Example sentences of "[pron] can understand [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To be honest , at first I did n't have a clue how long I 'd stay , ’ says Bassett , ‘ so I can understand why some locals did n't think I 'd last more than a season or so . |
| 2 | I CAN understand why some people fear the Americans might have another Vietnam on their hands by intervening in Somalia . |
| 3 | I 've gone into this one in some detail because if you understand what is happening , then you can understand why certain things are important and must be done correctly . |
| 4 | I am sure that with only a little effort of the imagination you can understand how these things can grow , can become set . |
| 5 | Adrian become–the over-protective parent to his miserable father and although we can understand how this behaviour comes about in a child whose parents are asserting their own needs , who are themselves needy children , it nevertheless feels funny , feels inappropriate . |