Example sentences of "[indef pn] you can [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If you know someone who has AIDS , or if you are worried or have questions about the illness , try to find someone you can trust to talk to about it — maybe your parents or a teacher or some other adult you feel close to .
2 If this is a worry for you , it is important to find someone you can trust to talk to .
3 Try to find someone you can trust to talk to .
4 This organ works at its own rate and there 's almost nothing you can do to speed it up .
5 This was a critical group , among whom the most commonly heard comment was ‘ There 's nothing you can do to stop it ’ .
6 There is nothing you can do to change what has gone before and you will only cause yourself misery in the present if you concentrate on the gloomier aspects of the past .
7 And there 's nothing you can do to change that . ’
8 These occur in the second half of pregnancy , and there is nothing you can do to prevent them .
9 It 's no good standing there , there 's nothing you can do to help . ’
10 If , on the other hand , your cat is one of the deaf ones , then there is nothing you can do to help it .
11 But there is nothing you can do to make it grow longer than it is programmed to do by your body chemistry .
12 Having said all that , there is usually something you can do to redeem a place .
13 Even whilst a person is waiting to go to hospital there may be something you can do to help .
14 I think it is important to stress to readers that sometimes there is something you can do to help fish in distress .
15 ‘ The point is , in my job it 's not something you can afford to shout from the roof tops .
16 Botha , who wins his 28th and possibly last cap for South Africa , said : ‘ We have received a wonderful welcome in England which has relaxed my players and this is something you can see reflected in our three wins here so far .
17 ALMOST everybody you can mention has had their say about the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales .
18 ‘ Thank you for trying , ’ I said slowly , ‘ but I do n't really see that there 's anything you can do to help .
19 ‘ I mean , is there anything you can do to help us rescue Gurder ? ’
20 ‘ Is n't there anything you can do to help , sir ?
21 I came to warn you what had happened in case there was anything you … anything you can do to help yourself .
22 So is there anything you can do to feel safer ?
23 Anything you can do to gain the advantage in combat is worthwhile .
24 So anything you can do to keep your home out of the official statistics really could be a matter of life or death .
25 Is there anything you can suggest to stop her licking the soil ?
26 Call in and see what terms we 're offering on our different accounts — and use them to gain excellent returns on anything you can manage to save .
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