Example sentences of "you can [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you can oblige us with that bit of information you can turn the donkey loose and we 'll find it on the road for the man who reported it lost . |
| 2 | You can tape me by all means , but they probably wo n't like my voice |
| 3 | I 'll tell them you can borrow it at any time . |
| 4 | You can tilt it in any direction , and measure the genetic distance , and hence the minimum evolution time , between any point on the plane and any other ( annoyingly , that is not quite true on the page , because the computer 's printer distorts proportions , but this effect is too trivial to make a fuss about , although it does mean that you will get slightly the wrong answer if you simply count blips on the scale ) . |
| 5 | Again , we do n't know if this was a record but Pauline explained how she made the sweaters saying , ‘ My Brother 950i makes large motifs very straightforward to knit as you can place them on any size of garment without having to push back unwanted needles at the edges . ’ |
| 6 | Times are hard , and money is scarce , but please , if you can spare anything at all , contact Pat Drake as soon as possible . |
| 7 | When nature has provided you with a highly efficient set of incisors capable of cutting down more than 100 trees in one season , and an overriding instinct to build complex dams up to 4,000 ft. long and 12 ft. high , you can regard yourself as one of her senior architects and master builders . |
| 8 | ‘ Buzz , I ca n't understand how you can eat anything after these huge , delicious French lunches . |
| 9 | As to take home a copy of the appropriate operating and safety instruction leaflet , so you can familiarise yourself with these procedures . |
| 10 | You can bring them in this afternoon and fill them in here . |
| 11 | The good thing about friends is that you can choose them with consummate care and I never chose mad ones or nasty ones or boring ones , whereas you ca n't choose who you 're going to fall in love with . |
| 12 | which I 'm saying , you can hold m , you can hold me to this , I will never ever ever complain about being on again in my life ! |
| 13 | How you hold the mallet is really up to you , eh there are many different ways , you can hold it like that , you can hold it down there , up there |
| 14 | Another wheeze is the ‘ complimentary dinner buffet ’ in hotels , usually between 5–7 pm where , for the price of a drink , you can stuff yourself on hot and cold canapes . |
| 15 | There are of course other reasons for each one , so it is impossible to say exactly how much you can do yourself for any of the conditions mentioned . |
| 16 | You see when you first start , you 've only got three appointments anyway , so you can do one at ten o'clock and one at four ca n't you ? |
| 17 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
| 18 | And I hope you can do something for this little lad here . |
| 19 | And , and I think that y until you can do something about this then you 're not going to fight the crimes that occur . |
| 20 | She said , I do n't care whether you are at university , there are certain areas that you need to know a lot more background before you can do it at this level . |
| 21 | The only way you can do it at any particular point that 's the trouble . |
| 22 | So changing into the future , you can do it at any time , what it actually means , it 'll affects the next month 's premiums , and switching , er , it 's on a bid to bid basis , from one fund to the other , and we charge them eighteen pounds per occasion . |
| 23 | That 's right so you can do it on leaded light , you can do it on handles , but either you lay it on the customer right , which do you prefer ? |
| 24 | And you know they do n't pay the poll tax and you you 've been told almost you can do it on casual . |
| 25 | You can do it to some extent through the public sector , but one of the worrying things I find about the present situation with this growth of generations , the clamp down on building — less than a hundred thousand houses , I think , completed in the U K last year — my estimate is that we should be building about two hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 26 | ‘ You can do it with golden syrup tins , ’ Gaily said , ‘ easier than with coconuts . |
| 27 | You can do it within twos or threes . |
| 28 | Do it as that or you can do it after three months , yes I mean |
| 29 | Panama shoots her a quizzical glance , moves round to a position directly behind Archie 's plunging rear and , saying , ‘ You can do it like this an ’ all , dear , ’ delivers her chunky brogue with astonishing force into Archie 's tight scrotum . |
| 30 | However , there is a tip to erm , you can do it in one operation . |