Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | There are all sorts of comparatively small changes you can make which will transform your kitchen 's looks out of all proportion to the time and expense . |
2 | Yes , I wanted to do a production with Balanchine , but it never happened , and now there is no one I can think I would want to do it with . |
3 | You will need to ensure that you get job satisfaction , and problems can arise which will need to be faced . |
4 | We can describe what would happen in an elaboration of Cairns-Smith 's description of his hypo experiment . |
5 | The model behaves so much like the real thing that the Berkeley scientists believe they can predict what would happen to the building during an earthquake . |
6 | No one can predict what will make news as we enter the next ten years of Central , but as long as the talent survives , we 're promised entertainment well worth watching . |
7 | No one can predict what will happen when we let that thing loose . ’ |
8 | ‘ Nobody can predict what will happen over the next decade , particularly with all the agricultural changes brought about by the EC , but East Anglia can grow some of the best and cheapest grain in Europe and we are well placed to benefit from that ’ . |
9 | he thinks that he can buy I could buy this standing space because I 'm a businessman and I 've got lots of money . |
10 | ‘ I can guarantee they 'll get inside . |
11 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
12 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
13 | You can guarantee I 'll divorced straight away again now ! |
14 | If any readers would like to receive a free copy of an information sheet I have produced on the types of environmental audits and what they can achieve they should write to me at the address below : |
15 | One principle which we can identify we shall call the principle of local interpretation . |
16 | Here is a simple exercise you can do which will help you to become aware of how your breathing should feel . |
17 | So the as far as I 'm concerned , the the two projects put together erm really do show what we can do we can do with a a team of bods . |
18 | after being in there all the time , but I mean , you , there 's nothing you can do you can sit with somebody |
19 | You can do you can do |
20 | So you can do you can use exactly the same system you used on that for working out each one and see what happens . |
21 | what I can do I 'll go as |
22 | I can do I could do Carlisle |
23 | His Master 's Voice in Hamlet , you know , it 's just , stick a who I am on that wee dog , I can remember I can see , I can remember that from |
24 | And you can use you could use past that erm cos that 's the other thing I have n't shown you , is , is this is all ours as well down the bottom end . |
25 | But just from that little table which you 'll get used to as work through them , you can work what would happen . |
26 | Erm , amateur societies just ca n't exist without loyal officers and those officers have shown their loyalty by s standing again and we know the special circumstances appertaining to the , which brings us to the nitty- gritty now erm you said we have , Tracy , five erm perhaps you 'd better read those names out for us and then I think the best thing to do is to have a closed vote , where we give you all a piece of paper on which you state your nomination folded up so nobody else can see we 'll put them in a bag and then we 'll appoint a couple of to count the vote so that we do not the chairman . |
27 | This year I can see we will pick even more . |
28 | Now you can see what would have happened if McArthur 's advice had , had been followed . |
29 | Now you can see what would have happened if McArthur 's advice had , had been followed . |
30 | It 's hoped the video will be distributed around young drivers so they can see what can happen if they take to the road without thought for safety . |