Example sentences of "can [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I , I , I do n't hardly think that I can remember blowing a whistle . |
| 32 | ‘ I can remember finding a woman in my office . |
| 33 | Farmworkers are especially vulnerable because they 're isolated and if they 're working alone they do n't have any support , working in ones and twos on a remote hillside.Some do n't even feel they can dare to approach a union . |
| 34 | NOT many people can claim to own a lifeboat , but one Donaghadee man can . |
| 35 | So if we retrace our steps through the history of urban sociology we will actually find much there that we can use to construct a sociology that reflects people 's understandings and the ways in which localities and locales are incorporated into these feelings . |
| 36 | The marking of the start of a paratone , then , is clearly one device which speakers can use to indicate a topic-shift . |
| 37 | Most manufacturers produce a given design of stepping motor with a range of winding interconnections , so the user can elect to use a low-voltage , high-current drive with the parallel connection or a high-voltage , low-current drive with the series connection . |
| 38 | well I do n't really want an electric one , I can see missing a hole on here and |
| 39 | If you find certain aspects of school work difficult , do n't just give up ; ask your teachers why they think you find it hard , and how you can begin to cope a bit better . |
| 40 | In addition we hope that the conference proves to be the beginning rather than the end of a process — that it can begin to provide a mechanism which we believe is sorely missing from current schemes , namely , popular accountability . |
| 41 | Get your financé involved too , so that you can begin to build a picture of the colours and designs that you both like or more importantly hate ! |
| 42 | In spite of much previous research to the contrary , the last ten years have shown that young children can begin to develop a sense of time … |
| 43 | If we look to laws external to the family we can begin to develop a body of substantive analyses guided by theory . |
| 44 | I simply wish to testify for the legitimacy of the kind of hard tempo evidence I have brought forward and to put it into practice , so that we can begin to renew a sensitivity to areas of stylized feeling from the past which have gradually dropped from view . |
| 45 | The ways in which this transition can occur form a topic central to theoretical ideas about deterministic chaos . |
| 46 | Above all , the public sector can hope to cultivate a climate in which innovation prospers , intellectually and financially . |
| 47 | No-one can hope to have a command of all these things at a first audition . |
| 48 | And this means that for such sentences meaning is determinate and translation is determinate ; we can hope to find a sentence in another language with exactly matching assent conditions . |
| 49 | The cost of freehold land is so high that only a wealthy man who farms intensively can hope to make a living on his own small farm . |
| 50 | ( v ) The official receiver as chairman of the meeting can decide to reject a proof for voting purposes but that decision is subject to appeal ( r 6.94 ) . |
| 51 | With any excavating job you can avoid creating a blot on the landscape for months after by slicing the turf off in strips , so that it can later be relaid . |
| 52 | It may seem that a holder of a bill can avoid making a loss should he retain the bill , rather than sell it , if interest rates should rise . |
| 53 | Not every regiment can boast having a padre . |
| 54 | Today most fusion research aims to create the conditions under which deuterium ( D ) and tritium ( T ) — two isotopes of hydrogen — can fuse to yield a neutron and an ion of helium-4 . |
| 55 | A substance can condense to form a cloud if its temperature and its partial pressure lie within the liquid- or solid-phase regions of its phase diagram . |
| 56 | See how long you can take to eat a meal or a sandwich , chewing every mouthful as slowly as possible . |
| 57 | Any person who has an interest in the unregistered property can apply to register a Caution against first registration ( LR form 13 ) with a supporting statutory declaration ( LR form 14 ) . |
| 58 | In the remainder of this section we will examine the following issues : which bodies are subject to judicial review ; what sorts of decision are subject to judicial review ; who can apply to have a decision judicially reviewed ; what remedies are available to an applicant for judicial review ; and the procedures for seeking judicial review . |
| 59 | However , if you are getting someone completely unknown , it is worth asking for people you can call to get a recommendation , although the vast majority of entertainers who advertise perform very well . |
| 60 | We can try using a version of the game of grandmothers ' whispers . |