Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally the fungus can ensconce itself in the terminal portion of the urethra , and it may then give rise to symptoms similar to those found in non-specific urethritis . |
| 2 | Although the list includes characters who could never have met in reality you can include them in the same army if you wish to do so . |
| 3 | People can immerse themselves in the spiritual dimension without being religious at all . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , you can picture me in the thick of it . |
| 5 | If he can do it in the Baltic lands , he can do it elsewhere . |
| 6 | If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? ’ |
| 7 | If they can do it in the far North , surely I can do it in the South ? |
| 8 | in the seventies but like er you can do it in the seventies you ca n't do it in the nineties . |
| 9 | See who can remember them in the right order . |
| 10 | If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place . |
| 11 | But you can see it in the glazed look in his eyes . |
| 12 | You can see it in the glazed looks on the faces of the crowd tonight — they 've never seen anything like it ! |
| 13 | They can advertise themselves in the truest and most direct way possible : the experience of friends , colleagues or neighbours who make up the union . |
| 14 | Erm but like , ideally , I said oh yes we can have it in the spare room , well there was that much rubbish in there clothes and God knows what else I ended up having it on our bed well it every time you wanted it you had pull it out , and they 're bloody heavy ! |
| 15 | All this can manifest itself in the simple relief of getting back to civilization , supermarket queues and all . |
| 16 | A : Read your letter … like your style … can point you in the right direction . |
| 17 | Well , er , it 's all according to whether they can afford it in the first instance , secondly , is it gon na be across the board ? |
| 18 | Well , that 's always supposing you can get him in the first place , because the number of people who have actually seen him , you can count on one hand . ’ |
| 19 | no , erm Paula you can get them in the frozen food section love |
| 20 | Well you can get them in the financial press , erm usually the Telegraph on a , on a weekend or the Money Mail or the , any of the loca any good quality paper , or you can buy some of the financial guides that you get in er , in er newsagents these days . |
| 21 | You can get them in the square ones , the six by six , but I wa I wanted the way we worked it out , eight by four would work out more economical . |
| 22 | Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired . |
| 23 | If you can put yourself in the other person 's shoes and think about how they might feel , it will certainly help if you let them know that . |
| 24 | Er to work on the key issues which are common to all options for the future , er such that th we can put ourselves in the best position to secure future business success . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , in the course of talking and pretending , the sovereign states can harm themselves in the real exercise of real power . |
| 26 | ‘ Scouting attracts the hooligans , ’ he told the National Defence Association in 1910 , ‘ who are really the fellows of character if you can turn them in the right way ; and no doubt these fellows will be of some use to us in the future instead of being absolute waste material , fit only to be buried . ’ |
| 27 | which often looks quite nice so that even if what you 've found does n't quite match up with what they 've found you can say well look you know these theories , ideas are need enriching , they 're a bit inadequate as they stand because what happens when somebody tells you this , what happens when somebody says this erm you know we can , we can revise them in the following way |
| 28 | Meanwhile , you can help yourself in the following ways : |