Example sentences of "you [verb] [adv] [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does n't pay you to go back you can only go forward . |
| 2 | This biography is not merely content to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Dickens ( interesting fact : Dickens spoke with a slight ‘ metallic burr ’ in his voice ) ; nor does it stop at telling you everything you never wanted to know about Dickens ( uninteresting fact : there were white Christmases for the first eight years of Dickens ' life ) ; it goes so far , as with that unidentified novel , as to let you know when it can not tell you something . |
| 3 | Do n't know if I could do the electric one definitely Guess that 's about whether the I 'd like one of them , one of them and yeah but we do n't know when it can be delivered , so we ca n't do it that early you ca n't say yeah but but er we 'll let you know , well we can so it 's there that 's what we wish , they 'd the bills go and we 'll let you know when you can be the keys can be available for you to put it in . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you know where we can get any dwarves ? ’ |
| 5 | Do you know where we can find him ? ’ |
| 6 | Do you know where we can get a fix ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ D' you know where we can find Tamsin ? ’ |
| 8 | PS Do you know where I can get a copy of Rick Dangerous 2 on tape ? |
| 9 | Do you know why we can see them at night and not at day time . |
| 10 | At this point , the group , already developing the skill of asking ‘ answerable questions ’ from a position of expertise to be shared , ask for further information on the basis of what Mr E had told them : ‘ You mentioned how he can surprise you by occasional good work . |
| 11 | If there are two of you holidaying together you can cheer each other up and laugh about life 's adversities and the fact that you are holidaying in a flea pit . |
| 12 | If you stop here we can skirt round the fence . ’ |
| 13 | That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country . |
| 14 | If you act now you can prevent the bitter local disputes in your constituency which will arise from increased aggregates quarrying and haulage over the next twenty years . |
| 15 | If you act now you can prevent the bitter local disputes in your constituency which will arise from increased aggregates quarrying and haulage over the next twenty years . |
| 16 | IT 'S bad enough paying crippling interest rates without having to pay an annual fee on top of that but if you shop around you can avoid the charge . |
| 17 | Yeah , well le just let me have you got somewhere I can write a telephone number on ? |
| 18 | It 's not really part of Foulness — if you look closely you can see that it 's cut off from Foulness proper by a sort of strait linking the rivers Roach and Crouch . |
| 19 | Erm although we can , if you look closely you can see that this chap has got a shrimp net in his hand , er so you get a fair idea of what 's going on . |
| 20 | I 'm sure if you look round you can get a lot of electrical goodies cheap , or just as cheap in other places . |
| 21 | Actually most is either hills or mountains , if you look actually you can draw a picture of a hill or a mountain , but most , most of the land er hills or mountains which is very interesting is n't it ? |
| 22 | When you look back you can see what 's wrong with it . |
| 23 | Yes , I mean it 's really a question as far as you 're concerned of keeping abreast of what 's going on , I mean after all , it is I 'm just slightly worried personally that we 're everybody seems to be very optimistic , and I mean I 'm not in a position to judge one way or the other , but erm you know what it 's like , you know surely you can get too optimistic ? |
| 24 | If you know where I can get a new double bed machine for 45 guineas today perhaps you would let me know ( I 'll have two ! ) . |
| 25 | ‘ You know where you can go to , boy , and take your shovel with you . ’ |
| 26 | What I will do is emphasize what we you know where you can go in terms of money- wise . |
| 27 | is that erm , have you ever been to it where there 's like a ledge up here you know where you can ski round slowly down the mountain and then there 's a part here and then there 's a run going down there like that sort of thing . |
| 28 | You know well what can you see with your left eye ? |
| 29 | And she says Jean you know well you can see er she says you know the day before Ros was in Lisburn and she says you know the way when you 're standing and from the back you can feel somebody that their eyes are penetrating through you and she said she happened to turn round and there she 's sitting in , in this girl 's car and just er looked at her like that . |
| 30 | you know sometimes you can just tell he wants you to talk to him , and erm so I er could n't make a proper soup , sorry , but this is |