Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pers pn] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area man 'll look at it and say ‘ You can knock them down ’ . |
| 2 | on a lot of systems , really now is the time for you to try and go and buy a new system , because you can knock them down immensely really good bargains the basic |
| 3 | Build you up and we can knock you down ! |
| 4 | And none of us can slow it down . |
| 5 | Well , we have er W W F , the World Wide Fund for Nature has two hundred and seventy five projects already up and running er in rainforest areas of the world , and there are constant demands for more projects to be undertaken , and of course , all this costs money ; for men , machinery , equipment er and persuading governments , talking to people to make sure that we , if we ca n't halt this devastating destruction of rainforests , at least we can slow it down . |
| 6 | You 've got to really get to the right of that red , so can rush it down to the , left of that hoop with the red paint on it . |
| 7 | but until it 's it 's the same with any subject you know until you know what you 're doing until you can tie it down to something physical and until you can understand I mean you always understand by similarities |
| 8 | Well I can send it down with anybody . |
| 9 | Whatever type of communication system we use , we can break it down into the following parts : ( a ) a source of information ( b ) a device which converts the information into a suitable form for transmission ( c ) the means of communication ( channel of communication ) itself ( d ) perhaps some form of processing circuit(s) at intervals along the way ( e ) a destination for the signal and its conversion into a suitable form ( which is normally that of the original ) and , finally , ( f ) the receiver of the information . |
| 10 | You can break it down further , you can add in things here about what somebody wanted , okay , what somebody was trying to get hold of , what they wanted , and also perhaps what they wanted to avoid . |
| 11 | Through the pressure of our numbers and the power of our campaigning , we too can bring them down . |
| 12 | Taylor confessed : ‘ Paul has got that something about him — but still , if we are not steady , it can bring him down . |
| 13 | ‘ Because it 's in Europe we think we can bring him down with all his works . |
| 14 | you can keep her down at two , so much the better . |
| 15 | and course then the sides cave in again and that 's the idea they can keep it down level , or try to . |
| 16 | If I can keep you down , I stay up . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't need to copy it down when initially build it but er I might just put a little bit of extra work in I can make so and can copy it down . |
| 18 | But behind her is a galley that can burn her down to the waterline , and beside her is Crackbene with a genius for sailing and guns he has hardly used yet . |
| 19 | yeah , erm , I do n't quite know what to do about this , this is , I 've taken some stuff out , if I can slide it down the |
| 20 | We 'll do it ourselves , although the council are the only people who can put them up anyone can take them down , |
| 21 | And depending on the area we 'll give a photocopy of the map and Derek will fetch 'em in , Derek can take them down . |
| 22 | and we can take them down to the Christmas school fare . |
| 23 | Well Rudy can take you down to you know where to go Tarrers But if you do n't wan na go you 're , you 've got the telly . |
| 24 | We can take it down ; we ought to take it down really . |
| 25 | ‘ Then tomorrow , you can take it down to the oven and tell them to put it at the bottom , so it -cooks really slowly , to keep it moist . ’ |
| 26 | And then we can take it down let Chris ' nanny hear it . |
| 27 | you can take it down the tip , |
| 28 | She wants to prove him wrong so she can slap me down . |
| 29 | But no , it 's quiet , we can hear them down there ca n't we ? |
| 30 | You can hear it down in the village . ’ |