Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] can [coord] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Having pledged that it will not raise taxes , the Government is faced with trimming corners where it can or increasing its borrowing .
2 Please visit the exhibition if you can and send your views to either of the Directors of Administration whose addresses are on this leaflet , before 31 December 1979 .
3 The landscape — the Earth and her sites — are our finest teachers , if we can but allow them to be so .
4 " I shall have to pull up as near as I can and let you out , said Woodie .
5 I mean I think that 's extremely important to allow children to erm you know play things out in the best way that they which is in a sense their way of coming to terms with things erm and to answer their questions as honestly as I can and to admit it when I do n't know the answers erm and also , I mean in our family we 've taken various actions to try to stop the war and we 've , you know , taken part in demonstrations and written letters and erm
6 You know as quick as you can but do it as neat as you can .
7 Make your sandwiches look as attractive as you can and show them to your leaders before you eat them !
8 You get as close to it as you can and get your brother out while we deal with the hijackers . ’
9 Then put as much of a stretch on them as you can and move them apart and backwards , as if you were swimming . ’
10 Do as many as you can and record your steps .
11 Repeat as many times as you can and record your steps .
12 The name of the game is to hit the guy as hard as you can and to protect yourself at all times .
13 Arch your back as high as you can and drop your head .
14 In competition a sailor has to perform a three minute routine , performing as many tricks as he can and linking them together with a smooth flowing act .
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