Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the appropriate sales person so that he and she can log it away in the manual . |
| 2 | Entrenched competitors can make it hard for a supplier to win new orders . |
| 3 | ‘ It would be useful , ’ he said , ‘ if practitioners were made aware of the information that is required from them so they can build it up over a period of time . ’ |
| 4 | And there 's half of baked potato in the fridge if you can scoop it out of the skin and heat it up . |
| 5 | Hold onto all these smells until the evening , when you can deliver them up onto the blank paper . |
| 6 | You 've got to really get to the right of that red , so can rush it down to the , left of that hoop with the red paint on it . |
| 7 | Those new-age prats think they can flush me out with a bit of colonic irrigation . |
| 8 | Why do n't you come up here for a week or two and I 'll show you how to knit a string bag to put hubby in then you can hang him up with the onions . |
| 9 | Exploring ideas of motherhood can plunge us right into the heart of mystical philosophy as well as into the practical world of child rearing . |
| 10 | ‘ Then he can tie them up with the firm . |
| 11 | There are already two hundred thousand Chinese living in Cholon and you can buy everything there from a pipe of opium to a slant-eyed " singing girl . " " |
| 12 | Realising that it is far too late in her life to expect her to do more than make an effort to modify this trait in her character , you should see if you can direct it away from the home . |
| 13 | Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’ |
| 14 | And when you score a cracker of a goal , you can watch it again on the slow-motion replay ( this can be turned off ) . |
| 15 | HAVE noticed that any old grandad who can prop himself up on a spade can dig better than I can , and it does seem that although women have virtues not given to men , men also have their gifts . |
| 16 | They can give you more for a start . |
| 17 | It can be fascinating , but the allure of intellectualism can carry us away to the point of deliberately courting obscurity . |
| 18 | Sembene Ousmane is a story-teller and a skilful writer who can carry you along with the drama and the atmosphere regardless of subject . |
| 19 | ‘ So as they can whip them off at a moment 's notice ! ’ he hissed . |
| 20 | Some people are daunted by the technology of sound , but it 's basically just like water : you can send it out in a jet or you can spray it gently over everyone . |
| 21 | Whatever type of communication system we use , we can break it down into the following parts : ( a ) a source of information ( b ) a device which converts the information into a suitable form for transmission ( c ) the means of communication ( channel of communication ) itself ( d ) perhaps some form of processing circuit(s) at intervals along the way ( e ) a destination for the signal and its conversion into a suitable form ( which is normally that of the original ) and , finally , ( f ) the receiver of the information . |
| 22 | Fraser of Neill 's claimed that only " a few men can set music and only a few men can do a table and only a few men can do anything out of the way " . " |
| 23 | Well we can do it downstairs from the main system or something |
| 24 | Yeah , but people can do it even in a little way |
| 25 | I can do it easily from the Crouch , and old Joanna will attract no sort of attention . |
| 26 | if you can do it out of the bath , so I thought , oh , that 's it , get the razor |
| 27 | It is the same with the notion that you can bring everybody up to the average . |
| 28 | The essential point is that if two beneficial mutations , A and B , occur in different individuals in the same population , sex and recombination can bring them together in a single descendant . |
| 29 | For me , there is an immediacy about them , an intimacy , that can bring me closer to the writer than anything else . |
| 30 | You can bring it back in the morning when you pick up your own . ’ |