Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An offer should only be announced once an irrevocable commitment to provide the necessary funds has been received from a person upon whom reliance can reasonably be placed at that time ( see Panel Notice 1991/4 of 1 May 1991 in relation to Luirc Corp and Merlin International Properties Ltd ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Last season 's experience tells me Bangor can still win . |
| 3 | I for my part can not see why , subject to compliance with the proviso , a person should not be liable to be extradited under the terms of the Treaty if he was party to a crime committed in Sweden , such as , for example , the importation of drugs into Sweden , even if he was not himself in Sweden at the time of the importation . |
| 4 | Then he wraps a bandage firmly round my hand , making sure it is not so tight that my fingers can not move . |
| 5 | I should not run home and stay here in fear , for my sister can not harm me . |
| 6 | My sister can not be trusted with any but the simplest of tasks . ’ |
| 7 | My sister can never understand what I am prepared to do for her , for our welfare . |
| 8 | My computer can now sound like a flushing toilet , call me ‘ big boy ’ , break wind , burst into laughter , tell me what program I 've entered , giggle like my two-year-old and more . |
| 9 | So the question , whether or not there 's there is a clear expression to my , to my mind can not be answered . |
| 10 | If I was not similarly open , it is merely because my embarrassments can only be laid at the door of my own folly , and not to the workings of chance . ’ |
| 11 | Many times I see a nameless beauty and my soul is moved , but my words can not contort themselves into a likeness of this beauty . |
| 12 | As I think on this my anger at his death is less , though my grief can not be . |
| 13 | My constituents can not run the library service for themselves , but some libraries in my constituency have been closed . |
| 14 | My name can not die with me . " |
| 15 | These seem to have increased in number since the Support Services Review , and some have only tangential relevance ( if any ) to the sorts of enquiries which my staff can routinely handle . |
| 16 | The arguments in support of my belief can not be detailed here but the point of departure in common with Lord Simon in Morgan is that the distinction between crimes of basic and crimes of specific intent can only be appreciated against the backdrop of the probative-evidential dialogue which characterizes the criminal trial . |
| 17 | There are , of course , certain charlatans who do receive his grace and favour but , unlike that snake-in-the-grass Pybus , who is always eager to lick Singh 's cigar , or smoke his boots , my loyalty can not be bought . |
| 18 | ‘ My life can not be called my own . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My life can only be a question of a few weeks . |
| 20 | There is no way that the content of my thought can both be something that the subject really thinks , apprehends or is conscious of , and yet fall outside the scope of an analysis of the act of thinking . |
| 21 | The results of my journey can not , I think , but be attended with great advantage to science returning as I have loaded with novelties in every department of zoology ; besides much entirely [ new ] information respecting the habits and economy of the singular forms peculiar to Australia . |
| 22 | Most of my occasional tests of 500 GP bikes end before I would like them to , simply because my arms can no longer resist the braking g-forces and I 'm likely to get flipped off . |
| 23 | The media make their fortune highlighting our problems and exploiting our pain with their telephoto lenses , but the images I have captured with my spirit can neither be bought or sold , for they are priceless and money can not cure what other people 's faith and greed for money has caused . |
| 24 | My love does not , can not make her happy ; my love can only release in her the capacity to be happy . |
| 25 | I 've lost 4ins ( 10cm ) all over and my friends can not believe it — they have all been buying your book ! |
| 26 | My thesis can best be summarised as follows : |
| 27 | ‘ The fact that it has some kind of playful relationship with Birmingham is something with which readers of my novels can easily cope . |
| 28 | But he 's getting to the point where I 'm ready for saying to him away you go down to your granny 's right , but my mam can nae live with him either . |
| 29 | ‘ The prince my brother can scarce take his eyes off you ! ’ |
| 30 | My mother can not go . |