Example sentences of "you can [verb] [pron] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay but they were f they were twenty awkward ones if they said right we 'll have you pick any twenty words you know and see if you can spell them you 'd get twenty out of twenty would n't you . |
| 2 | T spells out okay so there 's some connection between a lot of the words is n't there and if you can spell one you can have a very good guess at another one that 's got that word in as part of it . |
| 3 | You can check what you bought and where . |
| 4 | Likewise , ask people to tell you what is wrong so you can change what you do . |
| 5 | If you do feel hungry , you can eat anything you like — as long as it has little or no fat in it . |
| 6 | ‘ You can bring whomever you like here . ’ |
| 7 | You 're at a stage now in your career where surely you can choose whatever you want to do ? |
| 8 | Thanks to the wide choice of premiums , you can choose what you consider to be the right amount of protection for your family for the duration of your policy . |
| 9 | You can choose what you want now . |
| 10 | No , and so , but you can choose what you want to use , to watch the video I mean I find it particularly good with children , we 'd |
| 11 | If you 're receptive to the sensations , you can feel everything you need to know about the car through these points of contact ; but if you 're tense , the car will be tense . |
| 12 | " When you can measure what you are speaking of , and express it in numbers , you know that on which you are discoursing . |
| 13 | ‘ You want to arm wrestle ? ’ she kept saying , ‘ beat me and you can do whatever you like to my body . ’ |
| 14 | You can do whatever you like . ’ |
| 15 | You can do whatever you want ! |
| 16 | ‘ You can do whatever you like . |
| 17 | You can do whatever you like . |
| 18 | And he said , you know he talked to them and he said you can do whatever you like because Mary-Ann and Mitch were superior people . |
| 19 | In the evening my mother said ‘ I do n't like these clothes but you can do what you like . |
| 20 | So I just want a plain box and a plain stone , and a plain speech from the priest , and you can do what you like with the business . |
| 21 | ‘ You can do what you like . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Directly you see what 's happening on TV you can do what you like . |
| 23 | But you can do what you like with your own money . ’ |
| 24 | If you can do what you enjoy in your free time , you can leave your work for what you are good at . |
| 25 | What it says is Man deþ swá hé byþ þonne hé mót swá hé wile , ‘ Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes ’ , or more colloquially ‘ you show what you 're like when you can do what you like ’ . |
| 26 | They said , ‘ Look , go to university and then you can do what you like . ’ |
| 27 | What if I say you can do what you like with my son ? |
| 28 | Some students were more positive about the final-year work in lab than about the first-year work ; as one said , ‘ You can do what you want ; instead of being taught , you 've got to learn yourself ’ . |
| 29 | So the lesson to be learnt from that is that erm it 's not always possible to keep yourself out of trouble , but you can do what you have to do to keep yourself safe by maintaining a proper separation distance . |
| 30 | ‘ You think because I 've spent money on you , lass — because your Dad 's spent money on you , you can do what you like now — eh Lily ? |