Example sentences of "[adj] you can [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you think about this you can think of a kite as two isosceles triangles glued together . |
| 2 | And this you can purchase for two pounds ninety nine from here or lots of other shops . |
| 3 | If you 're feeling brave you can swim in chilly crystal-clear lakes or take a hike in the mountains . |
| 4 | what do you do I mean , your ok you can go to bed , but there 's only a certain amount of hours you can stay in bed cos then you 're wondering and wondering and won so you 're more tired trying to find something to do so we |
| 5 | Well probably in your early days you 'll probably do a mix , but if y the quicker you can get to only work , and even to the extent I mean I went out and bought my own book that had personal recommendations on the front and I would actually show that and say look John the only way I actually work , while I get everything ready you might like to look through because it 's the only way I work , I purely work on a personal recommendation basis and that enables me to get quality clients like yourself erm and I can devote time to you rather than have to go out looking for people to tell my story |
| 6 | The quicker you can get around the mast the better , some people even jump , but the main point is that both hands should hold the mast and not the uphaul rope . |
| 7 | As for your request — I 'm afraid you can forget about it . |
| 8 | And being reactive you can pick up a track , put the mouse on it , access ‘ Personnel ’ , click again on say , Stevie , and get the history of Stevie , pictures of Stevie , Stevie 's videos by themselves — as much information as that CD will hold . |
| 9 | I said we what 's the lowest you can take for it ? |
| 10 | It happens that what we 've done is we 've taken it and hung it on the starlight , the magic of starlight — how wonderful it is , how much you can tell from just looking at a star through a telescope and measuring the light that comes out of it , and this takes us into realms of why a star shines ; what do you mean by time when you go back millions of years into the universe lifetime ; what do you mean , why do stars shine with different colours . |
| 11 | If you decide that you need to read the whole of this particular book , decide how much you can cope with in one session . |
| 12 | There 's only so much you can cling to — your credibility , your belief in small cottage industries — whatever . |
| 13 | There is a limit to how much you can demand without causing deadlock . |
| 14 | The circumstances will dictate how much you can make of it from the standpoint of good video . |
| 15 | Erm but they deal with the how much you can earn without affecting your pension . |
| 16 | There is no excuse for being caught by a marked police vehicle — but there 's not much you can do about unmarked cars or cameras . |
| 17 | It can be very upsetting to have good shots spoiled in this way ; once the noise is on the tape there 's not much you can do about it except dub it out with a substitute background sound ( see page 80 ) . |
| 18 | There is n't much you can do about this other than vengefully shoot up the sacrificial unit in your following turn . |
| 19 | And then they get bigger and they start thinking and watching and you realise you 're fouling them up yourself too and there 's not much you can do about that either . |
| 20 | But some children are just shy by nature and there 's not much you can do about it . |
| 21 | When these things hit you there 's not much you can do about them . ’ |
| 22 | Where lead pipe is used for the rising main , it may also contaminate the drinking water — particularly in a soft water area — but there is not much you can do about this since the supply pipe into the house is also likely to be lead and this is difficult and expensive to replace . |
| 23 | ‘ There is not much you can do about it . |
| 24 | I do n't know what you can do about it though because if people are that thick , there 's nothing much you can do about it is there ? |
| 25 | There 's only so much you can do to jazz up articles on the efficacy of heart tapping in achieving full blood drainage . |
| 26 | I am much more interested in just how much you can do with those amazing eyes of yours . ’ |
| 27 | There 's only so much you can do with a Super B , ’ he shrugged . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's not much you can do in this storm . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ There is only so much you can do in Dublin . |
| 30 | Now it 's a long time since I went by tube , and there 's not much you can do in the carriages except keep a handkerchief over your nose , but a useful tip is never to put your hand on the rail beside the moving staircase . |