Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] can [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Christmas has come we can really get down to it . ’ |
| 2 | The issues being reported we can fairly assume are relevant , to the customers and to taxpayers . |
| 3 | ‘ How they were done I can not imagine … ‘ |
| 4 | I do hope you wo n't mind fearfully , but I 've said I can not continue to serve under the G any longer . |
| 5 | Mrs Hunt has said she can not understand why there was such a delay when an ambulance station is situated less than a mile from her home . |
| 6 | But in the light of what has been said we can also see that it was of especial significance in emancipating , not merely the hand from locomotion , but the brain from its reliance on chemical stimuli mediated by the sense of smell . |
| 7 | SCAWD 's regular funding is threatened by the fact that some of our main donors , including the Church of Scotland , SCIAF and the URC , as well as Christian Aid , have all said they can not increase their grants annually to cover inflation . |
| 8 | This will be true whatever the value of γ 1 ; therefore whatever value of γ 1 is selected it can not make the distinction between aggregate and relative demand shocks any less important . |
| 9 | Think about the shape of the flowers that you are pressing and try to place the blotting paper on top of them as carefully as possible to ensure that they will lie flat under the weights , because once they are permanently pressed you can not start again . |
| 10 | A nightmare turned into an enjoyable part of our holiday , and although a very good excuse for landing is needed I can certainly recommend the hospitality of our German cousins . |
| 11 | We were told that that is impossible to take a vote because with big organisations like B T and the Post Office one example was to sell off a Girobank there are eight thousand people , but they were just told you can either defer your pension , leave it with the Post Office Pension Fund , transfer it to the Leicester and Alliance who bought Girobank , or take your money out and take up a personal pension scheme . |
| 12 | The existing members were told you can either join the new scheme with its improved benefits , reduced contributions , with certain rules that were operating in favour of the employer that were against them , but it was a balancing act , or if you do n't want that you can stay with the old scheme and continue with exactly the same terms . |
| 13 | PRINCESS DIANA has been told she can not see her sons until next Tuesday . |
| 14 | The child asks for something and is told she can not have it . |
| 15 | I 'm told we can now go to our next caller who 's Mandy calling from Freeland . |
| 16 | Having died they can not do this themselves , but the Roman Catholic church teaches that the cleansing can be effected by the ‘ prayers and … good works ’ of those still alive . |
| 17 | ‘ Under no circumstances will any of those competitors who have been chosen be told they can not go . ’ |
| 18 | They 've been told they can only get they 're money back from the sale of assets , when the comnpany goes into receivership at the end of April . |
| 19 | Mandale Harrier Shaun Purcell , runner-up in the Cleveland Schools Championships , has been told he can not compete at Bristol next month because he missed the annual School InterCounties with a flu virus . |
| 20 | A LABOUR front-bencher has been told he can not marry his bride in the House of Commons crypt because they are both Roman Catholic . |
| 21 | 10 A passenger travelling by boat from Jamaica to Trinidad was told he can only take with him a case of volume 8m3 . |
| 22 | Ironically Langbaurgh council , whose residents have the highest incidence of asthma in Cleveland , has been told it can not have special funding to contribute to the project . |
| 23 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 24 | So for most of them strayed prayed stayed played you can just put E D. |
| 25 | Until the manner in which such goods are dispersed within regions is better understood we can only assume , at present , that places with very high consumption are also the points of distribution where a paramount controlled such prestige exchange , consuming most locally and allowing the passage of a little to other places . |
| 26 | They are clearly set out and if they are flouted we can not accept it . ’ |
| 27 | Once this property is understood it can really work to your advantage . |
| 28 | I 've proved I can still hold my own with the best . ’ |
| 29 | As the words are not spoken you can not control the tone of voice . |
| 30 | When you have established the base on which the flowers will be laid you can then start to arrange the larger flowers . |