Example sentences of "most [prep] [pron] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet the truth is , we accept persons such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane to be great , though most of us can not claim to have ever scrutinized them under such conditions . |
| 2 | Postcards are labour-intensive , difficult to maintain and staff may find them intensely irritating to serve to customers , but to be able to generate over 20% of total sales from less than 10% of floor space , gives a turnover per square foot that most of us can only dream of . |
| 3 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
| 4 | Although there is enough food there to feed 800,000 starving people for one month , most of it can not get through because of looters and bandits . |
| 5 | G M B is one , T & g 's another and there 's a third which I 'm not going to name , but most of you can probably guess . |