Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A scream begins deep inside me , a scream coming through a big , empty place , deep as the Colca Canyon , arid as the Nazca Desert , where nothing can give it comfort . |
| 2 | Once it 's properly launched , where everyone can see it , you wo n't have to worry too much about rocking the boat , ’ he said . |
| 3 | And I make a place for myself where I can watch them both out of the corner of my eye while I read . |
| 4 | Flaubert finished Madame Bovary on April 30th , 1856 : there at Croisset , there where I can jab my finger , between two spreading and unknowing sploshes of watercolour . |
| 5 | I need them written down , where I can touch them . |
| 6 | Have you any idea where I can find her ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Where I can find you . ’ |
| 8 | That will stop you walking round the streets and put you where I can find you , thought Coffin . |
| 9 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 10 | I 've always been fascinated by bag ladies who choose to live on the street- I 've come to the point in my life where I can understand what makes them drop out . |
| 11 | My medlar will be planted where I can see its pure white blossom in spring and watch its autumn leaves turn crimson . |
| 12 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 13 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |
| 14 | I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller . |
| 15 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
| 16 | Do you know what it is , and where I can get one ? |
| 17 | ‘ I can drag you or I can carry you — except that it would probably kill me . ’ |
| 18 | " If you have other inquiries you wish to make I 'm sure that he or I can satisfy you . |
| 19 | Er I can put it in , in a bottle or I can give you tablets . |
| 20 | You can come quietly — or I can make you ’ |
| 21 | You can come quietly or I can make you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I can either trust you and allow you to take charge of the whole business , or I can decide you 're not to be trusted and take charge of things myself . |
| 23 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 24 | Or I can charge you — withholding information , conspiracy , being an accomplice , possession of heroin , indecent exposure : anything that comes to mind , really . ’ |
| 25 | When I go abroad on holiday , I think : I 'm here for two weeks , I can either sit here fully dressed for a whole fortnight , or I can take my leg off and jump in the pool . |
| 26 | The male seeks the female , picks her up , and mates with her on the wing , later depositing her where she can lay her eggs . |
| 27 | Off you go now — and behave yourself , or I might feel obliged to tell a certain Whitechapel widow-woman where she can put her none-too-gentle hands on you . ’ |
| 28 | I shall arrange for her to be transferred to a private hospital where she can have her own room with a TV and a phone beside the bed . |
| 29 | she did show me that and then she 's got it like straps on it where she can take it off but er oh she |
| 30 | It would be like those seafood emporia where you can choose your own lobster . |