Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] [verb] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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1 | Tuna are sometimes landed when they try to swim through holes in fishing nets and get their teeth caught in the mesh ; once trapped in this way , they can be dragged on to the beach with the net . |
2 | Girls , women and small children lug great sacks along to a spot where they can be heaved on to the roof of the bus . |
3 | Hooded brass or chrome floor lamps make especially good reading lamps since they can be moved around to various chairs or sofas , and set to shine on books , or they can be directed onto a wall or ceiling . |
4 | they can be rung through to you but p erm will need to be warned that we may get a flood of phone calls |
5 | Those who do n't take heed should remember that they can be fined up to £400 for ignoring a hosepipe or sprinkler ban , and up to £2,000 for ignoring a drought order . |
6 | They can be fined up to £2,000 if they fail to comply with this legislation . ’ |
7 | From this point on , they can be weaned on to larger crushed flake and shredded bloodworm , until normal feeding is all that is required . |
8 | Word Perfect 's document management system is clever enough to allow long filenames ; they can be used up to 68 characters in length |
9 | This means that the best possible data model can be formulated with the knowledge that it can be mapped on to a DBMS . |
10 | It can be pleated up to the exact length of your particular curtain fixture by adjusting the amount of fabric in each pleat and the spaces between them . |
11 | Nevertheless , a generalization is only acceptable to the reader when it can be traced back to the evidence collected . |
12 | It can be traced back to Hogg and Barke and Lewis Grassic Gibbon . |
13 | It can be traced back to the creation of a committee of New Socialists in 1989 , which held a Congress in 1990 and formed a small Socialist Party of the USSR . |
14 | the contacts are and everything and I think that 's much better if it can be got down to that eventually |
15 | So he got his history , and then a magistrate can certify him and he can be handed over to er what is now St Clements Hospital . |