Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Times are hard , and money is scarce , but please , if you can spare anything at all , contact Pat Drake as soon as possible . |
| 2 | Not directly but you can make one in that how that once everybody gets , once you have the resources to raise everybody up to a certain sort of acceptable standard of living , then you can redistribute those resources and you are , you are , y you 'll be able to eliminate poverty |
| 3 | Israeli children eat these pancakes during Hanukkah in December but you can make them at any time of the year . |
| 4 | For accountants who can make it to any of the superstores ( research shows that customers travel some distance but telesales are available to any destination in the UK ) , whether they are sole practitioners or part of a larger group , the benefits would appear to be great . |
| 5 | It 's bendy , you can make it into any shape , you know the one ? |
| 6 | Wh whilst that 's being done , can I just add that do n't feel inhibited ab I want you to make your best case , but I mean you know , if if you can make it in five minutes instead of half an hour then nothing will be lost in that . |
| 7 | People like Garth Crooks , Mike MacFarlane and Garry Thompson traced back how they could have made their blackness the basis for defeatism , admitting that ‘ there 's no way a black guy can make it in this society . ’ |
| 8 | We 'll be available on N T erm I do n't think I can say concurrently with the availability of N T cos A no one knows the availability of N T and secondly there will inevitabl be some lag , but it will be very soon as quick as we can make it after that . |
| 9 | You can make lots of different muffins from the basic mixture above . |
| 10 | A recent upset or altercation can unsettle someone with severe dementia , making behaviour even more erratic . |
| 11 | Even today , with the growth of computers in every branch of business , it is rare to find a computer man who can explain himself in simple English . |
| 12 | At Naïm , House of Hair & Beauty you can treat yourself to solid gold highlights ! |
| 13 | With the BaByliss BodyToner Plus you can treat yourself to wonderful massages and get back into shape at the same time . |
| 14 | You can treat me for free when you 're a doctor . " |
| 15 | That means you can treat me like this . |
| 16 | Once the colour has solidified in the palette you can treat it as normal ‘ pan ’ watercolour : the colour can be lifted off by applying a wet brush . |
| 17 | You can cover yourself for certain kinds of private medical treatment , including hospital stays , and you can cover yourself so that you will receive an income if you should fall sick and not be able to work . |
| 18 | Or , you can cover it with black plastic so that it rots down . |
| 19 | Thames can congratulate itself on this scheme , but the BBC must feel still more satisfaction . |
| 20 | ‘ Buzz , I ca n't understand how you can eat anything after these huge , delicious French lunches . |
| 21 | Yes , I can influence him in any way that I please . |
| 22 | The important thing is that we can influence it through aerobic exercise . |
| 23 | I must never forget that He can influence us to right interpretation and thinking and even to some inspired initiative of love . |
| 24 | So what we have , if I can paint it like this , is a development programme which does n't just rely on Oxfordshire Social Services putting cash into it , because there are , if we manage this process properly , other people who we can encourage to bring money into Oxfordshire , but the key thing that 'll only do it is if they 're confident that they 're dealing with a competent organization and somebody that they trust and they have some form of credibility . |
| 25 | ‘ If you can oblige us with that bit of information you can turn the donkey loose and we 'll find it on the road for the man who reported it lost . |
| 26 | When nature has provided you with a highly efficient set of incisors capable of cutting down more than 100 trees in one season , and an overriding instinct to build complex dams up to 4,000 ft. long and 12 ft. high , you can regard yourself as one of her senior architects and master builders . |
| 27 | If we go back to the private 's utterance ‘ I 've been scrubbing them all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner ’ , we can relate it to these three layers as follows : |
| 28 | and that means that I can photocopy them for half the price . |
| 29 | These five steps are a counsel of perfection , but most surveys can include them to some degree . |
| 30 | I 'll just grab my video camera then I can include myself on all my articles , invoices and letterheads . |