Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | * Get into the habit of standing back from your essay so that you can comment on it for the benefit of your reader ( see p. 104 ) . |
| 2 | The circumstances will dictate how much you can make of it from the standpoint of good video . |
| 3 | That is a remarkable achievement and I hope that we can build on it in the future . |
| 4 | ‘ She says she can think of me as a husband seven years after Troy 's disappearance . ’ |
| 5 | You can think of them as the wires leading from a bank of three million photocells ( actually three million relay stations gathering information from an even larger number of photocells ) to the computer that is to process the information in the brain . |
| 6 | It includes 28 fonts and you can think of it as a sort of ATM that does work with FX80 ( and other ) printers and WordPerfect 5.1 . |
| 7 | You can think of it as a genetic ruler . |
| 8 | The current is you can think of it as the amount of water goes through , it 's actually the the current is the amount of electrons that get through in a second . |
| 9 | ‘ You can think of it with a fire going and a light burning , , Jean said . |
| 10 | So er she says well you can think about it for a fortnight er you see her daddy put out discos altogether because of the lies but she cos she gets nervous because when she 's telling a lie to you she 'll go red |
| 11 | If you wish they can stay with you during a consultation . |
| 12 | If you wish they can stay with you during a consultation . |
| 13 | Boxing clever : Chris Eubank ( left ) copes with all that challenger , Lindell Holmes , can throw at him during a successful WBO title defence at Olympia |
| 14 | situational humour , ie funny within the context of the situation people are in at the time so that people can relate to it through a common , shared experience |
| 15 | ‘ I can leaf through them on the train , and they might give me something to go on . ’ |
| 16 | The Handbook of Over-the-Counter Medicines compiled by Mike Smith ( Kyle Cathie , £6.99 ) lists all sorts of nasty afflictions , from acne to worms , and what you can buy for them at the chemist 's . |
| 17 | The strongest card Britain has in dealing with the Third World is not that it is a burnt-out empire , but that it is a peaceful union of diverse nations , regions and cultures , some of which share with the Third World a common historical experience , and so can speak to them in a manner in which London , or the prosperous south-east corner of England , never can . |
| 18 | Chair , if I can , if I can speak to it from a financial point of view , this is the scheme where we have been successful in bidding for the European Rural Development Fund grants . |
| 19 | Historic Scotland has recently spelt out the service standards customers can expect from it with the publication of a new charter leaflet . |
| 20 | Girls can identify with her in a way they never could with , say , Linda Evangelista . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , people can identify with him as an ordinary , decent bloke . ’ |
| 22 | Now , if there 's nothing more I can do for you for a while , I 'll leave you to rest . ’ |
| 23 | Nevertheless if there is anything I can do for you in the way of friendship , now or in the future , I hope you will not hesitate to call upon me . |
| 24 | Even if you have problems , there is very little you can do about them in the middle of the night . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's not a lot we can do about it at the moment , is there ? ’ |
| 26 | There 's nothing you can do about it at the moment . |
| 27 | I , I think we can we can look at what we can do about it in the future and whether it is practical to erm consult local members where possible . |
| 28 | Now I 'll put a line to do a transcription transcription goes in an appendix , put your transcription at the back of your work , in according to Appendix A and number the lines , so that you can refer to them in the body or wherever . |
| 29 | For brevity we can refer to it as the PCBCR . |
| 30 | This is a choice between two types of reading , in that one can choose between them on the basis of whether the novel 's contradictions are to be articulated and sustained in the act of reading ( " rhetorically aware " ) or suppressed by the reading ( " aesthetically responsive " ) . |