Example sentences of "[pers pn] can be [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | you can be any age from fifty onwards |
| 5 | Indeed , the more selfless you can be this weekend , the better things will work out |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It can be some object which will advance the action of your story . |
| 9 | Er , it can be a sport it can be some sort of activity , it could be going to evening classes , learning something . |
| 10 | A man-hater is someone ( and it can be another man ) inspired by revenge . |
| 11 | But it can be any image that comes to me at second-hand , whether it be postcard , film still , TV or whatever . |
| 12 | ‘ When he 's nice he can be that way , ’ Mona looked up gravely from her school work . |