Example sentences of "you can [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can borrow a single lump sum or borrow sums in stages as you need them . |
| 2 | Though deficiency is very rare indeed , you can ensure a good supply of vitamin E by eating nuts , seeds and their oils , green vegetables , and wholegrains . |
| 3 | ‘ You can eat a certain amount of so-called ‘ bad ’ foods , just eat less of them . |
| 4 | Their club Synergy is on tour and will be coming to a town near you , where you can experience a live set along with the DJs , lights and neurotechnology that is now associated with them . |
| 5 | Their club Synergy is on tour and will be coming to a town near you , where you can experience a live set along with the DJs , lights and neurotechnology that is now associated with them . |
| 6 | You can stay a long time in neutral , ticking over — provided nothing happens . |
| 7 | Then : ‘ I 'spose you can stay a short while . |
| 8 | You can choose a white fir , green fir or blue-green fir and take it home already cut , root-balled or complete with all its roots . |
| 9 | The M4 motorway and A34 trunk road make Didcot easily accessible by car and coach or you can choose a scenic drive down the Thames Valley or over the Berkshire Downs . |
| 10 | You can choose a complementary dessert from the next chapter . |
| 11 | You can observe a marked difference in the colours and body patterns of the fish . |
| 12 | When you can feel a steady breeze on your back , pull the line gently and call to the helper to release . |
| 13 | It is often said that you can discover a great deal about a person 's character by the books on their shelves . |
| 14 | I would think your Ks are probably pretty good if you can do a good letter F . |
| 15 | You can do a blue movie with this thing |
| 16 | You can do a great deal to prevent problems of disobedience and pre-empt countless confrontations if you establish useful routines and personal habits for your child to follow : |
| 17 | ( You can do a similar exercise with similarly startling results on the customer service side by , as they put it , ‘ stapling yourself to a purchase order ’ and watching how many hands it passes through ) . |
| 18 | You can either do it per pound or you can do a total amount in the end |
| 19 | Then , if you like , you can do a little pantomime routine where you look behind you for the ghost but it follows you around until you finally find it , and then you can do a brief activity with the ghost , like walk around the room in ‘ follow my leader ’ style or sing a song such as ‘ My kneebone 's connected to my thigh bone ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , Harri , you can either sit back and let him do the digging or you can do a little investigation yourself . ’ |
| 21 | As I say , fun , fun , fun I say , like I say sometimes you can do a pissing rain in a fucking hole and have about four hours sleep at the weekend , then we get , we get back get into the bar and we 'd have a fucking good laugh about it . |
| 22 | But though you can do a different remix for each different section of the audience , in the end you can only do one show at a time . |
| 23 | Erm , a transcription two to three minutes , you can do a short transcription . |
| 24 | Then , if you like , you can do a little pantomime routine where you look behind you for the ghost but it follows you around until you finally find it , and then you can do a brief activity with the ghost , like walk around the room in ‘ follow my leader ’ style or sing a song such as ‘ My kneebone 's connected to my thigh bone ’ . |
| 25 | Where slates are frost-damaged and porous , you can effect a medium-term repair by using a reinforcing membrane bedded in bituminous or heavy-duty waterproofer . |
| 26 | ‘ Camilla believes that you can tell a great deal about a nation by its lavatory habits . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You can tell a young man nothing . |
| 28 | Tony always says that you can tell a happy motorcyclist by the flies on his teeth . |
| 29 | His latest joke is that you can tell a happy musher by the dog shit on his teeth . |
| 30 | Whichever substance you use , put it on in as concentrated a form as you can using a large paint brush . |