Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] can [vb infin] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Sir William Trumbull , when he was sent as English ambassador to Paris in 1685 , was told that : You shall constantly correspond with our ministers in other foreign courts , for our better service , and your mutual information and assistance in your respective negotiations ; and you shall also maintain a good correspondence and intercourse with all the other ambassadors , envoys and ministers of princes and states in amity with us , and as far as you can penetrate into the designs of their respective superiors , and of what you can discover of this nature you shall give us a constant account by one of our Principal Secretaries of State . |
| 2 | The sense in which we can talk of the meaning of an individual sentence is not determinate enough to make it possible that a sentence be unrevisably true in virtue of that meaning . |
| 3 | In what you can see of the earth , |
| 4 | An agreement reached in the early Forties between Bavaria and the family , which effectively enshrines the strict historic laws of entail ( Fideicommiss ) , limits her in what she can dispose of : archives , libraries , and , to an uncertain extent , the furnishings and works of art intrinsic to the family seat , are all protected . |
| 5 | To a large extent we have to infer the nature of this earliest division from what we can learn of later arrangements ; in particular we are told by Gregory of Tours that in 561 Clovis 's grandsons took over the kingdoms of the previous generation ; thus , Charibert I ( 561 – 7 ) received the portion of Childebert I ( 511 – 58 ) , based on Paris ; Guntram ( 561 – 92 ) that of Chlodomer ( 511 – 24 ) , with its centre at Orléans ; Chilperic I ( 561 – 84 ) was given the kingdom of Soissons , once held by Chlothar I ( 511 – 61 ) ; while Sigibert I ( 561 – 75 ) inherited the realm of Theuderic I ( 511 – 34 ) and his descendants , Theudebert I ( 534 – 47 ) and Theudebald ( 547 – 55 ) , and established himself at Rheims . |
| 6 | I should say from what I can sense of MacArthur 's feelings that he would continue to fill his role here as long as his health permitted him to do so . |
| 7 | From what I can recall of his earlier set for EMI ( 12/85 ) , these more recent 1991 recordings ( made in Hanover 's Beethovensaal ) certainly demonstrate a recognition of discretion as the better part of valour . |
| 8 | From what I can see of it , it must be quite spectacular . ’ |
| 9 | From what I can see of it . |
| 10 | ‘ There is practically no limit to what I can think of . ’ |
| 11 | This is a lucky time to focus on what you can make of yourself . |
| 12 | I sneak a look at what I can see of the driver 's face , to check how he likes his boss 's sermon , but his face is wooden . |
| 13 | Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky . |