Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] can [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say I 'm sorry I can not understand a word you 're saying . |
| 2 | He said after his release : ‘ I am delighted I can now start a new phase in my life . ’ |
| 3 | and then you take your long end and you wind above covering the edge and overlapping and then the low , then covering the edge and overlapping , there and again you keep working your way up and down , a figure of eight until you get to the end of your bandage then tie away from the body in your reef knot , either you tuck your ends in or if that 's awkward you can just put a sticking plaster over the ends to get them out of the way like that , so just tuck the ends in and I do n't think your casualty 's going to need a sling for a little graze like that |
| 4 | Although barbel are so stupid when they are feeding ravenously , they are not so stupid they can not learn a few tricks of their own to enable them to feed in the face of apparent danger . |
| 5 | ‘ His mother says that if he gets homesick he can always find a goose to bring him back , ’ said the Thing . |
| 6 | Even if ICI 's presence in the US OTC market with its well-known Mylanta and Mylanta II antacids is relatively modest it can still get a good price for these products . |