Example sentences of "[vb base] it can [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On first encounter it can sound pedestrian , but there 's always something not quite right about the melodies they produce , and the more curiosity that provokes , the more you 're sucked in . |
| 2 | This uses the technically-defined Ocean as above , except that all the hiccups that interrupt the passage of its boundary have been removed by the relatively simple process of granting to it all of the so-called ‘ marginal seas ’ to which logic ( and political reality ) suggest it can lay claim . |
| 3 | The other man , whose voice was gentler , added : ‘ I hope it can bring peace , Major Foley . |
| 4 | They claim it can relieve migraine and sinusitis and not so surprising , remove ear wax . |
| 5 | I fear it can throttle imagination . |
| 6 | then that and he just bring me pack of cards you know er but er that 's how it 's been for a while you know if I thought well being a sh that that 's now we 've done it it 's a pity we 've not got , mind you I mean it can go potty again in a few years . |
| 7 | They think it can kill people . ’ |