Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one — not even the hotel receptionist — can explain why they are there . |
| 2 | But if the terminal repeats explain how wandering members of the Alu family might get into a chromosome , what can explain how they came to be wandering in the first place ? |
| 3 | But perhaps someone from Midland can explain how they hope to attract accounts from youngsters in their first jobs who have not passed their driving test and have never had a passport . |
| 4 | ‘ Me pants can stay where they are … |
| 5 | The travellers argue that as they lead a nomadic lifestyle , they are legally gypsies and can stay where they are . |
| 6 | And the , as we got our own side they can , they can win perhaps they just around |
| 7 | The off-worlders are all required to be there so that the Vadinamians can know where they are and can watch them . |
| 8 | And they all say you get in there to finish off as quick as they can do n't they ? |
| 9 | ‘ If that is the best my players can do then they are not good enough , ’ he fumed . |
| 10 | At least we know who to talk to and can ascertain why they 've got him . ’ |
| 11 | That is , their memories may just go back to Suez , they can remember where they were when Kennedy was assassinated and their formative political years were dominated by the Wilson government at home and the Vietnam war abroad . |
| 12 | I can remember when they were stolen , and the investigation which followed . |
| 13 | Did n't happen any town that I knew of except London and I can understand why they did it in London — very expensive place for a young detective to make a shape — cost too much money keeping in front of your job there . |
| 14 | I mean , fair enough , I can understand why they might not want to see Mr and Mrs Mowatt . |
| 15 | Oh I suppose he 's invested it wrongly or whatever I do n't know I I can understand why they did n't come to his rescue , you know , I mean , they 've got their livelihood to think about and he was a bachelor where as they 've got children , or and he 's brothers and they 're |
| 16 | He listens , he listens to it afterwards and he goes no I ca n't understand , well now I can , now I can understand why they take the piss out of me for my voice . |
| 17 | I mean I can understand why they do and I like the stuff myself , but I do n't share the belief that I get from all sides that impressionism is what art should be like normally . |
| 18 | They are more illuminating than compelling ; they show the operatic paraphrase in the hands of one of its most experienced practitioners , using as their basis music that will often have been more familiar to the listeners of its day than they now are to us ( there are some obvious exceptions on this CD ) ; and one can see why they were so successful at the time , even if they now seem slightly shallow set alongside the giants that selective history has chosen to remember . |
| 19 | Most lay witnesses will expect this in any event and can see why they are necessary , if only to facilitate time off work and the payment of expenses . |
| 20 | ‘ I can see why they were so keen for you to take a holiday , ’ he said thoughtfully , eyeing the rigid line of her shoulders above the scoop neck of her swimsuit . |
| 21 | ’ I 've got great sympathy for the people of Upton because unless they understand the situation , then I can see why they 're fearful . |
| 22 | I told Gary he should have said , ‘ And they must make you so proud ; everyone can see where they got their looks , Mother . ’ |
| 23 | You can see where they 've painted over it . ’ |
| 24 | There is plenty of perspex , so pilot and passengers alike can see where they are going . |
| 25 | Varnish stain but erm In in this particular light now I can see where they 've put on thick blodges that run down . |
| 26 | They 've evidently looked you can see where they 've scratched to get a screwdriver through there to try and get the sound the sound out . |
| 27 | And you can see when they , when they spo when they talk to them after the game . |
| 28 | If we look at the two charts in figures 21 and 22 , we can see how they intermesh . |
| 29 | So you can see how they 're looking , see if they 're going pale a bit or if they 're going to fall off their chair and talk and reassure them . |
| 30 | So you can see how they as if they ask you to do it over three years or five years or something |