Example sentences of "you can possibly [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it |
| 2 | Do not read out your argument if you can possibly avoid it , but in any case do not mumble into your notes . |
| 3 | ‘ I disapprove of killing at the best of times , Ace , but , and this is vitally important , you must never kill anyone with a role in recorded history if you can possibly avoid it . |
| 4 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 5 | There will , of course , be much more information available than you can possibly record . |
| 6 | bigger than any number you can possibly think of , to plus infinity , with the tiniest change in X. That you could imagine . |
| 7 | But if you , too , see life through such dark spectacles , perhaps a book with a murderer her , with whom your readers are going to sympathise if you can possibly make them ( notice how in the later Ripley book Patricia Highsmith shows him as a loving gardener ) or with any other sort of anti-law hero , this is the sort of work you should be addressing yourself to . |
| 8 | All the things you ‘ ought ’ to take on holiday — just in case it turns chilly , rains , is too hot , or whatever else — have to be reduced by sheer practicality , when forced to it , of deciding what you can possibly do without and leave behind . |
| 9 | Do n't be ashamed , if you can possibly help it . |
| 10 | there 's more at stake here than you can possibly imagine . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's more at stake here than you can possibly imagine , ’ Beatrix had said . |
| 12 | You 'll soon have more potsful of delight that you can possibly use . |
| 13 | Now , when you 're putting on the presents there are little , there are other areas within putting on the presents that you can possibly include like a present 's going on the tree , you happen to see your name in it on the tag , right ? |
| 14 | ‘ When we go in to write songs it 's not fun , ’ protests Paul , who promptly giggles hysterically as if to suggest that , actually , songwriting is about as much fun you can possibly have with your clothes on . |
| 15 | The other part of your homework I 've given you to do , is to write down all of the intervals that you can possibly have . |
| 16 | On the introduction of a single currency , the preferred outcome of the Delors plan under Stage 3 , she emphasized that she would never suggest to the UK parliament the abolition of the pound sterling , which she described as " the most powerful expression of sovereignty you can possibly have " . |
| 17 | If you can possibly afford it , opt for more than one bedroom . |
| 18 | Some things are going to have to last you a very long time and withstand a great deal of wear so these must be the best of their kind that you can possibly afford . |
| 19 | And as the kind of girls you seem to prefer would think a job like mine utterly boring , I do n't see how you can possibly say I 'm just like them . |
| 20 | I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world . |