Example sentences of "[conj] you can do " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ There was discrimination ] not directly , but in subtle ways , like when you 're choosing your options , no matter what you 're doing there 's always a group where you can do cookery or needlework , but if you 're doing physics you have to put that down , and that means that you ca n't do something else that you might want to do , like history or something ; you 've got to make a positive choice to do science whereas it 's quite easy to drift into doing history and things like that . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll learn the pleasures of anticipation , my lady , where you can do no damage . |
| 3 | While Ian was at work we did trips to Shantytown ( a reconstructed gold-mining town ) , and Woods Creek , where you can do a walk through old mining tunnels and realise the incredible harshness of the miner 's life , digging drainage systems through solid rock . |
| 4 | You can ‘ be alive ’ as opposed to ‘ being dead ’ ; or you can do your best to live life to the full — putting in and getting out as much as possible . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , Harri , you can either sit back and let him do the digging or you can do a little investigation yourself . ’ |
| 6 | Or you can do absolutely nothing but lie in the sun in the garden and tan . |
| 7 | You can generate the dust by rubbing the Polychromos Pastels against fine sandpaper , a practical use for small remnant pieces that would otherwise be difficult to use up , or you can do as I do and spread the dust from very lightly applied pastel strokes , placed to allow a very deliberate development of the effect over a localised area . |
| 8 | Do it as that or you can do it after three months , yes I mean |
| 9 | ‘ You can shoot the tiger before it tears the goat 's throat out , or you can do it afterwards . ’ |
| 10 | Say there we are you can add twelve add twelve or you can do two times |
| 11 | Or you can do control and C and it 'll finish it off . |
| 12 | Or you can do a vaguely experimental sort of thing . |
| 13 | Or you can do it tonight . |
| 14 | Or you can do it next week . |
| 15 | This bank might be set to one as well or zero and then you sum those together which is that summation there , or you can do a product there 's a product there . |
| 16 | Or you can do all these round here . |
| 17 | and they do it electrically or you can do it manually and he 's turned them round manually and now the water 's coming out normal put them back to how they were |
| 18 | You can put , do brown and put colours on the top or you can do him any colour and then put any colour on top . |
| 19 | You can either do it per pound or you can do a total amount in the end |
| 20 | Or you can do what I have just said , which is , say ‘ I , I 've made a mistake there , I think I 'll do it again , what I want to say is this . ’ |
| 21 | This is traditionally done in early spring , although you can do it any time between autumn and late spring . |
| 22 | There is no need at all to write down all your food and drink each day , although you can do this occasionally if you find it motivates you . |
| 23 | Although you can do the same via the menus ( the corresponding sequence being Chart , Edit Data ) it is much more convenient to click on this icon . |
| 24 | Although you can do all the water plumbing side yourself , the gas fitting should be left to a qualified gas fitter who is on the register of the Confederation for the Registration of Gas Installers . |
| 25 | ‘ What he actually says is a very proper reminder that you can do more good with wealth in the nation , in the community and in the family , but wealth for its own sake is not a good thing . ’ |
| 26 | It was very good to have someone like that — someone who keeps pushing you and telling you that you can do it and not to be shy . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't worry , you 'll feel on top of the world afterwards and believe that you can do anything , ’ was the message from Mr Howe , 56 , who developed heart trouble while coaching England through their ill-fated 1988 European Championship campaign . |
| 28 | Work that you can do yourself includes converting or changing all the first-floor doors to half-hour fire protection doors . |
| 29 | Even under local management of schools there may be little that you can do about restoring peeling paint work and cleaning grimy windows , but it is possible to keep litter under control and flower beds and grassed areas looking attractive . |
| 30 | For you must really endeavour to get ahead with your composition , and that you can do if you have in readiness copies of symphonies and divertimenti to present to a Prince or to some other patron … the divertimenti can be copied very quickly , even though it is true that yours have a number of parts and are rather long … |