Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can comfort ourselves in the knowledge that death must have supervened very quickly . |
| 2 | You can explain yourself to the CO later . ’ |
| 3 | This is the reason that the ‘ equal-value amendment ’ was passed , which means that a woman seeking equal pay can compare herself with a man doing work of similar value , and not the more stringent condition of a man who is actually doing exactly the same work . |
| 4 | Pastiche is a dualistic activity , and it is an activity which can lend itself to the expression of paranoid feelings and unacted desires . |
| 5 | There are Western-style concerts in Tokyo ; if you 're brave about food and hotels , I reckon you can treat yourself to a bit of Bach or Mozart , usually played with maturity and feeling by six- or seven-year-olds . |
| 6 | Once you 've developed your dexterity in this field , then you can treat yourself to a rib transfer carriage , or add it to your birthday or Christmas list . |
| 7 | Thus the plant can , during the latter part of the night , move its leaves to a position appropriate for sunrise ; predatory animals can prepare themselves for the activity of hunting and hunted animals can escape to safety before it is too late . |
| 8 | I do n't think I can describe myself as a Marxist any more . |
| 9 | He told them : ‘ You are weak people , you will always be weak people unless you can arm yourselves with the strength and courage required to gaze back into the questioning eyes of children ’ . |
| 10 | Some years later he commented on this to Minton who gave an insight into their insouciance : draw in the morning , when fresh , he advised , so that you can enjoy yourself in the afternoon . |
| 11 | A huge £50 million has been raised for charity since the race started in 1981 and runners can pat themselves on the back for all the financial help they have given to worthy causes . |
| 12 | At least the members of the BCRS can pat themselves on the back for having used it at least once in 1989 ! |
| 13 | Her belief is that to reach a very wide audience one must establish character first so the audience can identify itself with the issue , through the character . |
| 14 | Here are people who quite blatantly do n't give a f— for social pleasantries , leastways not when they can lock themselves into a groove and cunningly misplace the key . |
| 15 | We can lock ourselves in the basement , away from that bloody thing outside and until this Darkfall storm blows over . ’ |
| 16 | Malignant melanoma can show itself by a change in the look of a skin mole . |
| 17 | In this way the energy pattern of a cancer-causing agent can transfer itself via the field to impinge upon the cell if the cell exhibits a vulnerability or an attractiveness to the agent . |
| 18 | Raising more roses by seed can be a very frustrating business , or they can seed themselves with the efficiency and enthusiasm of weeds . |
| 19 | Go ahead , admonished the voice , but see if you can look yourself in the eye tomorrow morning . |
| 20 | The early experience suggests that for the enthusiast of language , for example , the latter approach and even the former is possible : equally too the science enthusiast in primary schools protests at the ease with which they can familiarise themselves with the process . |
| 21 | Although brief , clear instructions for use accompany the product , its functions are intuitive and users can familiarise themselves with the search and retrieval functions by applying commonsense and trial and error . |
| 22 | If the patient can get into the kneeling position and then balance on one knee while bringing the other leg forward , so that he can lever himself onto a chair , he will feel confident that he can always get up , even if he is alone at home . |
| 23 | To build your self-esteem set yourself targets , and if you achieve them you can reward yourself with a treat . |
| 24 | In midweek , however , the stretch is reasonably quiet and I can conceal myself behind a clump of rushes and cast a big piece of luncheon meat on a link-leger rig right in the deep hole and let the current roll it under the roof . |
| 25 | HIV is probably a life-long infection which can manifest itself in a number of ways , from causing no symptoms at all to severe damage to the immune system . |
| 26 | It offers not a concrete image of history but an abstract schema of men making history of such a kind that it can manifest itself in the trend of their lives as a synchronic totality . |
| 27 | ‘ So you can drink yourself into a stupor ? ’ |
| 28 | If they are confident , they can commit themselves to the importance of each of the eight aspects . |
| 29 | You can admit yourself as a patient tonight . |
| 30 | He can console himself with a winter passage booked to Australia , and the knowledge that his talent and determined character have finally set him on a rightful path to the pinnacle of the game . |