Example sentences of "can you [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With names like Joe Satriani , Steve Vai , Paul Gilbert and jazzers Joe Pass and George Benson using your product , how can you go wrong ? |
| 2 | WITH Venus in your house of relationships between February 2 and June 6 , how can you go wrong ? |
| 3 | — Can you record English language broadcasts ? |
| 4 | And anyway , how can you commit criminal damage against a thing which itself is criminal damage ? ’ |
| 5 | Can you sit nice and still please , on your bottoms , without touching anybody next to you . |
| 6 | Mum can you talk posh ? |
| 7 | Can you talk common like cockneys talk ? |
| 8 | How can you stay detached when my life is disintegrating ? |
| 9 | Not only can you feel smug that you bagged the Ben the hard way , you will also be handsomely rewarded by the views across Loch Linnhe as you descend . |
| 10 | ‘ Can you conjure particular ghosts ? ’ she asked . |
| 11 | And can you prepare French Fries so that they contain no cholesterol whatsoever ? |
| 12 | When I 'm working with people on an evaluation or discussing evaluation in general , one of the major items of discussion always is , how can you consult other people , how can you get them involved ? |
| 13 | Those I 'm not interested in producing reports and publications out of evaluation studies , I 'm interested in affecting the situation and affecting it to the mutual satisfaction of the people involved in it , and in fact when we 're when I 'm working with people on an evaluation , or discussing evaluation in general , one of the major items of our discussion always is how can you consult other people , how can you get them involved ? |
| 14 | How about erm things like ooh foreign can you spell foreign ? |
| 15 | Can you clarify Labour party policy by saying whether Labour is in favour of Bolshevism or against it ? |
| 16 | And for Christ 's sake , Johnny , how on earth can you justify sexual freedom for men if you deny it to women ? |
| 17 | ‘ How can you forget old Shack ? ’ |
| 18 | Can you make sure you both have something to show me by lunchtime ? |
| 19 | ‘ Can you make sure someone will let me in , early evening ? ’ |
| 20 | How many signatures on the banker 's order fine can you make sure mister Fred Smith is with you as well ? |
| 21 | Oh , before we go any further , yes , sorry , no , you 're right Liam can you make sure that computer 's on please that one . |
| 22 | now , can you make sure you are somewhere where you can see this please . |
| 23 | But we as crime prevention officers regularly meet with erm the newspaper people to say can you make sure your staff push them through the letter boxes and they assure us that the er , the next thing on their list to prioritize but it does n't happen . |
| 24 | If you do not know what the true variable costs are , how can you make correct decisions ? |
| 25 | Can you see small coloured dots where the dyed water is ? |
| 26 | Can you help poor Victor ? |
| 27 | , what can you buy little Dean nothing , can you ? |
| 28 | I mean can you solve square roots by hand ? |
| 29 | Can you get financial help to improve the home you want to buy ? |
| 30 | ‘ But how can you get panic-stricken parents to understand the difference and cooperate with you ? ’ |