Example sentences of "can [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality children usually start to lose interest after about two weeks once they realize that they can earn them relatively easily . |
| 2 | I can make him out just fine , thanks . |
| 3 | All are such small things , but they can be surprisingly effective in stopping the rot of jealousy from setting in and spoiling family life , and can make her much more contented and secure . |
| 4 | If you are already a diet winner — and , contrary to what the average survey would have us believe , there are lots of you about — then we can make you even more successful . |
| 5 | Being primed with the relevant background information can make you much more confident that you are saying the right thing to the right person . |
| 6 | you can make it up obviously |
| 7 | The well-known magician Robert Harbin comments ‘ This is great fun as a party trick but you can make it even more fun with a little more showmanship . |
| 8 | After the case jobless Heath said : ‘ I still love her and hope we can make it back together . ’ |
| 9 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 10 | Tell him to come back and — I am sure we can make it all right . |
| 11 | I ca n't arrest them without proof , but I can make it damn hard for them to live here . ’ |
| 12 | These wo n't damage you hair at all : in fact because they contain lots of conditioning agents they can make it much more shiny and manageable . |
| 13 | on a lot of systems , really now is the time for you to try and go and buy a new system , because you can knock them down immensely really good bargains the basic |
| 14 | You can bump him off now you know , from the fifth of January cos you get thirty thousand quid if you bump him off . |
| 15 | If the council thinks that you have given away or used up savings in order to qualify for , or increase the amount of your benefit they can treat you as still having those savings . |
| 16 | We 're looking for any trace of clothing , it 's a big area with a long wall and the mounted police can cover it much more quickly than officers on foot |
| 17 | I can wind her up just like that |
| 18 | I might have a sausage roll the sandwiches are alright , but you can eat them twice as many ca n't you ? |
| 19 | I do n't know , depends what you want to do , I can prepare it now actually there 's only Sally left is ? , is it only you left Sal ? |
| 20 | A single death should always be regarded as possible cause for concern , but unless further cases occur you can regard it as just one of those things . |
| 21 | ‘ Usually I need to ask the school committee if I have to replace any equipment , but if I need something really essential like a new clock I can buy it straight away . ’ |
| 22 | One of the somewhat older guy , he can orchestrate it so much so that he gets his gold out of it . |
| 23 | For one , we do n't sponsor skaters , so you can count us out there . |
| 24 | I can enjoy them far better . |
| 25 | This is largely because farmers on better land can stock it more heavily and attract more HLCAs , generating more capital to finance grant-aided agricultural improvements . |
| 26 | We can conjure them away only by observing things under conditions in which the cues to three-dimensional perception are inoperative . |
| 27 | Oh well you gon na see if you can finish it off tomorrow ? |
| 28 | You can give them away anyway |
| 29 | It is not always necessary to have the entire object — a broken piece of the rim of a plate can give us nearly as much information as the entire plate could have done . |
| 30 | I can give it again tonight if the hon. Gentleman wants the figures , but I suspect that the fact he wants to establish , which I do not dispute , is that Britain comes fourth on the list of contributors behind France , with 9.43 per cent. , Italy with 9.43 per cent. , and Germany with 9 per cent . |