Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can pretend to be your uncle David . |
| 2 | Unless I can manage to be off sick again . |
| 3 | I can begin to be a real father to my girls and prepare for the day when I 'll be a grandfather to their children . |
| 4 | Then , one week , the quietest woman in the group said : ‘ This is the only place where I can afford to be honest , ’ and somehow it seemed the healing process had begun . |
| 5 | Amazing how someone can appear to be so confident and clear-headed on the outside , while — Moira is an excellent nurse , quite capable of hiding her real self when she needs to . |
| 6 | Escalating crime figures prove that nobody can afford to be complacent about security . |
| 7 | I 'm always willing to stand down if somebody can claim to be a little older . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , most people learn about towing trailers by trial and error , which can prove to be a very expensive way of doing things . |
| 9 | A lot of the standard size plates do not fit a large number of the large-sized , non-standard , aquaria , unless of course you use the type of filter plates that come in small sections that can be slotted together , which can prove to be very expensive when the budget is tight . |
| 10 | ( Too often a breed which can claim to be productive even on poor quality fodder is given just that and expected to thrive . ) |
| 11 | But at least her psychosis gave students of English literature and social history a book which can claim to be the first extant long prose narrative in the English language , and the first autobiography by a psychotic personality . |
| 12 | Fifth , there is the period of acceptance , which can seem to be in stark contrast to the depths of despair of the previous stage . |
| 13 | We need to consider a form of examination that can reflect the ideal of ‘ transferable skills ’ , and of the equal importance of the practical with the theoretical , that can above all reflect the ideal of broad ‘ philosophical ’ understanding within each subject-area , which can come to be respected by those concerned with selection for higher education as an indicator of potential achievement . |
| 14 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 15 | ‘ It is only the cream of our young manhood who can aspire to be one of our glorious cosmonauts . |
| 16 | Who can fail to be amazed that so few men ( and virtually unknown men too ) , could carry such a huge quantity of jewels unharmed over so great a distance ? |
| 17 | The Duchess said : ‘ There are very few people who can fail to be moved by the tragic plight of the refugees around the world . |
| 18 | -I can send you a plainclothes man if necessary , somebody young who can pretend to be looking for her . ’ |
| 19 | TOPR is fine but only for those who can afford to be effectively unemployed for several months . |
| 20 | Brownie points will be scored by any reviewers who can claim to be familiar with Updike 's earlier work on the same man , in Buchanan Dying ( 1974 ) , provided they remember that it was , of course , a play . |
| 21 | Even the excellent Amphibious range of submersibles is quickly banjaxed by blanketweed , and who can claim to be free of that ? |
| 22 | If you can not get out and about , you can continue to be active , either doing housework or gardening ( there are aids to help disabled gardeners ) or doing exercises suggested by the health visitor , district nurse or doctor . |
| 23 | Touch legering , like so many things worth doing , needs to be practised before you can expect to be proficient . |
| 24 | With both types , the lenders have your new home as security , but since they 're taking a bigger risk than normal , you can expect to be charged a higher rate of interest . |
| 25 | You can expect to be promoted within two or three years of qualifying . |
| 26 | You can decide to be imperfect , to do things in your own time , to please yourself , not to be strong and to try only as much as you like . |
| 27 | What you want is to be able to answer a few sensible questions uniquely identifying you , the trouble is there 's probably a repertoire of only ten of those questions , you 're going to get asked three or four of them , but those questions , your date of birth , your telephone number , the er address of your bank and so on and so forth , if you 're a private detective you can get those , you can have them on a sheet of paper and you can pretend to be whoever you like . |
| 28 | You can afford to be generous . |
| 29 | You can afford to be cheap and cheerful when it comes to just about every other accessory , but a bag says more about you than all the rest put together . |
| 30 | You can afford to be ca n't you ? |