Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First-time buyers ' purchases have halved since the last general election — which means that the existing owners who would have sold to them can not move either . |
| 2 | This idea of type section for a particular stratigraphical division will be discussed in a later chapter ; all I must say here is that no type section known to me can possibly pretend to be representative of a whole unit of the stratigraphical column , however small . |
| 3 | It 's , really th as I say , the design is all down to the size but it it 's because of the snow fall that could go in , that can li th obviously because it 's sloped like it can nae lie on it but |
| 4 | And as those talking in this book illustrate , what has happened to them can easily happen to any girl . |
| 5 | He would not need above four days ' leave from them and since Oreste is now or will be by then nearly three which is the age Pen first travelled at I can not see any reason why he need inconvenience the party . |
| 6 | Those who have never lived through it can hardly imagine the fuss that little children can make if they do not get their own way . |
| 7 | A house divided against itself can not stand … |