Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] you can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise , ask people to tell you what is wrong so you can change what you do . |
| 2 | Do n't get old if you can avoid it . |
| 3 | These statistics go on and on — quite interesting if you can fight your way through the jin and mu to find out what is really happening — and are frequently laced with political remarks about following ‘ our great leader Chairman Mao 's revolutionary line ’ , and the ‘ wise leadership of Chairman Hua ’ , with the inevitable explanation of how the Gang of Four sabotaged agriculture , just as they sabotaged everything else . |
| 4 | ’ Im responsible for themusic if you can call it that ’ |
| 5 | That 's right so you can do it on leaded light , you can do it on handles , but either you lay it on the customer right , which do you prefer ? |
| 6 | I have heard erm some choir , the choir sing a little bit cos erm we got a corridor near the music hall and erm they sing up pretty loud so you can hear it . |
| 7 | There 's a little tiny so you can imagine what it might have looked like in the old paper . |
| 8 | Tired of copying files to floppy so you can move them from machine to machine ? |
| 9 | ‘ But no need to be uncomfortable if you can avoid it , ’ he said smoothly . |
| 10 | As you work through the second phase you will be working out the diet that is as near to perfect as you can get it for your own body . |
| 11 | Can we have a look at those four and if you could , I 'd be grateful if you can tell me what change in the security situation , as envisaged by the government , has led to our acceptance of those changes . |
| 12 | I think on the whole it pays to try to use humour , but it 's better not to be too cruel if you can avoid it . |
| 13 | No , cos I want to keep them dry cos you can wear them tomorrow . |
| 14 | Newspaper 's fine cos you can slide them about or a towel like this . |
| 15 | Yes it is nice it 's okay if you can do it in daylight , but artificial light is difficult and I used to sit in the car when Charlotte was asleep . |
| 16 | you know , it 's negible whether you can make anything even if |
| 17 | For the zig-zag row and the circular rows , the stitch tension is usually as tight as you can make it . |
| 18 | It 'll never be perfect but it can run as smooth as you can get it . |
| 19 | That 's fine as you can have whatever opinion you want but it is still not your baby and therefore you can not decide what should be done . |
| 20 | Analysis and interpretation of structures in a text are useful if you can make something of them — if , for instance , you can say something new on the basis of having identified a rhyme pattern . |
| 21 | There 's more text , they get changed less often , and a Search function is genuinely useful if you can remember everything about a person except their surname . |
| 22 | well great if you can get something good , good |
| 23 | Now all this competition for places is great if you can afford it but surely we 'd be better investing our money in other things . |
| 24 | So we 'd be , oh , okay , that 's good cos you can do it . |
| 25 | And it was just very stupid because you can add nothing to a thing which is perfect like that . |
| 26 | We 're not sure whether you can choose which bit you get for your £30 … |
| 27 | ‘ As long as you can give me a lift back here this afternoon , ’ I said , establishing some ground rules . |
| 28 | Just stand as close to her as you like as long as you can hear what 's she 's saying that 's the important thing . |
| 29 | Yeah well that 's not so bad as long as you can get her down at a reasonable hour and get to sleep . |
| 30 | As long as you can see them doing it , ma chère . ’ |