Example sentences of "then [pers pn] can [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Because it 's there 's if I 'm there for three weeks and they only want a score card done then my potential earnings er total earnings are that but I 'm there anyway so if I 'm getting both of them done then I can earn a lot more money .
2 I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles .
3 Then I can do a lot
4 Besides , then I can get a female .
5 The odd day here and there is not important , but if you could let me know within the next couple of weeks or so when you intend to take a major part of your holiday away — if you know — I do n't myself know erm yet — but if you do know then I can have a look at the overall picture and see that we 're not all dispersed .
6 ‘ Just get me to this place and then I can phone a garage .
7 Then I can keep an eye on the eggs . ’
8 " You 'd better collect a few more like that : then you can make a notice board and frighten Fiver .
9 Then you can lay a fire , which is what I was about to do , ’ he said with a flash of annoyance .
10 But then you can watch a film and a series on Central all the way through , without having to wait from about five minutes to ten , almost , not literally , but almost through till about er five to eleven .
11 Then you can write a piece for me which will point out the problems , without declaring that they are insoluble short of a social revolution .
12 Then you can get a chance to do it again in your book .
13 Then you can get an engine tuned without using the turntable these .
14 It 's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking .
15 Right well we 'll just do this then you can have a go on the computer .
16 If you 'd like to do this one Mark then you can have a break
17 Then you can have a bath , ha .
18 You can help this fall in body temperature by being inactive all evening ( sitting in front of the television ? ) , but if you are quite active physically then you can maintain a sense of comfort if you turn down your room thermostat a few degrees in the evening or if you roll up your sleeves and aid heat loss this way .
19 And apply it to say driving along at steady speeds , then you can work a lot of it out for yourself .
20 which you know then you can explore a bit .
21 Well obviously she do her hair then she can do a weave in n it ?
22 Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate .
23 What is clear is that if economic growth — which has already slowed down , particularly during the 1980s , in most of the industrial countries — continues to decline , while the claims of governments to legitimacy remain founded primarily upon their ability to promote such growth , then we can anticipate a period of increasing political instability and turbulence .
24 If each weight is written in binary form , all to the same precision ( say 8 bits ) , then we can form a bit string by simply concatenating them .
25 So I 'll try and get something sorted before May , if not then we 'll go to the one in July , it 'll be red it should be red hot in July and it 's a really nice day and if we make a day of it , then we can take a picnic and you know it 's very so pleasant .
26 However , if this group of N bits is taken as one field , then we can encode a range of 2N binary values ; thus 2N gates can be controlled ( or 2 N -1 , since one value may be required to specify that no gate is to be opened ) .
27 Then we can have a drink in the bar first . ’
28 No — wo n't hear of it , sir — when you leave finally , which we trust will be long delayed — then we can have a discussion on the matter of the account . ’
29 Well the quickest way of doing is that those officers who are remaining in office erm could be voted back into office and then we can have a vote on on the others those that are unopposed as it were .
30 Right , well if give me their address , then we can get a letter .
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