Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not advocates of the ‘ prosperity gospel ’ , but we do recognise that the people God definitely seems to entrust with finances are those whom he can trust to hold them with an open hand . |
| 2 | Only those I feel we can trust to keep it under wraps have been contacted . ’ |
| 3 | Go at a speed that you can enjoy riding it at . |
| 4 | I can enjoy watching it for hours . ’ |
| 5 | Again , he tackles , in The Conquest of Happiness , the roots of human unhappiness , and sees them in an excessive introversion , in an excessive concern with the mechanisms of one 's own mind , and proposes various ways in which people can seek to extract themselves from this introverted obsession with their own mechanisms . |
| 6 | On top of these contracts , the girls , along with the other supermodels , can expect to earn anything from $7,000 to $25,000 for each catwalk appearance at twice-a-year shows , and Gianni Versace reportedly paid Turlington £50,000 to appear exclusively at his Milan show . |
| 7 | About one person in two can expect to find themselves on an operating table at some time in their lives . |
| 8 | True , you will have to put up with unearthing all manner of car parts , everything from exhaust-pipes to wheel trims , but mixed in with them you can expect to find plenty of items lost by earlier travellers . |
| 9 | The ceiling for exemption from duty varies from country to country , but it is usually fairly low , and you can expect to pay something on most rugs bought abroad . |
| 10 | There is little the High Elves can do to stop them at this point . |
| 11 | Swiftly , now , before the deep-freezers , the dehydrators and the emulsifiers take the syllabub away from us and return it transformed and forever despoiled , let us discover how it was made in its heyday and what we can do to recapture something of its pristine charm . |
| 12 | The really depressing thing about the Middle East is not that outsiders have treated it badly , which is the tedious Arab refrain , but that there is so little outsiders can do to save it from its future troubles . |
| 13 | Is there anything I can do to prevent it without covering up completely ? |
| 14 | But she feels there 's nothing you actually can do to help me with ! |
| 15 | The thing is that I I can do revamp it on computer . |
| 16 | However , there is only so much you can do to protect yourself against the whims of the Almighty . |
| 17 | Dealers can choose to print them in their catalogues , display them , or print them on their invoices . |
| 18 | Yeah they , they 've played in red and white , red , white , red shirts white shorts , but they , they used to play in claret and blue I can remember seeing them in claret and blue when I was a small boy but erm |
| 19 | I can remember seeing him on quite a poor peg on the River Trent at Winthorpe , giving a super display of distance stickfloat fishing , still one of the hardest techniques to master . |
| 20 | They have a particular appeal , I 'm not sure why — perhaps it 's because I can remember making one at school . |
| 21 | Before long no one who aspires to be taken seriously can dare to question it in public . |
| 22 | It is sensible personnel practice to have a standard letter available to employees which they can use to notify you of their situation and intentions . |
| 23 | sort , sort out , any thing you can use to help you with the tape |
| 24 | I am not sure whether , as a hostage , you should be allowed near to these people who — although you claim them as relatives — have no cause that I can see to regard you as a friend . |
| 25 | It is clear enough , though large and dim ; any higher magnification shows it well , though even with × 20 I am not at all sure that I can begin to resolve it into stars . |
| 26 | If such unresolved conflicts are successfully addressed , if individuals can begin to forgive themselves for their failures and indiscretions , it can bring them a renewed meaning and significance for the remaining part of their lives . |
| 27 | That done , we can begin to address ourselves to identifying the right technical and political means for achieving them . |
| 28 | He says you can stop treating me like an invalid . ’ |
| 29 | BusinessWeek 's June 1 cover story on Intel , which puts its rushing out the P5 in a highly positive light , makes passing mention of an 80586 machine it 's designed under the code name Panther that OEMs can license describing it as ‘ a PC with workstation power . ’ |
| 30 | If you have gas or coal fires , and can avoid using them for a while , it would be a useful addition to this list . |