Example sentences of "you can and [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will have read enough apparently contradictory facts about what you can and ca n't eat to drive you to drink ( or chocolates , cakes , cheese sandwiches or whatever constitutes your particular downfall ) . |
| 2 | So says the Frozen Food Information Service ( FFIS ) , which has published a new guide , Take A Fresh Look at Frozen Foods , that tells you all you need to know about storing and thawing frozen food and what you can and ca n't freeze . |
| 3 | Your personality sets boundaries on what you can and can not do in rather the same way that your physical build also sets constraints . |
| 4 | As a copyright owner you have a legal right to prevent unauthorised copying of your work and as a practising artist you need to be aware of what you can and can not do with regard to using ‘ second-source ’ material as ideas for your own work . |
| 5 | Here there is a maze of rules about what you can and can not do and say but these are infinitely preferable to the alternative — control through official regulations and legislation . |
| 6 | They have their own language and customs , laws about what you can and can not do , and you have to fit into that society . |
| 7 | As Theresa says , we usually try and censor them , try and say no , you know , leave that out , erm , it 's as if you had a kind of er censor sitting in your mind telling me , er telling you telling you er er , but it works with me too , erm what you can and can not say . |
| 8 | By this time though , judging what footholds you can and can not use on this bizarrely rippled slab , should have become a touch clearer . |