Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] you can [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The other problem is that , assuming a rack is what you want and you can scrape together the readies , what would you choose to put in it , and could you stand the hassle of working out how to put it together , including the MIDI side ?
2 In contrast , the D-32 's tighter , more introverted qualities mean that you can thrash away at it with complete abandon and still get a smooth , rich , controlled and , it has to be said , very Martin-esque result .
3 After all , the hawks do actually eat what they catch and you can see how hard the hawk has to work just to get one square meal .
4 I mean if you can come up with the witnesses that are prepared to stick their head in the noose and say that .
5 I 'll cable if you accept and you can sail in about a month . ’
6 Yes , , you may as well stay there if you like or you can come down or
7 It seems that the central significance of economic support in families lies in its reliability : you always know that you can fall back upon the support of relatives if necessary and that this will be regarded as a legitimate request .
8 There 's an amazing amount of feel that you can get out of a guitar that you could never get out of any other instrument .
9 If you 're confronted on the phone by someone you 'd rather not speak to , or asked to name a price or give information you 're not ready to give , then always ask if you can call back later .
10 Ask if you can come down for a day or two .
11 Try if you can get up now . ’
12 ‘ You think that you can do just as you like — well , you 're wrong . ’
13 I wonder if you can find out how it works , what it does ? "
14 Well I think if you can come up with some suggestions you do n't have to say why .
15 We 've seen a very controlled and steady growth over the thirteen years that we 've been in business and I think as you can see there year on year we have consistently increased turnover and increased profitability .
16 See if you can ease forward sufficiently to relax your elbows onto the ground .
17 What I want you to do is try and hold on to it in your brain then when I 've finished write it down in the appropriate box and see if you can hold on to it long enough to do that .
18 Some of you are still without your costumes so if you could all go down to the municipal tip and see if you can flush out any dustbin lids it would be a great help . ’
19 Take my money and see if you can do better than me !
20 See if you can conjure up a picture of you being successful — what were the events , what were your thoughts and feelings , and what were you doing at the time ?
21 And see if you can rig up something forward-firing .
22 There we are , there you 're alright , O K , now there 's his tail , that goes up there , and try that one , see if you can see where that goes , oh what a clever girl , and that one , no there look , there 's only two holes left , that one and that 's the other one with his foot .
23 See if you can rustle up a cup of tea for Paula and me , please . ’
24 g ) Now draw the following table and see if you can fill in the blank spaces , using the strips of paper to help you as you did above .
25 See if you can fill in some more .
26 What I 'd like you to do now is er , just for a couple of minutes , informally with the people sitting next to you , see if you can list as many channels as you can under those second two headings , okay ?
27 ‘ And see if you can find out when the water and electricity are going to be back on ? ’
28 see if you can find out who 's spending money down that area , and then a occasionally , not , not too often , jobs that he 's fell back on and dropped , I 've been able to get a little start on , and very foolishly I used to tell him sometimes of the progress I was making that was where I made a mistake .
29 We are screening several of those titles , see if you can work out which ones they are !
30 Have a look on your your periodic table and see if you can work out what M N O two .
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