Example sentences of "can [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there we are we 've got one lot of twelve or we might be able to have two lots of what see what you can make with it for two lots . |
| 2 | ‘ You mean , I can think of myself as that ? ’ she asked , trembling . |
| 3 | It allows the physical pieces of paper passed around an office to be replaced by electronic images — you can think of them as electronic photographs of the paper pages . |
| 4 | ‘ AT THE tail-end of 14 years in power our rump of a Conservative Government can think of nothing but half-hearted socialist measures , as if through introducing socialism by the back door it will somehow ease its own exit by the front ’ — Commentator Auberon Waugh . |
| 5 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 6 | Even though the subject matter may be such that it is difficult to come to rapid conclusions by , say , an objective test , the question should still be asked so that the teacher can explain to himself in all honesty what he is about . |
| 7 | Erm , now we , we can explain to you in more detail , but the finan I think Mr 's already said to you that the financial savings er , from such moves are not as productive as they were , so in sense we 're driven by strategy here , we 're driven by the fact that there is a private and there is an independent sector that is there , there is alternative methods of supply . |
| 8 | Far from receiving a discount the purchaser arriving at the average high street store which a bunch of fivers in most cases pays more for his new washing machine or bicycle because the retailer has factored into the pricing structure the credit card company 's fee ( which can range from one to four per cent ) . |
| 9 | This can range from one to three or six months , depending on what the band feel is most suitable . |
| 10 | But the long smelly trails snaking along the branches and renewed repeatedly every night , also mark out the main highways through the tree so that , if necessary , the bush babies can scamper along them at considerable speed in the pitch blackness . |
| 11 | You can buy from him in complete confidence . |
| 12 | Unlike Poland , eastern Germany can count on plenty of economic support in the form of subsidies and inward investment . |
| 13 | Law binds not because it says it does ( although it does say just that ) but because there are good reasons for accepting its claim to mandatoriness and these good reasons have to do with what law can do for us in certain situations of social opportunity , difficulty and peril . |
| 14 | There is nothing that USL can do about it at this point , it says . |
| 15 | ‘ I can do without you for six weeks , Buzz . |
| 16 | If they have n't dug anything out , what do you think I can do by myself in these few hours ? ’ |
| 17 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 18 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 19 | It has been included so that you can refer to it for comparative purposes , and so that you can choose equipment for character models without having to refer to the army list entries or the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 20 | This is because computerised information is not as rigidly organised in advance , which means that you can search through it in any way you please . |
| 21 | The outer layer — what we look like — can work for us in another way too . |
| 22 | Kylie , speaking in an interview with FHM magazine added : ‘ Now I can work with lots of different people . ’ |
| 23 | let's assume that Mr is right in the suggestion he put to you about the building on the left , that it 's a golf course and we can see for ourselves without any evidence there 's a man fishing on the lake at the bottom there , were you trying to suggest that as part of the deal at a lake would be provided or a golf club ? |
| 24 | Well I think you can look at it on two levels and one , one reason is to change the Party structure shake them up a bit , cos there 's , there 's evidence that they were erm you know moving to the right and allying with er rich peasants and landlords , and the other , on the level is actually having a policy which would get mass support and this obviously would require incentives in the form of land to peasants . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps you can look after her for five minutes while I go and book the rooms ? ’ |
| 26 | It is invaluable to have a friend who can indicate to you by some private sign if you should raise or lower your voice . |
| 27 | Second he tells us that the classical paradises , which you can read about it in ancient authors , none of them are as fine as the Garden of Eden . |
| 28 | But that was for the future — you can read about it in one of my journals . ] |
| 29 | You can rely on her for that . |
| 30 | It 's a great help to know I can rely on you for such last minute needs ! |