Example sentences of "can you [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Can you walk a long way , Tessy ? ’ |
2 | Can you suggest a special cleaner I can use that will not spoil the colour ? |
3 | Oh , I think what you 're trying to say is can you combine a whole range and not just one cell . |
4 | Can you feel a culinary crisis coming on ? |
5 | We made it a bit more Kinks-y and added just a little bit of flamenco , but how can you improve a great song like that ? ’ |
6 | Working through a curved spine , can you do a dozen sit ups ? |
7 | ‘ CAN YOU do an exploding monster drawing for the letters page ? ’ enquired the then art editor over the ‘ phone . |
8 | I am sure you will have come across synergy , pushing the frontiers or rationalisation , and although most of you will know what they mean , can you give a simple explanation ? |
9 | Can you spot a little clip ? |
10 | ‘ What can you tell a little girl of Sophie 's age ? ’ he asks . |
11 | It may not be as easy as surrendering your body to the doctor and simply taking the medicine , nor can you expect an over-night cure . |
12 | How can you reach an acceptable level of data security and stop yourself falling into the ‘ it could n't happen to me ’ trap ? |
13 | I got ta make a dozen mince pies for the , she said can you make a dozen mince for the , I said no Sheila , she said pardon , I said no , I said I 'd buy twelve I will not make twelve , so after that she 's , then went round everybody could make twelve mince pies , it 's a bit of a nerve is n't it ? , seems a bit of a nerve asking us to buy the wool and make |
14 | Can you speak a foreign language ? |
15 | Can you speak a little bit louder please . |
16 | Can you measure a social relationship ? |
17 | Can you see a young man with a background like his taking any interest in a girl from Whitechapel ? ’ |
18 | In here there 's one very , very tiny little a sort of seedling coming up , can you see a little spark of green just there ? |
19 | Only at level 14 and above can you buy a soft sleeper train ticket . |
20 | It is tea and scones — and where else can you get a good cup of tea or a decent scone , or real beer , as the hero of one of C. S. Lewis 's space-fictions reflects as he returns to earth and finds himself — miraculously and blissfully — in England and in a country village . |
21 | Can you amend the proof of 1.3.10 to obtain a proof of this conjecture — or can you supply a single counterexample which will kill off the conjecture ? |
22 | CAN YOU FIND A BETTER WAY … ? |
23 | CAN YOU FIND A BETTER WAY ? |
24 | Can you find a suitable label for each item ? |
25 | ‘ Can you find a secure area of the station that is part of the original structure ? |
26 | Can you concentrate a hundred percent all the time ? |
27 | 10 How many times can you fill a small bottle , which holds ¾ litre of water , from a large bottle which holds 48 litres of water ? |
28 | And how can you guarantee a reasonable level of support in case something does go horribly wrong ? |
29 | ‘ How can you look a million dollars , be so terrifically successful in business — and yet your personal life seem to be in such a mess ? ’ |
30 | Can you recommend a good restaurant ? ’ |