Example sentences of "can [verb] [be] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokeswoman for the Tyne and Wear Anti-Fascist Association said : ‘ The best thing people can do is consign this sort of rubbish to the rubbish bin which is where it belongs . ’ |
| 2 | I think the best thing we can do is leave any talk of work until tomorrow and concentrate on the real reason why we agreed to this evening and get to know one another better . ’ |
| 3 | And the least I can do is make sure he has some peace and quiet while he can , poor little scrap , she thought . |
| 4 | Anne trusted you with the parcel ; the least you can do is make sure it reaches its destination on time . |
| 5 | All we can do is make sure adequate information is available so they know the likely effects . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 7 | What you can do is make some exaggerated moves such as lying on the floor , climbing through each other 's arms or whatever . |
| 8 | Now what we can do is do that mathematically which is the exciting bit for some of you . |
| 9 | All they can do is exchange one form of wage slavery' for another . |
| 10 | The best thing I can do is forget all about him , ’ she told a close friend . |
| 11 | What we can do is understand some of the general principles of how living things work , and why they exist at all . |
| 12 | Right , well , all I can do is take one lot , one coupon . |
| 13 | The Vietnamese have finally got control of their own country after forty years of war ; defeated the Japs , the French , us , and the most powerful nation in the history of the planet in succession , with bicycles , guns and guts , been bombed back into the bronze age in the process and all you can do is spout some tired nonsense about little yellow men infiltrating the steaming jungles of the Nullarbor Plain and turning the Aussies into Commies ; I think a Highland League side winning the European Cup is marginally more likely . ’ |
| 14 | What you can do is list all the people down here and then you might have a skills matrix you might also have a product knowledge matrix yeah ? |
| 15 | All that natural selection can do is accept certain new variations , and reject others . |