Example sentences of "can [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to get out on the road when I can or go to the studio . |
| 2 | This is partly through pupil behaviour forcing teachers to consider whether they can or wish to be merely amoral dispensers of knowledge and exam technique . |
| 3 | To what extent can or will industrialised countries moderate their demand for energy through appropriate social , economic and political policies ? |
| 4 | Do we chase the free range hens and find the eggs as best we can or do we put the hens into a battery ? |
| 5 | It is not the case that we can or do simply distinguish , in a completely neutral way , some major historical types of political system , even in the non-evolutionist manner that I have suggested ; for on one side , what is seen to be significant in the past is influenced by current concerns , and on the other side these concerns have , in any case , a very great practical importance and are bound to engage much of the attention of political thinkers . |
| 6 | Erm and and we could actually give if we if we can find some small reject ball bearings or roller bearings , then we can or reject I mean erm dead stock . |
| 7 | Having pledged that it will not raise taxes , the Government is faced with trimming corners where it can or increasing its borrowing . |
| 8 | Not everyone can or needs to excel at everything , and unless people are allowed to concentrate on what they are good at we may be wasting valuable resources . |
| 9 | There is more to be said against the probabilistic analysis of our conception of causation that can or needs to be said here . |
| 10 | The sequence of action can & negotiated by helping her see the importance of achieving small steps in the weaning process . |
| 11 | Weigh up the alternatives as carefully as you can and draw logical conclusions . |
| 12 | " I shall have to pull up as near as I can and let you out , said Woodie . |
| 13 | If a car does approach you and you are threatened — scream as loud as you can and run in the opposite direction . |
| 14 | As for my own disappointment , I will keep playing the best I can and hope things change . ’ |
| 15 | The disability working allowance scheme , which will come into effect from April , will provide a radical new opportunity for disabled people who can and wish to work . |
| 16 | That 's why it is always best to pay in full if you possibly can and get 56 days ' interest-free credit . |
| 17 | He knows he 's got to grab what he can and get out of this town fast . |
| 18 | You get as close to it as you can and get your brother out while we deal with the hijackers . ’ |
| 19 | in it for a , for a couple of years to get as much as they can and get a |
| 20 | If this happens at night , go to ground , shelter yourself as best you can and go looking for help the next day unless you 're likely to freeze to death in the meantime . |
| 21 | But I can and said pull that fucking door closed and the knob came off in her fucking hand , she spun round |
| 22 | There are no easy answers , but it will help to get as much information as you can and to talk to a sympathetic doctor of midwife before making a decision . |
| 23 | If you 're trying to catch somebody immediately after a crime , you grab every man you can and smother the area . |
| 24 | Find out how to say ‘ Hello ’ in as many different languages as you can and use coloured pens to write the words on the bookmark . |
| 25 | Give the most positive explanations you can and try to keep control of what you want to put over during the interview rather than being forced into a purely defensive position . |
| 26 | A bigger pad over the top , there 's the sling and towards your casualty and place it on the body down the straight and the elbow and the point at the same side , tuck this hand under and tuck all this underneath the arm and bring the rest of it round the back , tie it up as close to the fingers as you can and try to remember how to do a reef knot , at least always make sure it 's firm , is that alright for you ? |
| 27 | Go down , catch the swing and go up on the lift , go left and collect the shield , go right and up when you reach the right-hand wall , go left and fly up the pipe , go right and fall down the gap , then go left and collect the weight and throw it onto the button to your right , go up on the lift , right , up and left on the lift , fly up past the spikes and collect a weight , fall down and go right under the spikes , throw the weight on the button , go up on the lift , up , go left when you can and fall down to collect the weight . |
| 28 | It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized . |
| 29 | Now I try to surround myself with as many influences as I can and avoid all that . |
| 30 | Use the back rings of the cooker whenever you can and turn the handles out of sight . |