Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [pers pn] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Radio operator Paul , who is serving with the Second Battalion Royal Irish Regiment , said : ‘ Gillian is the perfect bride I only hope I can be as good a husband . ’ |
| 2 | They 're ductile malleable do n't need the proper words you just say they can be pulled out . |
| 3 | And then you can think of I mean this is this is just sort it can be there to confuse you while you 're sorting out the time . |
| 4 | When was a time when you were assertive , just think you can be anything assertive over anything it does n't matter think of a time when you feel you were being assertive anybody think of a time when they were being assertive |
| 5 | ‘ I always say you can be frightening , Lydia , ’ said Betty . |
| 6 | It would be too much to say the West has abandoned that plan ; some people still think it can be implemented . |
| 7 | Although the gross changes in the brain that accompany and probably cause it can be studied after the death of the patient , the details of the disease process are just beginning to be worked out in animals by studying the microscopic structure of the brain regions that are principally involved together with their biochemistry and their neurotransmitters . |
| 8 | But I also believe it can be misunderstood . |
| 9 | ‘ You really think it can be that easy ? ’ |
| 10 | I mean in retrospect , looking back on it , it seems crazy — since they were clearly both right , what were they arguing about ? erm but it took a lot of time to see that these two sets of views could , in fact , be made compatible as we now think they can be . |