Example sentences of "we can [verb] [be] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have excellent food — almost twice as much as we can eat is offered us at every meal — and we have well heated rooms , which is indeed a blessing , when you compare the virtual absence of heating at the Peking Languages Institute where we work . |
| 2 | What they do n't seem to realise is that we do n't keep spares in the office , so all we can do is send them on to Ablex anyway , so you 'll have longer to wait . |
| 3 | Yeah , you might just do that , as I say all we can do is tell you what is possible , okay , there are going to be in |
| 4 | ‘ All we can do is hope he 'll be safe . |
| 5 | The least we can do is dress you for effect . |
| 6 | ‘ Then I suppose all we can do is to take her one of our Christmas puddings and some holly and things , ’ said Christine sadly . |
| 7 | She wants to escape from home , and the least we can do is to let her stay here for a while . |
| 8 | What we can do is choose our friends and only listen to those whose opinion we totally respect . |
| 9 | For example , we can not see or touch a computer program running in a computer , all we can do is experience its effects through a peripheral device such as a monitor or a printer . |
| 10 | The best we can do is raise our own children differently ( a project that will fail , ironically , to the extent that children model themselves on the unreconstructed adults they encounter ! ) |
| 11 | O K so look let me just go through these notices er for today 's tutorial period , one or two changes erm again a thought for the week from the chaplain to begin with , during the approaching season of Lent , the best thing we can do is to centre our thoughts on what Jesus Christ did for us through his passion , death and resurrection . |
| 12 | There 's one thing we can do is take one from t' other . |
| 13 | All we can do is to follow our inner guidance , realize we are a part of the Earth , and we will know . |
| 14 | The other thing we can do is to retrace our steps leading to eqn ( 2.22 ) . |
| 15 | The only thing we can do is to send our spies to watch Leeds United and Stuttgart . |
| 16 | ‘ Then all we can do is keep our eyes open for the next couple of days , and you see that your doors are locked and bolted at night . ’ |