Example sentences of "[pron] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am asked if I can be on standby if transport is needed ? |
| 2 | I can be a bit awkward about things like this . ’ |
| 3 | Besides two short piano pieces from Sanctus , Words For The Dying also includes the luminous The Soul of Carmen Miranda , one of three spontaneous and highly promising recordings with Eno that will set the tone for the next album , ‘ a rock'n'roll record I can be happy with because the percussion wo n't hit me over the head . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If you want the exact quantities , buy my book , ’ he said at one point , one eye in the direction of the BBC publicity department , before adding , as the other swivelled down towards his drink , ‘ if I can be bothered to write it . ’ |
| 5 | When ordering my lunches these days , I try to avoid the use of the term ‘ packed lunch ’ and merely ask if I can be supplied with certain items in a bag to take away . |
| 6 | I recreate the absent proprietor ’ , he says in The Thief 's Journal ( p. 129 ) ; and in a 1975 interview : ‘ I would like the world , and pay attention to the way I 'm saying it , I would like the world not to change so that I can be against the world ’ ( Gay Sunshine Interviews , 79 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ I can be blamed . |
| 8 | Like yourselves , you see us lot playing for Heriots and see fellers going in hard , and say I can be just as hard . ’ |
| 9 | I can be more leisurely now — my next real deadline is 2000 hours When the OC 's ‘ O Group ’ is held . |
| 10 | But I want to stay healthy so I can be useful . ’ |
| 11 | If I can be serious enough , I hope to find satisfaction in the Church of England : it will be my fault if I do n't . |
| 12 | One thing I can be certain of is that we have all been involved in rows , misunderstandings and quarrels . |
| 13 | I can be dangerous . ’ |
| 14 | I can be a little late . ’ |
| 15 | She is still in my mind and so I can be totally accurate in recording my responses and in describing what took place . |
| 16 | They get washed whenever I can be bothered , or whenever my mother raids my bedroom . |
| 17 | You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange . |
| 18 | ‘ If I am the target , though , I can be the shield so that others can carry on with their jobs . |
| 19 | I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 'm certain as I can be that they ca n't win unless they have your grandfather . |
| 21 | ‘ On both counts , I can be reasonably certain that death occurred around ten o'clock last night . ’ |
| 22 | • the possibility of setting up shared arrangements through personal contacts ( always worth giving me a call , I can be a communications link ) |
| 23 | Whether I decide to be , for current purposes , pre-eminently a parent or a child , a woman , a teacher , a part-time seamstress , a member of the Patel family or caste , a Gujerati , a Briton or an Indian , a citizen of Leicester , a taxpayer , a chess player and so on depends upon the task in hand rather than some inherent singularity , for I can be all these things simultaneously and without discomfort . |
| 24 | I can be contacted every day this week at Whitelion on 01 837 4836 ( or fax 01 833 0013 ) . |
| 25 | You want me to be angry , which I ca n't be , and then to be soothing , which I can be . |
| 26 | But is there anything I can be doing for you , my heart ? |
| 27 | I can be doing with someone to run errands , now Ewan 's gone . ’ |
| 28 | So that I can be sure of having them always , |
| 29 | Shame on me for this is the first issue of SR I 've ever read ( Nov ) , but I hope it will not be the last , for may I say , I think I may have at last found a space where I can be heard — most women 's magazines shun the type of letter I submit — not cosy enough for their letters pages , I suspect . |
| 30 | As a final word , for those who are novices in the world of finding somewhere to sleep in the wilds , I can be of some assistance . |