Example sentences of "that [pron] can [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must be no ‘ sacred cows ’ an I hope all of you will assist and will recognise that everyone can make a contribution . |
| 2 | I just feel sometimes that I can throw a rock into a pool , and watch the ripples create a certain amount of discussion . ’ |
| 3 | These people never realize that I can stand a row better than any of them , he thought . |
| 4 | I like to know that I can paint a hand or fingernail in great detail , almost photographically in contrast to areas of detail . |
| 5 | Yes , thought Dyson , at that I can feel a pricking behind the lids of my eyes ! |
| 6 | But we hope so , but I do n't I 'm not facetious enough to think that I can change a personality in a person , but what we 're trying to do is make him feel a loving and a commitment , that we are providing him with the best we can . |
| 7 | It is only with the help of adult hindsight and historical analysis that I can detect a period charged with political tension , of doomed innocence in waiting . |
| 8 | I tell them I am making a good living , that I can support a child , that I want a baby more than anything , but they refuse . ’ |
| 9 | The Lea & Perrins box this time , where Serafin sat , so that I can keep an eye on Summerchild . |
| 10 | You ca n't go wrong , because I 'm so used to doing these operations that I can keep an eye on the cat 's breathing at the same time . ’ |
| 11 | First , I would like you to drive me to Taunton , so that I can catch a train back to London , in order to be at the Variety Theatre this evening for — among other things — a performance of The Hooded Owl . ’ |
| 12 | It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape . |
| 13 | Next morning over breakfast I decide to go back into Þingeyri to catch a plane back to Ísafjöđ3ur in the hope that I can get a boat or bus from there . |
| 14 | I still hope that I can tie a deal up next week . ’ |
| 15 | It 's about 1½ ″ below my shoulders and I am trying to grow it so that I can have a style that 's cut straight across the bottom . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's having a short stay in hospital at the moment so that I can have a holiday . |
| 17 | And they told me that I can have a job back there any time I want . ’ |
| 18 | There is support for such a pragmatic concept of reference in Strawson 's ( 1950 ) claim that ‘ 'referring ’ is not something an expression does ; it is something that someone can use an expression to do' ; and in Searle 's view that ‘ in the sense in which speakers refer , expressions do not refer any more than they make promises or give orders ’ ( 1979 : 155 ) . |
| 19 | One that she can play a tune on . |
| 20 | Breathes there a woman with soul so dead that she can take a trip round Bath 's exhilarating architecture without wanting to take home ‘ a touch of the Georgians ’ — even if it 's only a silver spoon ? |
| 21 | It has been argued that you can identify a person 's class according to his dress , manner of speech , address , attitude to education , leisure habits etc . |
| 22 | Once you know that you can manifest a parking space whenever you need it , you will be open to making the ‘ impossible ’ happen . |
| 23 | To cut a long story short , the discovery of the sixties was that you can measure a range of attitudes to each of a group of competing brands , and get a clear , coherent pattern of differences between them : what is more , you can repeat the process at intervals , and monitor changes in these attitudes . |
| 24 | And it does seem to me that erm I ca n't quite understand why it 's possible or it seems to be an argument that you can accommodate a bit more development , squash a bit development into Leeds and Bradford and it does n't matter very much . |
| 25 | I know that you can move a tank forward , curve the backdrop and shine lights down the back to add brightness and depth , but I have no room space for this . |
| 26 | Are you aware that you can choose a bed with either soft , medium or firm springing , depending on your weight ? |
| 27 | The High Elf Army list has been designed so that you can choose an army to a previously fixed points value . |
| 28 | The Orc and Goblin Army list has been designed so that you can choose an army to a points value agreed by you and your opponent . |
| 29 | The Empire army list has been designed so that you can choose an army to a previously fixed points value . |
| 30 | Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do . |