Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] can [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like old furniture and Scotland has some great junk shops where you can buy things that look nice , are good quality but are n't that expensive . ’ |
| 2 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 3 | Both drives have picnic places and waymarked walks and you can buy souvenirs at Dalby Visitor Centre ( open Easter to October ) . |
| 4 | it was Thomas the Tank , all Thomas books and you can get crayons to do with it |
| 5 | ‘ If you touch that fish I 'll have you up the steps before you can say Jack Robinson , ’ hissed Herbie , going blue in the face ‘ Whaddya mean , ’ argued Lofty , ‘ I found im and I got ta licence . ’ |
| 6 | POLICE are likely to have to wait almost two months before they can interview Keith Pringle , the man at the centre of the Darlington siege . |
| 7 | I think one of the difficulties of science — you talked at the beginning of switching people off science — is there are some golden opportunities when you can argue science , you can argue politics , you can argue English Literature with your teacher — it 's very hard to argue mathematics with your teacher . |
| 8 | Pilkinsulation takes care of the u values so you can take care of the design |
| 9 | However , the colonial administrators were wrong in their particular approach to the problem and it is here and in the reaction of the Africans to colonial attitudes that we can find reasons for failure . |
| 10 | The 210 children have taken up the panto 's challenge and sought the advice of professional builders so they can construct Wendy 's house in brick in their school yard . |
| 11 | The sudden , sharp increase in cross-Atlantic skiing traffic owes much to the claims of some American resorts that they can guarantee snow cover , even if as much as 75 per cent of it may be man-made . |
| 12 | It is in virtue of such rules that we can make sense of the idea that we are objectively correct to call the new sensation a pain . |
| 13 | ‘ It has also enabled both of us to measure performance and to identify areas where we can save money , ’ added Anthony . |
| 14 | Their parents must lead them away from the nest site to other areas where they can collect food and find hiding places . |
| 15 | These rate CCG 's level of service , allowing the company to identify areas where it can make improvements . |
| 16 | You can have some mugs and you can have loads of nuts in tubes and all sorts , all right ? |
| 17 | There are no buttonholes but you can push buttons through the ladders if you want to . |
| 18 | Currently in Britain , all donors in clinics whether NHS or private , have to be tested for HIV antibodies before they can give sperm . |
| 19 | Hurry , form a chain to the pond with as many buckets as you can lay hands on , and keep the water coming . |
| 20 | One might also predict that context would be of most use to individuals who have acquired rapid word-recognition skills and who can integrate word meanings rapidly . |
| 21 | Anyone any ideas where you can buy pinball/arcade machines ? ? |
| 22 | Valya Schooling has been told by Ukraine government officials that she can become owner of the 6,000-acre property confiscated from her family after the Russian Revolution . |
| 23 | The Tourist Board asked me , ‘ Could you not write about real places so we can send people there ? ’ |
| 24 | Mr McFadyen said : ‘ We 've already been pledged financial support by several organisations if we can get part of the old school building as a community centre . ’ |
| 25 | They receive a substantial annual budget from central government coffers , they may borrow from the national loan fund for commercial purposes and they can make use of the proceeds from land sales . |
| 26 | They always bid for funerals and I can remember folk on in being horrified at the idea that folk would put a notice in a window . |
| 27 | " I told them three days before we can finish repairs , " he told us , " but we can do enough tomorrow to hold us to Banda , if weather is good . " |
| 28 | POLICE are likely to have to wait weeks before they can interview Keith Pringle the man at the centre of the Darlington siege . |
| 29 | " The rules are that if you leave your employment voluntarily you have to wait six weeks before you can claim Unemployment Benefit . |
| 30 | They will apply to fourth and fifth-formers , aimed at providing the pupils with more choice and flexibility during the last two years before they can leave school . |