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Example sentences of "but [pers pn] can [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1	erm unfortunately , it might sound extremely erm severe , but I can think of a number of people I 've met in my experience as a pastor who really and frankly could not help themselves and need to be treated almost like children again and made to receive help , and there are quite number of those sort of characters , unfortunately , on the streets of Oxford .
2	‘ But I can pencil in a few other little misdemeanours .
3	in n it no but I can look after a baby .
4	You can only go in the future direction in time , but you can go at a bit of an angle to it .
5	I 've suggested you start with two yarns of medium thickness , but you can weave in a large variety of yarns .
6	It is not very close to the theatre but we can arrange for a car to take her back after every performance . ’
7	He 's been formally trained , but he can get on a sax and he can improvise and he had a respect for the improvisation that we do in rap . ’
8	It means ‘ to give a bit more ’ and reflects the love that Creole and Cajun people have for their cuisine , but it can refer to a helping of food , a cookery tip , or even just giving more care and attention to an everyday dish .
9	Mr Havel 's Civic Forum may be some way behind East Germany 's New Forum , but it can draw upon a reservoir of informally networked dissent which dates back more than a decade .
10	Mr Havel 's Civic Forum may be some way behind East Germany 's New Forum , but it can draw upon a reservoir of informally networked dissent which dates back more than a decade .
11	None of this means Shawcross should stop — the cause is too important — but it can make for a frustrating life .
12	Many professions , too , are very ready to affirm their weddedness to the value of the critical attitude : there is a growing sense , at least among the senior echelons , that tradition is all very well , but it can act as a brake on necessary change .