Example sentences of "he can [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McKean looks much happier when he can control a heat from the front . |
| 2 | If the operator is in an aircraft that is flying at a height of 10000 m he can control a Telemine from a range of 500 km . |
| 3 | But if he believes he can manage a licence bureau better , he must convince those within the bureaucratic channels . |
| 4 | But , if the refusal or the conditions prevent him from obtaining ‘ reasonably beneficial use ’ of the land , he can serve a purchase notice . |
| 5 | Further , if the recipient does not wish to wait six months he can serve a notice on the sender in which case , if the sender does not come within one month to collect them , they then become an unconditional gift . |
| 6 | ‘ The Late Show is too difficult for the audience we hope to reach , ’ says the new programme 's producer , Lindsay Shapero , who thinks he can attract an audience of at least one million . |
| 7 | A man , now , he can lay a trap with words , or press a button in his desk and shoot you where you stand . |
| 8 | ‘ He looks fitter , sleeker , and better , ’ Robson said , ‘ and we just hope he can score a goal for us from the wing . |
| 9 | The latter were a bonus ( for me , too ) as he can spot an aeroplane before it is visible to me , and these were something new in the sky . |
| 10 | It is unlikely that John Smith will become Prime Minister unless he can arrange a deal with the Liberal Democrats ; and the Liberal Democrats demand electoral reform . |
| 11 | I 'm seeing Dr McKenzie tomorrow so perhaps he can arrange a meeting . |
| 12 | He can arrange a meeting . " |
| 13 | I mean , he seems to share many of Nicholas 's earliest baby reactions — an extremely low boredom threshold , a destructive reaction to toys and household objects and a born love of music ( well , he can bang a saucepan lid in time to the theme tune of Neighbours ) . |
| 14 | He can blast a race open whenever he wishes . |
| 15 | Then later , as his speed and timing improve and after gaining a certain amount of success over his own ranks , he can go a step higher and spar with a student with more experience than himself . |
| 16 | However , if he can form an alliance with militants elected from Punjab and Assam , he might just hold the balance of power in a hung parliament . |
| 17 | Surprisingly , he can hold a tune live , but what kind of tune does he choose to hold ? |
| 18 | Without Batty , Leeds have lost six of their last eight matches , and if he comes through tomorrow 's reserve team clash with Newcastle , he can expect a recall at Blackburn on Saturday . |
| 19 | He can expect a change of pace in his new job : whereas he was responsible for 290 students at Goldsmiths ' , the Maastricht programme has eight students per year in a two-year course . |
| 20 | In such uses , therefore , the speaker mentally situates a real event in the field of the merely possible so that he can express a judgement , not on the reality of the happening , but on the appropriateness of its occurrence ( p. 219 ) : judging whether something real is appropriate for existence or not involves imagining what things would be like without its existence , and so leads to taking a mental position before its existence where both existence and non-existence are seen as possible . |
| 21 | The subjunctive in French allows the speaker to adopt this purely imaginary position from which he can give a verdict on whether a happening should have occurred or not . |
| 22 | This will necessitate a visit to the local newsagent for the papers and you will have to ask your new next door neighbour if she or he can give a note to the milkman for you or contact the local dairy yourself . |
| 23 | The language helper can give a command , and obey it himself ; he can give a command and you obey it ; you can give the command and obey it yourself ; you can give the command and he obeys it . |
| 24 | ‘ Whatever S.B. can not do , ’ Tom Jones had written three years earlier , ‘ he can speak a funeral oration . ’ |
| 25 | One he can throw a ball . |
| 26 | He says — what 's that phrase of his ? — he says he can drop a stone into that particular well and never hear the splash . |
| 27 | Before he can contemplate a victory that would establish him as United 's most successful manager since the days of Sir Matt Busby in the 1960's , United must first overcome relegation-threatened Luton at Kenilworth Road tomorrow and Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Easter Monday . |
| 28 | Will my right hon. Friend do all that he can to open a dialogue with representatives of landlords and planning authorities so that they can encourage and enable retailers to erect something to protect their property ? |
| 29 | Although the perfume is rapidly diluted by the air , the male 's antennae are so sensitive that he can detect a female from as far as 5 kilometres away . |
| 30 | Davies , though a useful club cricketer , could hardly be compared with Fry , but he can boast an achievement that eluded arguably the greatest of all-round English sportsmen . |