Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why I can start to take reasonable risks hitting in . |
| 2 | You can tell me how you got on today and I can start making some enquiries . ’ |
| 3 | I do not know how I can have fathered such children . |
| 4 | I can remember waiting some minutes before walking through the house , knowing that there must be proof of burglary at the back door , and when I got there in an uncomprehending state , lo and behold the kitchen door was broken right down ! |
| 5 | But we used to l I think I can remember going three times and we went on the train and we would have a big label with branch number seven , we were Walsall Wood and we were always told that , you know , you look on the sea front if you get lost , cos you 've got your name and who you belong to on card was all given out . |
| 6 | During psychotherapy or hypnotherapy , the patient should acquire new insights into his or her own problems , which can help to modify unhealthy ways of thinking and behaving . |
| 7 | Conversely , many younger people will be the first generation in their family who can expect to inherit substantial amounts . |
| 8 | Only those who can afford to ignore these constraints feel capable of exercising a choice to retain a more traditional agricultural landscape . |
| 9 | You can choose to take packed lunches for your child if you want to . |
| 10 | For details of what you can do to support these sisters contact the Palestinian Women 's Group , c/o 21 Collingham Road , London SWS ONU . |
| 11 | There is not much you can do to make radical changes to other people 's basic life positions , but you can use your awareness of the four ‘ OK — Not OK ’ positions to understand why you sometimes feel hopeless , depressed , victimized and so on . |
| 12 | ‘ You can go to see empty houses , ’ said Philip . |
| 13 | Even if you do not want to change brands you can decide to eat fewer biscuits or have something else like fresh fruit instead . |
| 14 | If you record enough of them , from enough horses on enough occasions , you can start to ask interesting questions . |
| 15 | Then you can begin to introduce new ideas gradually , one by one , being willing at the same time to take ‘ no ’ for an answer if they are definitely opposed to change of any kind , since this is their right and must be respected . |
| 16 | If your units are five ranks deep you receive the maximum bonus and you can afford to take some casualties before you start to deplete the all important fourth rank . |
| 17 | — examples which you can use to illustrate specific points ( list the points which each example illustrates ) ; |
| 18 | With the side walls on a firm foundation , you can use reinforced concrete slabs for treads , and rest them on steps formed in the brickwork , with similar height risers between them . |
| 19 | The jet of steam can be aimed at particularly stubborn creases , and there is also a spray attachment which you can use to cover larger areas . |
| 20 | In your do-it-yourself practice you can try to spot long vowels by contrasting two of them with each other in sentences . |
| 21 | Or you can try making decorated eggs that will last much longer . |
| 22 | To help us to help you , there are a few steps you can take to make sure letters arrive on time and in the condition you sent them . |
| 23 | As women , we need to accept that we can be fierce , cunning and predatory before we can start to use these energies in a constructive way . |
| 24 | Is this a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances . |
| 25 | Although the oil price and economic outlook is uncertain , the productivity increases and cost cutting measures we put in motion in 1992 mean we can expect to see further benefits showing through in our results in 1993 . |
| 26 | The personification furnishes not only a necessary step on the way to judgments about particular people , but a plateau we can occupy to consider these judgments . |
| 27 | If we can understand the cellular forces that bring about changes in the shape of the embryo then we can begin to ask further questions . |
| 28 | It is only by establishing and maintaining development programmes and by working in conjunction with families , with communities and with governments that we can begin to achieve lasting improvements which tackle the root causes of the poverty and inequality that threaten so many children . |
| 29 | Dr Bernard Tinker , chairman of the Environmental Change Network steering committee , commented ‘ It is only through long-term observation of sensitive indicators that we can begin to distinguish genuine trends from short-term fluctuations . |
| 30 | In these fields , too , we are sometimes able to identify social phenomena such as an increase in population size , which we can use to explain other phenomena , while at the same time being unable to identify any corresponding regularities in the behaviour or attitudes of individual agents . |