Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you ca n't look at the rushes , you come in every day wondering . |
| 2 | Our problem is we ca n't get at the buyers . |
| 3 | One can only guess at the reasons for such underreporting ; but it seems possible that exporters understate values in the hope of retaining part of the foreign exchange that they would otherwise be obliged to surrender to the authorities , while importers may wish to minimize their import duties ( and also avoid enquiries into the source of the foreign exchange used for imports ) . |
| 4 | The fact that we can only guess at the figures is one of the first clues to their situation . |
| 5 | She confesses her team can only guess at the causes of the bird 's decline . |
| 6 | ‘ I have nothing any more I can only look at the pictures ’ |
| 7 | I can only look at the pictures . |
| 8 | This fellowship does not of course embrace Rome ; in Pilgrim 's Progress , Christian encounters Giant Pope , old and biting his nails because he can not get at the pilgrims , and mumbling to them , ‘ You will never mend till more of you be burned . ’ |
| 9 | Now the one thing that I think is important is that one can not look at the problems of any given society in the world in isolation from the rest of the world as a whole , and in particular , in the case of underdeveloped countries , their problems are very much linked to the situations that take place in the developed countries . |
| 10 | Mr Scully adds that security considerations may limit what data an individual can look at — London , for instance , can not look at the accounts specific to Hong Kong . |
| 11 | Right okay , so if I can just look at the details for each of them . |
| 12 | ‘ We can still look at the arteries on the ventral surface of the brain , ’ he continued . |