Example sentences of "[pers pn] can be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'm not sure I can be much help . ’ |
| 2 | Whether I decide to be , for current purposes , pre-eminently a parent or a child , a woman , a teacher , a part-time seamstress , a member of the Patel family or caste , a Gujerati , a Briton or an Indian , a citizen of Leicester , a taxpayer , a chess player and so on depends upon the task in hand rather than some inherent singularity , for I can be all these things simultaneously and without discomfort . |
| 3 | ‘ Well … if you think I can be any use … ’ |
| 4 | You can be such a bore , Lucien . ’ |
| 5 | you can be any age from fifty onwards |
| 6 | I mean probably women are more daring you know because they 've got less to lose in a way I suppose if you if you 're not a councillor you can be more er you know or if you 're not worried for your job or you know or if there is n't a definite structure I suppose in the lodge there 's the definite people that always say the same things you know what I mean and it 's it 's less easy to be spontaneous in that situation I would think you know . |
| 7 | Indeed , the more selfless you can be this weekend , the better things will work out |
| 8 | We can be more than best friends , now . |
| 9 | You know , they , they , they can be a bit hard , they can be a bit bitter , they can drink a bit too much , they can be a bit promiscuous , they can be all sorts of rather iffy things but I do n't think Lyndsey will . |
| 10 | They can be some branch of sport , for instance , ( sport is hard to use in a full-length book ) or the atmosphere of some small closed society . |
| 11 | No no er erm well er there is Prunus that 's a plum I mean a cherry that grows up and various ones like that the only trouble is with these type of things they can be more of a nuisance than the trees that you do have now because those trees growing up those spindly ones as you put it erm some gardeners call them or whatever name they use I but the trouble is bits die in the centre of those and they tend to drop down and they can be in time more far more of a nuisance than the trees they 've got now which seems to me quite suitable . |
| 12 | you know , that could be a sort of central way of getting that back could n't it if if it can be that sort of you know comments about being more confident , being able to get on with it . |
| 13 | It can be such a mild disease , and so like other childhood illnesses , you can never be absolutely sure you have had it . |
| 14 | It can be such a mild disease , and so like other childhood illnesses , you can never be absolutely sure you have had it . |
| 15 | ‘ God sent all artists here because it can be such a drag to be on this planet , ’ said the star . |
| 16 | But it can be such a hard choice . |
| 17 | The red thing A is colour-similar — as distinct from shape-similar or size-similar , although it can be all of these to the red thing B. But their colour can not be defined in terms of their colour-similarity . |
| 18 | Okay erm the input need not be a number , it can be all sorts of funny things . |
| 19 | Normally it has to be one or the other , but leather is so versatile it can be both . |
| 20 | In a rural constituency it can be some small town ; in the ten constituencies of Dublin , a suburb . |
| 21 | It can be some object which will advance the action of your story . |
| 22 | Er , it can be a sport it can be some sort of activity , it could be going to evening classes , learning something . |
| 23 | Self-understanding is not in itself going to bring about changes , but it can be half the battle in recognizing what is happening early enough and encouraging you to do something about it . |
| 24 | y w you when you keep hearing reports in the medical journals about doctors being sued , and it can be several years after the event that the case comes to court . |
| 25 | And then it can be several weeks after committal before the trial takes place . ’ |
| 26 | Normally this sole bill of exchange although it can be this first or second bill of exchange if two bills are raised for the same debt . |
| 27 | A man-hater is someone ( and it can be another man ) inspired by revenge . |
| 28 | But it can be any image that comes to me at second-hand , whether it be postcard , film still , TV or whatever . |
| 29 | But I do n't think it can be any more than that . |
| 30 | On the other hand , as a group activity it can be less than enjoyable for the shortest child in the group if he is continually identified as ‘ the shortest ’ , when he needs to believe that ‘ he 's a big boy , really ’ . |