Example sentences of "can [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stir yourself if you can for a swim or join in the water polo , gymnastics , water basketball and volleyball and meet foreign friends . |
| 2 | Note that when you are acting for a seller of registered land ( unlike unregistered ) , the plan attached to the transfer must be signed by the seller alone , and not by the seller 's agent — not even by the seller 's conveyancer as you can for a buyer . |
| 3 | In some cases , vibrational progressions may be observed , and careful analysis of the nature of the vibrations involved can give us an idea of both the symmetry and any changes in structure associated with the transition , just as it can for a band in a valence photoelectron spectrum ( Section 6.6.2 ) . |
| 4 | The implications of this failure are very far-reaching because , it is only if market forces can be counted on to produce good , or even tolerable , results that the abdication from all responsibility for strategic policy-making can for a moment be justified . |
| 5 | Erm I think we can as a technicality |
| 6 | : Fb The kind of erm cinema that will have being two-screens , it 's going to allow the sort of variety that probably the Regal in the past was n't able to give to them , because we can as a policy have a constantly erm a constant turnover of different films . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , extemporisation by a competent player at the end of a hymn can be thrilling , as it can during a procession before or during the service . |
| 8 | Two more things — will you find out everything you can about a man called Oscar Lennis , Assistant Managing Director of the T. and T. shipping company , and formerly in the air-freight business on his own account ? |
| 9 | Find out as much as you can about a job before you apply for it , and certainly before you have an interview . |
| 10 | ‘ And there are some boys who are just out to go as far as they can with a girl and get rid of her after a couple of days . |
| 11 | The lithographer can draw on a regular piece of paper with the same facility that he can with a pencil or brush . |
| 12 | yeah quicker than I can with a key ! |
| 13 | Removing all I can with a salt bath , and using various propriety parasite treatments have had no effect , the leeches just keep coming back . |
| 14 | one small aspect in the paper of , can into a page a full page . |
| 15 | I keep reminding myself that this was a film , a work of art , a dramatic illusion , but it 's not easy to detach yourself from a film , as you can from a play . ’ |
| 16 | Africa proved to be a paradise where Mr Sandy could pursue his favourite hobby of birdwatching : ‘ It was a most enjoyable tour from the birdwatching point of view because you can see more species in one day in Africa than you can in a year in Scotland . ’ |
| 17 | You can in a minute , yeah . |
| 18 | I found an old coat thrown across a garbage can in a back alley . |
| 19 | People can ‘ change their luck ’ , and can in a way say ‘ No ’ to divine Providence , though of course if they do they have to stand by the consequences of their decision . |
| 20 | They can in a matter of milliseconds make a transition from the liquid state to a ‘ weak solid ’ state with solid-like properties . |
| 21 | It is not as efficient as either in their own fields , but performs very much better than they can in a situation where a significant enquiry facility is necessary and where the data is frequently processed sequentially . |
| 22 | Today his advice might be : ‘ A man with a gun and word processor can make more money in a month than his lawyer can in a lifetime . ’ |
| 23 | I suppose you can get can you get so many up you can in a lot of places ca n't you ? |
| 24 | The thing is putting the if what you can round a bed is n't it , you can ? |
| 25 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 26 | The formulation of restraints upon State activities through the adoption ( often by consensus ) of Resolutions and Codes of Conduct within international organisations makes it hard for a State to claim non-party status , as it can to a treaty it has not ratified . |