Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun pl] [pron] can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want cattle who can finally become food ; He wants servants who can finally become sons . |
| 2 | Years later I was at first comforted to read that an adult man could express similar sentiments about himself : ‘ When I consider others I can easily believe that their bodies express their personalities and that the two are inseparable . |
| 3 | Apart from quantifying the alloying metals , it also measures trace metals which can sometimes be used to ‘ finger-print ’ an individual supply of metal ( fig. 5.2 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ It is easy to understand , although some austere persons elaborately refuse to understand , why these crowds in the industrial towns pay shillings they can badly afford to see twenty-two professionals kick a ball about , ’ JB Priestley wrote after being taken to a local derby march between Nottingham Forest and Notts County . |
| 5 | ( Many managers ca n't be bothered to do any research and therefore make decisions they can hardly support . ) |
| 6 | If you love cats you can still enjoy them , but a little extra care is so important while you 're pregnant . |
| 7 | It 's OK in a caff — you can just ask for egg and chips or if they have pictures you can just point , but I think I might have trouble in a restaurant cos you got to read from a menu thing , and I have a bit of trouble with my reading . |