the events of the night , save that he had spent a good deal of money feeding the faces of his party faithful ( ‘ Pity about Hyacinth ’ ) , and that he had been seen back to the Grand after a drink or two by Leroy Burns ( ‘ Grand fellow , must see if I ca n't find him another Sierra ’ ) , gave thought to his pending performance . |
| 15 | Mandy Merck says : ‘ To associate Bill Clinton with a known gay activist like myself can not do him vast favours in large parts of homophobic America . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Gould , ’ the piece continued , ‘ has left our shores for Southern [ South Australia ] and we can not wish him better success than that which he has hitherto experienced . ’ |
| 17 | His condition can also make him hyper-active , but at least he 's more aware of danger than he was before . |
| 18 | He 's not here this afternoon , but you can doubtless telephone him next week . ’ |