Example sentences of "we [vb base] [verb] [pron] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We tend to think we can do anything , ’ he said wryly , ‘ but we ca n't . |
| 2 | We grow up , we become career-orientated , obsessed with status and we stop believing we can fly . |
| 3 | If we stop shaving we can demonstrate the fallacy of the equation of woman and hairlessness ; if we stop dieting we can show that woman equals big as well as small . |
| 4 | If we stop shaving we can demonstrate the fallacy of the equation of woman and hairlessness ; if we stop dieting we can show that woman equals big as well as small . |
| 5 | If we stay put they can stay up there and fry the valley bottom , and us with it . |
| 6 | ‘ After we 've eaten we can go round to the pub and play snooker . |
| 7 | I also give a guarantee that it is n't just a one off situation , meeting we all go away and forget about what we 've said I can assure you that wo n't happen minutes have been taken and and what 's been said this evening that will be conveyed to the management committee meeting the board meeting and I think we need to look very clearly at a very closely what 's been said and respond to what 's been said and I think that it 's been suggested also raised this evening about having a further meeting to report back and say erm this has been said this is our response . |
| 8 | But the reality was stated by Nir to George Bush , quite plainly , in July 1986 : ‘ We are dealing with the most radical elements … we 've learned they can deliver and the moderates ca n't . ’ |
| 9 | With imosters we 've found we can separate these signals very well . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've proved we can do it , and we 're more innovative at the moment than the Americans , ’ says Steve , who admits his career would have been far more difficult without the success of groups like Soul II Soul . |
| 11 | She 's always been trained on classical principles , and we 've proved you can train anything that way . |
| 12 | If you follow the recommendations we have made you can adapt your usual eating regime to make it more nutritious . |
| 13 | Nothing wrong with that , but if you want to learn anything about us we have to feel we can trust you . |
| 14 | We have shown we can do it we just need the money . |
| 15 | We have proved you can have just as much fun living in a shack as on a luxury yacht . ’ |