Example sentences of "be [conj] you can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm they 're as you can see , still a bit awkward but much easier to use than these . |
| 2 | ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale . |
| 3 | Although there 's some , but these sort of pictures they always look darker than they actually are because you can see the sun is still pretty high up , so , I imagine that the surrounding scene was still in quite sunlight , but , looking straight into the sun , as we are here , albeit behind the clouds |
| 4 | Er it may be that you can do three from my stuff , it may be that you can do two from developmental and one from mine . |
| 5 | Er it may be that you can do three from my stuff , it may be that you can do two from developmental and one from mine . |
| 6 | A side effect of which can be that you can develop gout . |
| 7 | If you have a lead rising main , it may well be that you can see it only at the mains stopcock , after which it disappears into the wall to re-emerge in the loft covered with sacking on its way to the cold water cistern . |
| 8 | How old do you have to be before you can have the privilege of being murdered ? |
| 9 | The best thing about them is that you can personalise your gifts . |
| 10 | The marvellous thing about basic cheap ottomans is that you can paint them any colour to match the prevailing decor of the room and you can cover the lid with padded material , or even carpet , to make a seat . |
| 11 | The trouble with presenting Therapy ? as such is that you can paint too damp a picture of them . |
| 12 | Ask yourself what it is that you can change . |
| 13 | Another nice touch is that you can swop from one PCMCIA card to another by simply sliding them in and out of the slot . |
| 14 | One of the many advantages in working with miniatures is that you can create an enormous variety of different visual effects according to the way in which you group the finished pictures . |
| 15 | The irony is that you can create the same look for a tenner down the market . |
| 16 | After all , mass-produced will always be mass-produced , but the whole point of mass-produced electrics is that you can walk into a store , pick the very best example from a row of several , spend a little money on a great setup , and maybe some pickups , and still save enough over a custom guitar to buy yourself an extremely nice amplifier . |
| 17 | I was told by many teenage mothers that the best thing about having a child so young in life is that you can grow up with your children . |
| 18 | Certainly , one plus point is that you can record three to four hours of material onto the one tape . |
| 19 | Right , but what I 'm trying to say is that you can dance them to them and by the way when are you thinking of having it done |
| 20 | One of the other things that leads off from a job analysis by finding out exactly what a person 's supposed to do is that you can start doing things like a personal training log , cashiers , cash sell this is a word this is real life example . |
| 21 | One of the qualifications for being a Tory is that you can make comments like ‘ adverse comment ’ about a cut of this sort erm and remember that you have heard representations of the strongest sort from very well documented people who are going to be affected by these cuts . |
| 22 | The innovation of the laser-guided bomb is that you can aim at anything : just point the laser at it , and the bomb will fall on it if it can . |
| 23 | The other thing to remember is that you can damage your discs by inserting them before switching the computer on , or for that matter by leaving them in while you switch it off . |
| 24 | The advantage with this method is that you can move the whole tent in one if you need to re-position for any reason . |
| 25 | Clearly the great advantage of thinking about your visual as well as your verbal behaviour is that you can choose visual behaviours which help rather than hinder progress towards your objective . |
| 26 | The good thing about friends is that you can choose them with consummate care and I never chose mad ones or nasty ones or boring ones , whereas you ca n't choose who you 're going to fall in love with . |
| 27 | For some of us it 's pitting our strength against the elements , for others it 's pitting our wits against other people by going racing and yet other people seek adventure by exploring new sailing areas and the beauty of a small sail boat like the Topper is that you can do all of these . |
| 28 | He has ‘ not been inclined ’ to return to company work since : ‘ The great thing here is that you can do anything film , radio , theatre , television . |
| 29 | His idea is that you can vote if if the voter in your constit if a person you vote for in your own constituency loses , you can then switch your vote to anyone else in the country and erm you can have a list of maybe ten or twenty people and erm you will so you 'll hand in your ballot paper with all these names on , signed ballot paper because it has to be public you can hand in your signed ballot paper with all these names on and if your own candidate loses , then er your vote goes to your second person and if that person loses it goes to the third and so on . |
| 30 | The main advantage of building your own — or getting a local builder in to do it for you — is that you can satisfy your requirements precisely , cope with all sorts of little local site difficulties , and create a building that is a good match for your house style . |