Example sentences of "[pron] can [vb infin] some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I can change some Swiss francs . ’ |
2 | I can make some revealing comparisons between my constituency and the neighbouring borough . |
3 | Yeah he just said you did say I can have some more money , I said well yeah . |
4 | I can imagine some other world in which a conference of learned , and totally blind , bat-like creatures is flabbergasted to be told of animals called humans that are actually capable of using the newly discovered inaudible rays called " light " , still the subject of top-secret military development , for finding their way about . |
5 | I do n't know how a first-century slave would have taken this directive to regard work as service to Christ ; but I can imagine some twentieth-century slaves thinking such sentiments run sharply against the grain . |
6 | For the first time I can imagine some dim trail of obsession , some weird recursive delusion , leading out of this little room , down the spiral stairs , and out to some wildly mischosen destination … |
7 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
8 | now I 've got the mini ones I can play some new chords you see |
9 | Do n't even think of moving while I see if I can find some dry firewood . ’ |
10 | But give me a bit of time and I 'm sure I can find some cogent motive to pin on him . ’ |
11 | ‘ I can find some other way of paying for it , however . ’ |
12 | Not only do I love the way this guitar looks but I can get some great sounds out of it , too . |
13 | I can get some brilliant ideas Lieutenant Pigeon and Telex . ’ |
14 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
15 | Then changing the subject completely from milk and children to the necessity for a clean yard , he said , ‘ I know where I can get some broken slabs . |
16 | ‘ I can promise some heated discussions . ’ |
17 | Erm , but obviously if somebody can take some assertive action that stops the fire |
18 | Rather than mount from the ground , which can take some young horses by surprise just when you do n't want to , I opted for a leg-up and repeated the walk , trot and half transitions . |
19 | ‘ You know , ’ he said , ‘ you people have a habit sometimes of coming here to Israel with some specific details and thinking that from them you can deduce some universal truth . |
20 | A space in which you can do some simple exercises may also be useful if you have difficulty getting exercise out-of-doors . |
21 | Well Cajun stuff and all that I thought , and then there 's them you can do some long kebabs and all that , that 's why if we get one of them charcoal grills that you can pa shoo , shee shoo . |
22 | At the beginning of December , you can expect some extra developments regarding a domestic or professional matter , and this time you ca n't resist the winds of change . |
23 | Football this afternoon Scarborough are playing Bury at the McCain Stadium so you can expect some extra traffic in Scarborough town centre with that football . |
24 | He has sub-titled his talk ‘ A Layman 's View ’ , but you can expect some thought-provoking views . |
25 | Mirco is Czech and Annette is half-French so you can expect some creative cuisine here . |
26 | So if you 're a third man , or a third woman for that matter , look out for the specially selected hotels at which you can make some fantastic savings when a third person shares a room . |
27 | And you can bung , you can bung some bipolar adjectives underneath it of one sort or another er |
28 | Matters relating to your home life and financial security are highlighted and , while you can anticipate some minor gains , benefits or other incentives early this month , sparks may fly just prior to the 16th , when someone appears to be taking you for a fool or expecting you to foot the bill . |
29 | Calendar Creator comes programmed with 250 clip-art images , so you can add some pictorial pizzazz to your schedules , as long as you 've got 9Mb of hard disk space . |
30 | You can boil some brown rice and leave to cool for tomorrow . |