Example sentences of "[adj] can [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Whilst we 're singing this can we take up our morning offering . |
2 | Good morning , hope you all enjo hope you all enjoyed the meeting last night and er just by way of a change today we 've got er er resolutions and debates on the Labour Party and from one socialist party to another can I extend the warmest congratulations of the G M B Labour Party Conference to our comrades in Spain who 've been successful in winning a fourth general election . |
3 | Fibre : how high can you go ? |
4 | How about erm things like ooh foreign can you spell foreign ? |
5 | There are some can you think of one . |
6 | Think of a time when you were n't assertive , just think of a time when you were n't assertive can you think of one |
7 | And on that subject , how much of the unknown and unknowable can I sketch in ? |
8 | How nauseating can you get ? ’ |
9 | Two times five and what about the thirty six can you think of two numbers that would make thirty six when you multiply them together ? |
10 | HOW MUCH CAN WE BORROW ? |
11 | " How much can we sell them for ? " |
12 | How much can I covenant ? |
13 | HOW MUCH CAN I INVEST ? |
14 | How much can I explain in my own words ? |
15 | He did not ask : how much can I earn in a day if I do as much work as possible ? but how much must I work in order to earn the wage which I earned before and which takes care of my traditional needs ? … |
16 | Now the question is how much can I earn for doing that |
17 | Okay , how much can I have , that 's the question now |
18 | So how much can I get for it now ? |
19 | How much can it conduct through ? |
20 | How much can it hold ? |
21 | and say well think of the conductance , do n't think of it as resisting and stopping the water , how much can it get along and get through ? |
22 | How much can you earn ? |
23 | How much can you provide in the Greater York area ? |
24 | ‘ How much can you read , Matilda ? ’ |
25 | much erm how much can you cut with those as opposed to having needing the erm , the other ones that are used for trees . |
26 | How much can you afford to pay ? |
27 | ‘ How much can you afford ? ’ |
28 | Er and the only other point was , where was how much can you afford and he said well what 's the minimum ? |
29 | How much can you reduce the time ? |
30 | 1 Can you remember any particular books you liked when you were very young ( before you started Juniors ) ? 2 What were they ? 3 How much can you remember about them ? 4 What was good about them ? 5 Do you have any especially happy memories about reading in those days ? 6 Or any especially unhappy memories ? 7 Did learning to write help your reading ? 8 Talk about your first experiences of reading with a friend and write down all the things you can remember . |