Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I can ever be friends with her again . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You can still be friends — and if that proves too difficult , then you can come home . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You can never be 100pc confident when you go into the championships , but as long as you 're playing well you should be okay . ’ |
| 4 | Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper Jack Russell believes Walsh to be the hardest bowler he has kept to because of his variation : ‘ You can never be stay in the right place — one ball will hit you in the chest and the next wo n't really come through . |
| 5 | ‘ We can still be friends . |
| 6 | ‘ We can still be friends , ’ I explained , ‘ and I 'll co-operate on all ecological projects of this nature . ’ |
| 7 | and hope we can still be friends ? |
| 8 | I 'm sorry and hope we can still be friends . |
| 9 | I said I hope we can still be friends . |
| 10 | I went erm I hope we can still be friends . |
| 11 | ‘ We can only be pessimists before breakfast . ’ |
| 12 | They can just be people who believe they ought to reshape society from top to bottom . |
| 13 | Right , word full stop word Erm right , press return a few times then choose centering button and table , insert table , and now we 're going to have a table whe where I thought we could have a number and it can either be times or divide by something and then the answer , so we want how many columns ? |
| 14 | Hallin rarely attends concerts and it can sometimes be days before the two parties make contact with each other . |
| 15 | ‘ Then it can only be Benedict . |
| 16 | Death , it can only be hours away for both of them and here they have this conversation . |
| 17 | It can only be obtuseness or a refusal to believe that can still lead the Opposition to make that claim . |
| 18 | It can only be silf . |
| 19 | If they sell someone else this week to a Spanish or Italian club ( I assume it can only be Macca or Rocastle ) then they want shooting . |
| 20 | It can only be canvas . |
| 21 | And if his dedication does n't falter , like so many who have claimed the ultimate prize , he can still be champion on the day Tyson becomes a free man again . |
| 22 | He can change his ministers ; but unless he is a transcendent genius he can never be master of the conduct of affairs . ’ |