Example sentences of "can really [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can really do something with this , ’ she kept saying , striding around , as Dad turned pale ; and there in the centre of the room she held him and kissed him again and again in case he lost his nerve and faith in her and longed to be with Mum . |
| 2 | But credit to everybody concerned with the team , they 've dug in , dug their heels in , come back well , scored a goal and if they 're confident now in themselves and go out there with that belief they can really do something here tonight . |
| 3 | ‘ I can really do it ! |
| 4 | But if you 've got it and it does n't matter , then you can really show it does n't matter . |
| 5 | that can really show it , ca n't it ? |
| 6 | Though nothing can really compensate her for the pain and shock of what happened . |
| 7 | I tell you though , if you 're gon na hurt yourself skiing , you can really hurt yourself . |
| 8 | They can really hurt you , particularly the ganders because they have such strong wings . |
| 9 | I mean you know drugs and violence they 're the things in life what can really hurt you and damage you . |
| 10 | It is only the answers to these questions that can really enable you to judge an ad , although it will certainly be good supporting evidence if the answers to the earlier questions are favourable . |
| 11 | It seems after all that there is no way a leopard can really change its spots when the jungle , with all its mysteries , delights and dangers , lies out there beckoning . |
| 12 | It is only through learning and understanding these considerations that we can really love our partner sexually . |
| 13 | Linkage , though , is a vaguer notion , the sort of thing diplomats can really sink their gums into . |
| 14 | Here you can really eat your heart and no body will look round why do n't you ? |
| 15 | And all the guy can really tell me is , ‘ We do n't want to have porn ’ ’ |
| 16 | ‘ No , ’ Juliet continued , ‘ I mean this West End thing is something I can really tell my friends about . |
| 17 | It 's the officers working now who are the only ones who can really tell you what went on in the past . |
| 18 | So we can really protect your investment in your present hardware infrastructure . |
| 19 | You see the only way that you can really discipline them is when you have a school where the rules have been very , very strict from the moment that they went into that school and they have had their noses held to the grindstone with work up to their brows and they just do n't think of being tiresome and anybody who is tiresome is pulled out and put in a special room on their own , called a sin bin an which is rather boring and made to work even harder ! |
| 20 | Also , there is the situation where a wife may not feel she can really give her husband a present because the funds she would be spending would actually be his . |
| 21 | Part-time or evening classes can really give you the blues . |
| 22 | Dana Gillespie : ‘ I 've got to say , I think in a way cocaine can really freeze your emotions , and David took an awful lot . |
| 23 | You can really solve it for me . |
| 24 | You know and he 's , just the , you know , you can , you can really turn it around . |
| 25 | ( He thought : maybe in London I can really get something to eat . ) |
| 26 | But meanwhile , her new role as fashion supremo is something she can really get her teeth into . |
| 27 | JACKIE Wintle , pictured above , from Barlaston 's planning department , has a hobby she can really get her teeth into . |
| 28 | But , but if , if they discover that you know they can really get you erm er to er do all their worrying for them , |
| 29 | In the Mercedes , tall drivers can really stretch their legs but , not surprisingly , those behind will suffer accordingly . |
| 30 | They formed in 1980 as a purely instrumental jazz-funk band and their excellent playing always kept them interesting as a live band : I know ‘ they can really play their instruments ’ is a boring credential , but it can count for something . |