Example sentences of "[be] and [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that Wales is much better placed to ride out the worldwide recession than it has been and I can give the hon. Gentleman this pledge : I and my ministerial colleagues will continue to do everything that we can to attract investment to Wales . |
| 2 | ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale . |
| 3 | ‘ But what looks good might not be and we can only speculate . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's how emotional and intense it can be and I can understand that . |
| 5 | for the daughter , she 's and she can nae carry it off , and whether she |
| 6 | But these men could do much more to help , not only their partners , but themselves , if only they understood what the menopause is and what can be done to alleviate the problems . |
| 7 | The guide outlines what harassment is and what can be done to combat the problem both formally and informally . |
| 8 | The empirical approach is concerned with what is and what can be seen and touched , proceeding on the basis of testing and retesting and largely rejecting dogma and abstract or coherent grand designs for change . |
| 9 | You learn to listen because you know what a rectangle is and you can measure your idea of it against theirs . |
| 10 | Just you ask me where such and such is and I can place it … just like that ! ’ |
| 11 | I stare at the muddied , warped little card sealed in a deal-sized plastic bag , recognising my own writing and feeling my mouth go even drier than it already is and I can only gibber something about , Well , it looks like my writing but , I mean , and anyway , somebody , anybody could have taken that , I mean … but they just look quietly pleased and the questions go on . |