Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can wrap myself in a cloak or something . ’ |
| 2 | Sam and I can amuse ourselves on the Sunday , and that will give you the opportunity to take Anna to the Forest . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think I can describe myself as a Marxist any more . |
| 4 | In midweek , however , the stretch is reasonably quiet and I can conceal myself behind a clump of rushes and cast a big piece of luncheon meat on a link-leger rig right in the deep hole and let the current roll it under the roof . |
| 5 | Formation demands control precision and , in an Apache , you can place yourself within a foot of the intended position relative to the lead aircraft . |
| 6 | You can identify yourself as an ALAS member and advertise the fact that under the scheme you offer a free interview . |
| 7 | Then arrange to visit the kennels before making a definite booking , so that you can satisfy yourself with the standard of care . |
| 8 | According to folklore you can protect yourself from the fairies by carrying iron , steel or oatmeal . |
| 9 | You can explain yourself to the CO later . ’ |
| 10 | Unless you can promote yourself as a bit-part player in some concocted yarn involving Madonna , outlandish sexual indiscretions , wilful substance abuse or , better still , all three , they are n't going to be interested . |
| 11 | You can admit yourself as a patient tonight . |
| 12 | This not only keeps it in place , but it also feels nice for your partner and means you can stroke yourself at the same time . |
| 13 | ‘ So you can drink yourself into a stupor ? ’ |
| 14 | There are Western-style concerts in Tokyo ; if you 're brave about food and hotels , I reckon you can treat yourself to a bit of Bach or Mozart , usually played with maturity and feeling by six- or seven-year-olds . |
| 15 | Once you 've developed your dexterity in this field , then you can treat yourself to a rib transfer carriage , or add it to your birthday or Christmas list . |
| 16 | In Alexandria , the old summer capital of Egypt , you can treat yourself to an overnight excursion to Cairo and Luxor , where the Valley of Kings hides Tutankhamun 's tomb . |
| 17 | You can console yourself with the thought that you did your best . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , you can help yourself in the following ways : |
| 19 | Go ahead , admonished the voice , but see if you can look yourself in the eye tomorrow morning . |
| 20 | To build your self-esteem set yourself targets , and if you achieve them you can reward yourself with a treat . |
| 21 | The style is based on the premise that if you can defend yourself at the eight compass points covered by the trigrams you will be fully protected from attack . |
| 22 | You can address yourself to a man , and at least hope for a quick ear and an open heart ! |
| 23 | He told them : ‘ You are weak people , you will always be weak people unless you can arm yourselves with the strength and courage required to gaze back into the questioning eyes of children ’ . |
| 24 | What you 've got to do is actually have some understanding of the needs of a of particular newspapers , radio programmes , television programmes , by studying , look at it , see what it who 's it for , what language do they use , how do they phrase things , what 's their format , and then you can get yourself in the position where you can say , ‘ I can do something like that , I can produce something like that . ’ |
| 25 | If you can put yourself in the other person 's shoes and think about how they might feel , it will certainly help if you let them know that . |
| 26 | Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired . |
| 27 | There are peel-off labels for the long holiday dates , something with which you can amuse yourself on the next bank holiday . |
| 28 | Certainly some reliable measure of the way you deliver nursing care is necessary and valuable , both for the client ( or patient ) and his environment , and ultimately for the sense of satisfaction you can enjoy yourself as a reflective practitioner of nursing . |
| 29 | Some years later he commented on this to Minton who gave an insight into their insouciance : draw in the morning , when fresh , he advised , so that you can enjoy yourself in the afternoon . |
| 30 | We can congratulate ourselves on the forecasts which led to fixing fees at the right levels , but commercial criteria are not the only means of judging the fortunes of professional institutes . |