Example sentences of "you can [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | You can unmistakably identify that as making the difference between outstanding success and mediocrity . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ You can honestly say that after those kisses in the bush — that I would n't be welcome ? |
| 33 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
| 34 | Also , I am a bit older than the rest of you , but you can perhaps understand that I do n't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation . |
| 35 | doctor if you do n't agree with what it says , erm , you can obviously mention that to and er er along speedily say in the course of this week , the matter can be mentioned in formal to me , erm one morning at ten o'clock next week I would of thought . |
| 36 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 37 | Yes well of course you can only assume that what he says is correct . |
| 38 | The gradient is the tan of the angle , but you can only read that off the graph if you 've got the same units . |
| 39 | Even if they do n't you can sometimes find that if you get behind the scenes that there is a way of doing it . |
| 40 | And when you eventually decide what time to travel , you can safely assume that BR is n't responsible for your train being late — blame the leaves on the track — or for the lack of pickle in your sandwiches — write to Clement Freud . |
| 41 | And so you can really consider that your first year 's cost is not just the cost of the computer but it 's also this extra few hundred pounds for your maintenance contract . |
| 42 | ‘ You can really ask that after what happened today ? ’ |
| 43 | ‘ You can never say that you have finished the job but I do feel that there is now wide acceptance that we 've got a sound business . |
| 44 | You need to be ‘ with it ’ , because you can never guarantee that you wo n't have a launch failure or end up in a field instead of back where you started . |
| 45 | I am not entirely clear in my own mind what that last sentence really means , but from what I have written so far you can readily see that the movement towards Euthanasia is to the fore . |
| 46 | So I mean I wo n't take them now if you have thought erm and if y if you have er decided on a name I wo n't erm make a note of it now , erm but if you can all remember that that we definitely need the confirmation names sorted out . |
| 47 | What we do have and have had for a long time in this country is an acceptance within our law and an acceptance within our definitions of freedom that there are responsibilities with freedom and those responsibilities in this particular case , we have long accepted the argument in this country , maybe not as much as erm , well more in fact than some of our colleagues abroad and maybe they could learn from us from this , but it is not acceptable to have the freedom to be unnecessarily cruel and in fox hunting we have a sport that is unnecessarily cruel , there are ways in which you can deal with rogue foxes , there are ways in which you can actually ensure that the fox community does not destroy the whole , er farming countryside . |
| 48 | You can actually feel that there is a grimy , slimy layer that disappears after a little rubbing leaving a soft slightly oily feel to the skin . |
| 49 | These are the only really dependably low-calorie choices : Consommé — any flavour ( lovely and clear , so you can actually see that they have not sneaked in extra calories ) 60 |
| 50 | And you can actually say that the average number of visits this week was |
| 51 | After that little performance you can hardly deny that you want me . |
| 52 | ‘ As you wish , although you can hardly imagine that Jones would mind if he did find out . |
| 53 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 54 | So I think you can now see that we are on the road to recovery , ’ he said . |
| 55 | When you compare Quattro Pro 4 to other DOS spreadsheets , you can quickly see that there 's life in the old operating system yet , and that more graphical environment is where things are heading . |