Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pers pn] can [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's all wired together so you can dial anything in that you want . |
| 2 | ‘ 'T IS only until I can find someone to convey a message to the Queen , begging her to see me . ’ |
| 3 | * Analysing the structure of a text is useful only if you can make something of it , such as linking it with something else about the text in a correlation or causal relation ( see p. 53 ) . |
| 4 | So if we can do something that may trick the would-be burglar into thinking there 's someone in , then he may well go somewhere else . |
| 5 | So if you can get one you will have two chances of being paid instead of one . |
| 6 | So if I can do one run and then photocopy it . |
| 7 | ‘ Here I am facing Liverpool in my first game as a fully-fledged Coventry player , so if I can put one over them , it will be the end of a perfect week . ’ |
| 8 | So if I can get something for about five five ton . |
| 9 | ‘ Just so long as I can do something — no matter what — I wo n't feel so helpless . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Not if they can rake something up about Ana ! ’ |
| 11 | Just because you can do something well does not mean that you are not brainy but when you show your academic prowess along practical lines you are not considered by this government to be of the same worth as someone who can recall knowledge on one day . |
| 12 | As soon as I can find someone to stay with the girls , for a night or two if it 's necessary , I 'm going to go . |
| 13 | goes on and on and on until you can get something that 's erm a straight forward one letter to the power so you can differentiate it . |
| 14 | ‘ I hope to be in the theatre somewhere if I can find one that will have me . ’ |
| 15 | Mother generally visits them in March before the season hots up so she can see something of Charity and spoil her grandchildren unmercifully . ’ |
| 16 | It 's no good wearing yourself out if you can get anything done |
| 17 | Even so , the starting-point , so far as we can find one , was polytheistic . |
| 18 | I suppose the winning streak had to come to an end sometime and really it 's better now when we can do something about it than at crimble when it 'll be more difficult to start shifting the team around in the more hectic fixture list . |
| 19 | mental institution and having to give up his job because once they get that position if they speak out , in any way , for instance the Civil Service you ca n't speak out at all even if you can see something that you know is wrong |
| 20 | Particularly if you can send somebody who has knowledge of the process , as well as the N V Q , with the point there , that that was being made , erm , and we felt that this was a growth area . |
| 21 | That works quite well with confused clients as well because they can see something that belongs to them or looks familiar to them . ’ |
| 22 | " We 'll have to get her out of there before I can do anything , Mr Stokill . " |
| 23 | ‘ So if Hurley asks you again if you can do something for him , ’ he said , ‘ tell him , okay . |
| 24 | I 've got to go all the bloody way round before I can buy anything . |