Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | We both argued that the levels of er housing development in Craven , Harrogate and to a lesser extent perhaps Amblet Hambleton should not be constrained , so as to reduce erm the the steady trickle if I can describe it as that of migration from the West Yorkshire conurbation to those areas , in perhaps er l looking at the different proposal for the new settlement which might be located in the Leeds York corridor . |
| 5 | ‘ You can trust him for that . |
| 6 | More professionally , you can lighten them to that bleached-bone look by staining them with a white stain , thinned down with fifty percent white spirit . |
| 7 | ’ I do n't know how you can watch it like that . |
| 8 | There is an aesthetic , if we can dignify it with that word , which distinguishes blood sports from each other . |
| 9 | I hope so , and if I can contribute something to that culture change I shall be glad to do so . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , we can do something about that straightaway and at the same time keep you under observation . |
| 11 | Women have always felt both complaint and commitment about domestic life with men — the difference is that today they can do something about that contradiction . |
| 12 | " Why , I think we can do something about that , " said the little girl . |
| 13 | Aye that 's right , that 's right , aye , but er sixty six we can do something about that nowadays . |
| 14 | And see , you know , if they can do something about that , maybe it 'd be right time . |
| 15 | What you 've got to do is actually have some understanding of the needs of a of particular newspapers , radio programmes , television programmes , by studying , look at it , see what it who 's it for , what language do they use , how do they phrase things , what 's their format , and then you can get yourself in the position where you can say , ‘ I can do something like that , I can produce something like that . ’ |
| 16 | can do one like that with that mustard up the top shelf |
| 17 | " I can do nothing for that boy . " |
| 18 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
| 19 | Well we can do plenty of that . |
| 20 | But then they came back and said it was changed to ‘ Everything We Do Is Driven By You ’ and my initial thought was ‘ Yuk , I do n't think I can do anything with that either , ’ because it just sounded like motor cars and I 'm not interested in singing songs about motor cars . |
| 21 | Mm so we can do it on that . |
| 22 | I can remember something about that |
| 23 | Well I think I can remember something like that then . |
| 24 | it 's only a chosen few that can understand him at that speed . |
| 25 | ‘ You can contact us on that . |
| 26 | And you can report him for that ! |
| 27 | ‘ Your intentions have little to do with it , I can assure you of that . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ She thinks more of that old maid up at the Hall than she does of me , her own mother , I can assure you of that . ’ |
| 29 | I can assure you of that . |
| 30 | Ask the people across the water on the Isle of Wight what they think of metered water , a resounding thumbs , thumbs down I can assure you of that . |