Example sentences of "[pron] can [vb infin] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes she wanted to ride this morn I 'm taking the buggy like this so I can carry the fruit and vegetables back from the market . |
| 2 | ‘ I can see the spacecraft . |
| 3 | We do n't have any suspects , but it has to be said that as far as I can see the people with the best motive were the five permanent residents of the club . ’ |
| 4 | Fortunately , the VAX command DIR/FULL gives enough information to allow a FORTRAN program to be written which can read the data block by block , and then replace the arc coordinates by randomized values drawn from some appropriate probability distribution . |
| 5 | Leaders are those who can get the people with whom they work , whether subordinates or not , to be convinced co-operators . |
| 6 | It is often held that this is the prerogative of governments , the economically or politically powerful , the leadership within the churches or simply those who can afford the means . |
| 7 | For those who can afford the £2,910 for a peak period February fortnight , Badrutt 's Palace Hotel overlooking the frozen lake in St Moritz offers the ultimate in Alpine luxury . |
| 8 | Our sister publication BBC Gardeners ' World tells us that you can eat the fruit from your passion flower , but it will be rather seedy and not particularly palatable . |
| 9 | If a natural pair has formed it is probably best to transfer just these two fish to their new quarters ; or else you can move the fish when smaller and let them pair off in their new home , removing the surplus individuals before the spawning pair try to do it for you . |
| 10 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 11 | In Saturday 's Weekend Extra you can meet the people with the wackiest jobs in Britain and comedian Ted Robbins the official warm-up man for top comedy shows . |
| 12 | Under option six , called ‘ other goodies ’ , you can analyse the data to report on the success rate at a particular fishing spot , or investigate any one angler 's record , plot water temperature versus the date , or find the full and new moon dates for a given year and month . |
| 13 | Using a light box enables you to superimpose electronic component arrangements onto copper track layout artwork so that you can design the p.c.b . |
| 14 | Or consider Hotel Bora Bora where guests stay in overwater bungalows with steps down into a lagoon , or the Moana Beach where you can watch the fish below your bungalow through a glass coffee table ! |
| 15 | You can blame the media , but really you ought to blame the readers . |
| 16 | Not sure you can blame the media altogether , I noticed you said there in almost these words er , John Major will the lead the Conservative party into the next election and the Conservatives will win . |
| 17 | Remember though , you can only do this in open water ; if there are snags around you can bet the bream will head for them , and there is no way you are going to stop a big bream on 2lb line . |
| 18 | ‘ But does n't it make things more enjoyable if you can befriend the people you 're working with ? ’ |
| 19 | Here you can see the works and a museum and buy the product . |
| 20 | Erm as you can see the sales in the first two are expected to be four point nine almost five million pounds . |
| 21 | Here there is a government trout hatchery where you can see the fish in all their stages of growth . |
| 22 | So you can see the fish in it , me cousin 's is five foot deep , maybe six , I think it is six |
| 23 | Its dual chart is an attractive option in that it allows you to link two pie or bar chart charts or a pie and a bar chart — as illustrated here ( DUALGRPH ) It also offers Word charts — a variety that it is unusual to find in a spreadsheet but very welcome given that you can use the graphics facilities of SuperCalc 5.5 to prepare slides suitable for use as a presentation to an audience . |
| 24 | But you can ask the staff at the antenatal clinic for the results of your Rubella blood test . |
| 25 | But you can ask the staff at the antenatal clinic for the results of your Rubella blood test . |
| 26 | ( He also says how to make your own , if you can get the jellyfish . ) |
| 27 | All of these comments and caveats will have set you pondering on the myriad uses to which you can put the data base , the diary , the notepad and the calculator . |
| 28 | You can select the data type to be copied from cache in one of two ways : |
| 29 | If we can choose the means by which we learn nursing , we are more likely to allow others to choose the way they are cared for . |
| 30 | And I 'll look and see what ways we can collect the data erm to provide the er the intelligence if you like . |