Example sentences of "[pron] can [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've done the best I can but the cut 's in an awkward place . |
2 | After isolating the problem , investigate it as quickly as possible , resolve it , make sure as well as you can that the system does n't allow it to happen again , and proceed at full steam to collect whatever balance you and your customer have agreed upon . |
3 | ‘ Make as much of a splash as you can and the fish will run in front of you , if there is any fish left in here that is . |
4 | ‘ Oh well , might as well enjoy ourselves while we can before the commissars take their gloating revenge . |
5 | I mean at one stage we go back a hundred years — back to Dalton he thought of his atoms as being fundamental entities that could never be broken up , whereas now we know that an atom is a very complicated structure and we can measure things about atoms , we can measure the distribution , we can where the electrons and so on are . |
6 | We 're going for a walk along the river to see if we can if the swans are near the Old Gate Bridge . |
7 | Given our present level of ignorance there is a good case for muddling along as best we can until the theory catches up with the data . |