Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If brought to trial , she can expect a long prison sentence , followed by ‘ re-education through labour ’ in a camp in Qinghai — ‘ China 's Siberia ’ — an Area like the Sahara desert , in the west of the country , where the climate is notorious for its boiling heat in summer and freezing temperatures in winter . |
| 2 | You can stay a long time in neutral , ticking over — provided nothing happens . |
| 3 | So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey . |
| 4 | ‘ You can see a long way from up here , ’ said Simon . |
| 5 | You can get a long way with three parts and with four you can conquer the world ! |
| 6 | We can go a long way in the sociology of culture by studying cultural institutions , formations and means of production . |
| 7 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I know , but if you call early we can have a long talk . ’ |
| 9 | and they can walk a long way |
| 10 | I know they quite right They can get a long lie . |
| 11 | In doing so it can go a long way towards lifting the depression which has afflicted too many teachers in recent years . |
| 12 | It is a characteristic of a task requiring vigilance that it can span a long time , minutes or hours or even a whole work-shift . |
| 13 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 14 | The trouble has been , however , that with the longer construction periods for nuclear stations and the further period before their cheaper running costs will allegedly show up , it can take a long time to see which way the scales really tip . |
| 15 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |
| 16 | The flight action is superb although it can take a long time to get to grips with all the features of the program . |
| 17 | But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said . |