Example sentences of "can [pers pn] [vb infin] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Other things , John would see and ask , ‘ Can I afford to buy that ? ’ — as when he fell in love with two leather suitcases he saw in a Munich shop window . |
| 2 | When you 're dealing with the smallest cogs in a ‘ million pound train-set ’ which in any case will not be operational for decades , how can you think to exchange these with a human life ? |
| 3 | What can you do to relieve those of your colleagues or staff ? |
| 4 | What can you do to change this ? |
| 5 | Why not try and turn your thoughts outwards and see if there is someone else in the same position as yourself — what can you do to help that person feel more comfortable ? |
| 6 | How can you hope to stop that with technology ? |
| 7 | What practical action can you take to bring this situation into line with Cod 's standard as described by Paul ? |
| 8 | Taverner 's ‘ Meane ’ Mass and Byrd 's Mass for Four Voices ; Ferrabosco 's ‘ Qui fundasti terram ’ and Byrd 's ‘ Emendemus in melius ’ ; Clemens non Papa 's ‘ Vox in Rama ’ and Byrd 's ‘ Haec dicit Dominus ’ : when can we hope to hear these and dozens of other telling conjunctions ? |
| 9 | The question then is , how can we continue to induce both the internalization of language as a resource and the ability to use it appropriately ? |
| 10 | What can we do to prevent this situation from arising ? |
| 11 | I , no I , I get the impression that , you know , everyone just everyone just kind of freaked out end of nineteen forty six forty seven and they were just , oh God what are we gon na do now , wh what can we do to get some more support , oh excellent , yeah , let's go for equal distribution , what a great idea and then all of a sudden they think oh no , it 's not , you know , perhaps it 's not such a good idea after all . |
| 12 | How can we help to prevent this kind of accident ? |
| 13 | My bill falls into two parts , one which deals with the need for a full franchise it is sometimes mistakenly believed that we already have a full franchise in this country , but whereas legislation was passed in the past in order to extend the franchise , in recent years we have let matters slip considerably on the methods that are used for registration and no longer can we claim to have that full franchise . |