Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have to go out to deliberately buy them the chances are that you wo n't but if you buy the occasional packet when you happen to see them you can have a grand time selecting them to effect a change on a sweater at the right time . |
| 2 | If you want to bless me you can bless my bottom , for it is sticking out of the hole . " " |
| 3 | The secret of making a good talking-head recording is to find someone who can tell an interesting story . |
| 4 | If you know someone who has AIDS , or if you are worried or have questions about the illness , try to find someone you can trust to talk to about it — maybe your parents or a teacher or some other adult you feel close to . |
| 5 | If this is a worry for you , it is important to find someone you can trust to talk to . |
| 6 | Try to find someone you can trust to talk to . |
| 7 | It 's their duty to find somebody they can convict of Maurice 's murder . ’ |
| 8 | The Captain was saying to the Sub-lieutenant , ‘ I want to know everything she can tell us about the Maxwell girl , family , friends , habits , etcetera — everything . |
| 9 | ‘ What you laying down there for ? — We got to find something we can reach him with , something he can hold on to . ’ |
| 10 | But as I say , I 've never seen anything , and I 've never been able to find anybody who can provide that answer for me . |
| 11 | It took me a devil of a time to find it I can tell you . |
| 12 | They often work out-of-uniform , giving expert advice free of charge , to anyone who wants to know what they can do to prevent crime . |
| 13 | ‘ We certainly do n't want to alarm anyone , but it is important for people to know what they can do in advance to prepare their homes against damage . ’ |
| 14 | A , a sentence on everything you can , think of that , that relates to it , but if you do , do practise them , it 's only just to , to talk about it , it 's difficult to know what you can write in fifteen minutes . |
| 15 | Please use the Careers Advisory Service and get to know what it can do for you . |
| 16 | ‘ Good , ’ she said , ‘ I want to know anything you can tell me about the problem with the business , daddy is honest and straight , he has a good name and what 's more , he knows how to choose good leather , so what can have gone wrong ? ’ |
| 17 | I think they 'd say that they 'd like to see an officer in a car because they do n't see anybody , what they really mean they want to see somebody they can talk |
| 18 | Where possible , you should choose a period that is in line with how long you want to deep the car , so that when the time comes to replace it you can start again from scratch . |
| 19 | When Escalus cross-examines him , this is done in prose , as befits his true status ( 260ff. ) , and when Angelo invites Lucio to state what he can witness against the Friar-Duke , the medium drops to prose for all four speakers ( 327–33 ) , to be catapulted back to verse as Lucio pulls off the hood and reveals the Duke 's identity . |
| 20 | A coastguard said : ‘ People are trying to nick everything they can lay their hands on . ’ |
| 21 | A coastguard said : ‘ People are trying to nick everything they can lay their hands on . ’ |
| 22 | you 've got your copies of it , if you , you happen to tear one they can give you another copy like that . |
| 23 | What we are going to do is differentiate the average product function the average product , right , is the quotient of total product right , and the the amount of labour actually used and as a result if you want to differentiate it you can use a quotient rule of differentiation . |
| 24 | Armed with their set of personal educational objectives , doctors are in a much better position to identify what they can learn from their day to day work . |
| 25 | ‘ If the track authority is less cost-efficient than it might be , it 's going to shackle what we can do as an operator , ’ he says . |
| 26 | Christianity will deny that it condones selfishness , but it serves no purpose to promise something which can have no appeal unless it satisfies a desire , and then in another context to label that appeal the product of a baser instinct . |
| 27 | They have made them because they are determined to do everything they can to save their business and their employees ' jobs and to secure a healthier future . |
| 28 | They tend to cater mainly for the under-sixties , although they are always willing to do everything they can to help the older widow too . |
| 29 | He says they care about all animals and want to do everything they can to help . |
| 30 | ‘ It is very important to Tendring that our application is successful and clearly we will continue to do everything we can to achieve this , ’ he said . |