Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not until later ( perhaps mid 30s ) that their domestic commitments change so that they can start to return to work . |
| 2 | It seems to me that he ca n't be that unhappy because he 's currently managing twelve vacancies deliberately , in order to produce underspend so that he can re-surface his car park , maintain privileged restaurants for his erm , senior officers , chauffeur driven car for himself and build a new hangar for his helicopter . |
| 3 | And if people mention obstructions I 'll make sure I find out exactly what they mean so that I can identify the threshold of the runway correctly . |
| 4 | Erm the two interact constantly and you can see foreign policy in some ways as a bridge between what goes on within the frame , the domestic framework of a country and what goes on in the international environment which surrounds it . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ We keep building massive new police offices , but we never build any where we can get the police into the estates where there is constant lawlessness , where the drug barons rule . ’ |
| 6 | Be sure to remember that as puppies grow up so they can reach higher , and the larger breeds can easily reach a worktop in a kitchen . |
| 7 | If not say now and we can go through it . |
| 8 | And then you say well if you can go |
| 9 | After a while she runs out of things to say , so she says ‘ hold on till we can answer your call ’ , and that is followed by a lengthy silence ( for which you pay more money through your other nostril ) . |
| 10 | I 've been on to Di this long time and have one like that , then you can and put down so you can have more room , you know , when you put it out . |
| 11 | Det Sgt Stimpson said : ‘ She searches him every time he comes home or goes out , and she keeps his bedroom bare of the usual toys and clutter so that she can see at a glance whether he has hidden any stolen property . ’ |
| 12 | It requires acting out the change in one 's own being and conduct so that it can take effect in the appropriate sphere . |
| 13 | Always fill in the record of the cheques you issue so that you can check them against your statement . |
| 14 | If you break down and you can drive to the nearest one , then do so , it i if it 's something like a , your wheel , or your tyre 's gone down , then drive . |
| 15 | We can do exactly the same : look around for good ambush spots as you run , places which give you cover so that you can jump out and completely surprise your attacker as he rushes past . |
| 16 | They do n't know about cold so intense that rivers freeze over so you can drive a horse and cart across them . |
| 17 | Imagine also that we can define a set of ‘ iso-vote ’ lines : these are similar to indifference curves and each one shows combinations of inflation and unemployment which would yield the government equal popularity . |
| 18 | ‘ He is a very laid back , lazy , gross horse , ’ the trainer said , ‘ And I hope now that he can come on . |
| 19 | You 're expecting people to resent it so you hold back before they can get any ideas about hurting you . ’ |
| 20 | The verbal expression of a maxim will be something like : ‘ In circumstances of such and such a sort I shall act thus ’ , and I act immorally unless I can will that all agents should guide their behaviour by a corresponding maxim directed at themselves . |
| 21 | They , too , need to know without delay where they stand so that they can prepare to work in and with the new structures and make their own bids for funds . |
| 22 | The easy option is to visit a kite shop , send for a mail order list or attend a kite meeting where there 's a sales stand so that you can buy the whole outfit — handle , line and a ready-to-fly kite with , or perhaps without , a tail . |
| 23 | Come stand together so we can see you both . ’ |
| 24 | avoid formulae and strategies which others , from different disciplines , insist that we adopt so that they can achieve a unified standard . |
| 25 | you hear , in fact some folk waken up and they can feel it pulse coming up there . |
| 26 | Dig in when you can feel flower heads starting to form at the base . |
| 27 | If you 've no access from below , you can screw slightly loose treads and risers together through from the tread , but the job will be more effective and last longer if you can prise the joint between tread and riser apart ( the riser may be tongued into the tread ) , squirt in a little wood glue , then screw into the edge of the riser through the tread . |
| 28 | Do n't you want to keep your umm doughnut until you get home and you can have a nice drink ? |
| 29 | For example , if someone is looking agitated or clearly fuming with anger , indicate openly that you can see they are upset . |
| 30 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |