Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll give you a number where I can be reached in any emergency . ’ |
| 2 | If you should require additional information I can be contacted on 469–5469 . |
| 3 | Thank you , I do n't know if I can be bothered for twenty five pounds , no I would if she asked me , but I do n't know if I 'll bother ringing up as well |
| 4 | When ordering my lunches these days , I try to avoid the use of the term ‘ packed lunch ’ and merely ask if I can be supplied with certain items in a bag to take away . |
| 5 | She can be contacted at 1-3 Norbury Close , West Vale , Kirkby , Merseyside L32 0US ( tel : 051-443 4274 ) , or DRU , MCVS , Mount Vernon Green , Hall Lane , Liverpool L7 8TF ( tel : 051-709 0990 ext 242 ) . |
| 6 | She can be contacted at head office . |
| 7 | The woman we have just described is 30 lb ( 13.6 kg ) overweight and she should be delighted if she can be rid of this in around a year . |
| 8 | ‘ No , but you can be overheard in quiet places . |
| 9 | If this particular combination of sonatas suits your needs , you can be assured of strong , expressive , and detailed readings , with excellent violin intonation and plenty of initiative from the pianist . |
| 10 | In fact , cabling is a critical element in a network and if the cabling is sub-standard , you can be plagued with irritating random ‘ breaks ’ in the network . |
| 11 | Produced by Britain 's David Puttnam and directed by Hungarian Istvan Szabo ( ‘ Mephisto ’ ) with an international cast , it tells the chaotic story of a Paris based production of Wagner 's ‘ Tannhauser ’ by ‘ Opera Europa ’ , where ‘ you can be misunderstood in six different languages ’ . |
| 12 | You can be excommunicated for that , you know . ’ |
| 13 | That the , that the erm , right , erm , you can go back a fair ways earlier and already find people thinking that you can be transported from one body to another , or even from one species to another . |
| 14 | If there is any problem on the day , or you need to find us , we can be contacted on 0860 340755 . |
| 15 | While the objections to this point of view are obvious — we can be led into all manner of belief by wishful thinking — it coincided with the beginnings of a general desire to re-open the discussion which Locke had apparently concluded for good and all . |
| 16 | Sprague summed up : ‘ So we can be united in this as all things ? |
| 17 | We must develop our musical emotions so that we can be moved by new and subtler feelings . |
| 18 | Er we are good friends , er although competitors and erm my view is that that whoever , who are the Walsall producers make the best leather we can be found in this country . |
| 19 | President , Congress , Conference I know we will all welcome all the pressure that we can be brought to this government and its pursuit of policies if that 's the right world , policies that do n't have a direction would just have them from one crisis to another . |
| 20 | With certain limited exceptions , married men are exempt from liability for rape of their wives , although they can be prosecuted for any accompanying assault or violence . |
| 21 | The leases make the publican responsible for the upkeep of the pub and , although they can be assigned to another person after two years , the original holder would be responsible for meeting payments if that person defaulted . |
| 22 | If individuals have personal difficulties that do not impinge on their functioning at work they can be assessed under this agreement : the individual would then be referred to an appropriate specialist agency for ongoing work outside the agreement , on a personal basis and without commitment on RBGE 's part . |
| 23 | They can be furnished with inexpensive Taiwan furniture and fabric German dolls , or with pricier handmade dolls and fine furniture by skilled English craftsmen . |
| 24 | The outlines shown by daylight are obscured ; shapes and colours are different , if indeed they can be perceived at all . |
| 25 | They have the advantage that they can be calculated for most countries in the world . |
| 26 | All that statutory reforms have done as yet is to make piecemeal extensions of the remedies afforded to members so that they can be invoked by personal representatives of members . |
| 27 | Both titles will have the artwork on the dust jacket repeated on the cover , so that they can be treated as ordinary paperbacks as preferred . |
| 28 | Either we may see them as qualifying the properties inherent in the nouns , or we may take the view that lawfulness and distance serve to mark out certain generally recognized subcategories of heirs and cousins ( whereas one can scarcely argue for any generally accepted subcategories of strangers and kids marked out by totality and mereness ) , so that they can be treated as ordinary ascriptive adjectives . |
| 29 | They can be damaged by those who are over-protective as well as those who neglect or abuse them . |
| 30 | There are no standard formats for skill descriptions but usually they can be separated into two parts : the performance and the antecedents to the performance . |