Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'm not sure I can be much help . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well … if you think I can be any use … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I 'm quite sure I can , but whether you can is another matter . |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't know how far he has to go , but you can be sure others will be back for the horses . |
| 5 | So , whether it 's a big job or a little job , you can be sure Baby Fresh will get to the bottom of it . |
| 6 | You can be sole trader , in a partnership or limited company , in the manufacturing , retailing or service industries . |
| 7 | you can be any age from fifty onwards |
| 8 | You can be brutal Koffka K O F F K A Okay ? |
| 9 | Indeed , the more selfless you can be this weekend , the better things will work out |
| 10 | So now we can be real friends . ’ |
| 11 | Then we can be three weeks in Paris . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Though Arians are infamously impatient , they can be cool customers when the stakes are high enough to make them concentrate . |
| 14 | They can be useful sources of old furniture , usually chipboard based but quite handy for shelves or backing . |
| 15 | But they can be pure crime fiction and fine crime fiction too . |
| 16 | Consequently they can be convertible sofas , pull-down or folding beds , ‘ nests ’ of beds or divans . |
| 17 | They may also predict stereotypical roles and relationships of participants , or they can be stereotypical text types , predicting plot structure or conversational development . |
| 18 | Then we were staggering into a hospital casualty department and I was grateful Bunny was there — they can be dangerous places on a Friday night . |
| 19 | Whether they 're tanning creams or moisturisers , they can be expensive items which you want tried and tested . |
| 20 | They can be right tarts together they 'll be , stand there going , mm ! |
| 21 | They can be bare records of numbers and events or they can be windows on a living school and most heads will be able to think of ways in which reports can be used to enrich governor perceptions , prompt good questions and solicit positive advice and support as soon as they have made a breakthrough into a sense of their responsibility for creating a favourable climate . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They can be big business and it is is more for their commercial and promotional appeal than their scenic , that the SRU yesterday launched , in conjunction with Umbro International , Scotland 's World Cup sevens jersey . |
| 24 | They can be big business and it is is more for their commercial and promotional appeal than their scenic , that the SRU yesterday launched , in conjunction with Umbro International , Scotland 's World Cup sevens jersey . |
| 25 | Michael says : ‘ They can be hard work at night . |
| 26 | Doors can be solid wood , such as oak , pine , cherry , or maple , for example , or they can be white ash or limed oak veneer , or even a hard-wearing laminate finish . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , they 're adorable — but they can be little demons as well , ’ Laura laughed . |
| 28 | They can also educate in the way they handle reference requests ( whether they supply the answer , for instance , or the way of finding the answer ) ; and they can be valuable stimulators of book use and enquiry by giving readings , quality advisory services and reading lists , and knowledgeable enthusiasm . |
| 29 | It can be 100 yards long , even more if two or more nets are joined together . |
| 30 | Research shows this can nudge up work rates ; but , like busing schoolchildren from black to white areas , it can be political dynamite . |