Example sentences of "can [adv] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've seen loads of rings like this , so they ca n't be worth much . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't be of much help , ’ Meredith said . |
| 3 | ‘ Sorry I ca n't be of more help . |
| 4 | I 've always excused myself-I 've said , I 'm kind and tolerant with everyone else , she 's the one person I ca n't be like that with , and there has to be an exception to the general rule . |
| 5 | Gon na be like you ca n't be like that , on things like that . |
| 6 | well , erm tis n't , she 's not , she wants the W R A F and nothing else and Sue said you ca n't be like that , you know , and er , so they 've decided that she 's got ta carry on with this Saturday job because she wo n't be able to go on the dole look , straight away will she ? |
| 7 | Too bad every other day ca n't be like this . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But he ca n't be in such immediate danger , or — ’ |
| 9 | Often , such a realization arising from contact with other ageing people can alone be worth several face-to-face counselling sessions . |
| 10 | It is at this stage that we can perhaps be of most use by pointing out that that is mostly what grief is about . |
| 11 | The domestic arrangements of an elderly bachelor like myself can not be of much interest to anyone . |
| 12 | Warton replies : ‘ It can not be of any use to the dead themselves . |
| 13 | Unfortunately their ideas have not been tested out a great deal in other areas of London or the rest of the country , so we can not be at all sure whether the findings they claim are appropriate for application to the whole of our society are in fact so . |
| 14 | It follows that management 's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe . |
| 15 | ‘ Please , you can not be in such a rush . |
| 16 | It can not be in any sense hierarchical . |
| 17 | Mere respect for the memory and wishes of a testator can not be in any way construed as such . |
| 18 | That can not be in any of our interests , especially at this time . |
| 19 | Counselling sensitivity and insight can often be of more value than strictly medical knowledge . |
| 20 | Many managers like to think that while they must inevitably bargain this can surely be without any real element of conflict . |
| 21 | In 1976 , however , when he was Wimbledon champion , even Ashe was given a frightening demonstration of how turbulent life can sometimes be in that part of the world . |