Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within seconds it stops and I can tell from the direction of the line that the bait is lying in the thick of the roots . |
| 2 | I do n't know what I weigh now , but I can tell from the mirror and the clothes that I wear that there is , sadly , more of me than there was . |
| 3 | I can tell from the way you 're sparking at me like a green-eyed cat that there 's nothing you 'd like more . ’ |
| 4 | And I can confirm ( for the benefit of Glenn , I think it was ) that Howard Wilkinson is not a member either , as far as I can tell from the list . |
| 5 | The only thing I can recollect from the briefing in relation to the operation and the way that was , it was erm o it was executed . |
| 6 | There 's a slide projector at the back of the hall which I can control from the front so I may be aiming to get some slides for you instead of the overhead projector . |
| 7 | For my part , I 'll make sure you have another dozen men — the best scientists I can recruit from the Companies . |
| 8 | I 'm not quite sure , I think most organizations have a certain amount of of sum of money if I can remember from the workshops . |
| 9 | On opening any packet etc , I can see from the index card how long it is likely to last and then record it on the appropriate page of the notebook . |
| 10 | I can see that , I can see round your eye , oh , God and I can see from the corner like in your head . |
| 11 | I will be profoundly relieved when I can escape from the prosaic explanations and defences of this present sprawling mess of words . |
| 12 | Salina 's husband is dead , she has three children whom she feeds mostly from the food she can glean from the rubbish tips , largely banana skins . |
| 13 | This is good news , and obviously the more support she can get from the community , the better . |
| 14 | * the user has perhaps to budget for the cost of the item , and will wish to maximise the value for money he or she can obtain from the expenditure ; * the user has to cope with the consequences of late delivery , faulty products , breakdowns and servicing requirements ( etc ) ; * the user will be concerned with product reliability and supplier reputation . |
| 15 | Alternatively , peg down the trailing stems in the soil , and they will form roots , then individual new plants you can detach from the parent . |
| 16 | You can choose from the list of five newly published books below , each selected from the list of Hutchinson Radius , one of the UK 's leading publishers . |
| 17 | From here you can choose from the three program options . |
| 18 | You can choose from the list opposite , but try to think of your own words too . |
| 19 | You can move from the beginning of a disc to the end in about five seconds . |
| 20 | You can tell from the way it gets lapped up . |
| 21 | A real teacher is unlikely to use an instruction like this , for 11-year-olds : ‘ Find three ways in which you can tell from the drawings ( of spider and crane fly ) that they are the same as each other and three ways in which they are different . ’ |
| 22 | A real teacher is unlikely to use an instruction like this , for 11-year-olds : ‘ Find three ways in which you can tell from the drawings ( of spider and crane fly ) that they are the same as each other and three ways in which they are different . ’ |
| 23 | You can tell from the slope that this is a typical shoulder shaping albeit in miniature . |
| 24 | But hey , there 's a bounty out , he could do with the loot and you can tell from the narrowing of those famous Eastwood eyes that he 's bored rigid with being a decent human being . |
| 25 | This was , as you can tell from the name , a bastide , or one of the new towns of the thirteenth century . |
| 26 | You can tell from the angle , and in any case an adult on his knees blowing through a pipe would have been likely to attract the interest of his neighbours . |
| 27 | But you can tell from the colour as well . ’ |
| 28 | but you can tell from the amount of aircraft |
| 29 | But of course in terms of partnership , you will have our support and any way we can aid and abet you then we shall do that , erm but you can tell from the questions and comments that we have some distress about the |
| 30 | The second stage is to see what conclusions you can draw from the facts : in other words , to try to fit these into a pattern that makes sense . |