Example sentences of "[coord] we can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we spot the fish we can cast directly to them with strong tackle and a big bait , or we can move from swim to swim until we find where a big barbel or two are feeding . |
| 2 | just come back and pick your carpet , or we can bring some round and show you . |
| 3 | Or we can do it the other way round , it does n't matter . |
| 4 | ‘ We can talk in your office or we can talk out here . |
| 5 | Or we can decide that there must be more to being alive than this and , like Jonathan Livingston Seagull , become intrepid explorers of life 's possibilities . |
| 6 | Whatever happens , either we obtain an efficient solution or we can deduce that there are no efficient solutions . |
| 7 | A speaker at the International Congress pointed out that there are two approaches to handicap — either we can adapt the environment ( e.g. by providing wheelchairs , ramps , etc ) or we can make the individual do the adapting . |
| 8 | Erm or we can make application for legal aid to go to court for a residence and contact order now . |
| 9 | ‘ Now , sir , ’ Cranston continued quietly as the other traders slunk back , ‘ I can ask the wardsman to convene a jury of your peers or we can settle on a fine ? ’ |
| 10 | Or we can cling to the old certainties — and go on as before . ’ |
| 11 | Either we can think of the UK and every other economy as a coherent whole with a dynamic of its own or we can think of it as subordinate to the world economy such that its parts are the cogs of an international economy and have no coherence on a national basis . |
| 12 | Or we can think about doing something about |
| 13 | When there is an interest rate change , we can either follow a move in base rates initiated by the clearing banks or we can choose to anticipate a move that they might make on the rates prevailing in the interbank market . ’ |
| 14 | There are two options open to us : we can either mount a much more restricted display in the Library than originally hoped ( restricting ourselves to the two display cases in the Barrel Vault leading to the foot of the main staircase ) , or we can examine the possibility of creating a panel-mounted display which would go on show both in the Library and in other venues . |
| 15 | Or we can go some place else if you want ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well — we can stay here till the panic 's over , or we can go out and be trampled to death , ’ I said , pretending to misunderstand him . |
| 17 | let's , or we can go to brewery for another five grand , we 'll do the carpet |
| 18 | But on the other hand , we can write to people , we can telephone them , or we can go and see them . |
| 19 | But he 's also saying is n't he at the end of this paragraph , or he 's implying that th this is this revolution is not happening because we the communists are making it happen , it is happening and we need to react to it and somehow we 've therefore got a choice , we can either trail behind or we can lead it . |
| 20 | Or we can treat them as victims of an insurable risk . |
| 21 | ‘ You can unpack now or we can show you round the premises first . |
| 22 | But you can use the Jeannie slot as erm a revision thing , you come and have a chat with me about the course , or we can show the video . |
| 23 | Or we can reform our own private health care system , which still gives us , for all its flaws , the best health care in the world . |
| 24 | You can either walk , or we can freeze you where you stand and ship you back in a refrigerator . ’ |
| 25 | But if we there again if we see somebody that 's being mugged , and we think that we can assist , or we can deal with it , then we will , you have to take every situation as it comes . |
| 26 | ‘ Or we can charge them , and let a court try and sort it out . |
| 27 | Or we can put this together with the American bid , and we 'll produce them in in the States , or whatever , whatever the outcome is , I would have |
| 28 | Or we can climb |
| 29 | We can either freely choose to change , and enjoy the new challenges , or we can resist change until life forces us to grow , through unwelcome problems and traumas . |
| 30 | Or we can follow the example of one teacher/poet who brings into school an old bowl , the rim of which he runs his finger round . |