Example sentences of "you can [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now guess the range — the highest number you can guess is 36″ in the case of the cannon in a Steam Tank . |
| 2 | It was he who was now leaning towards her , and his voice and face serious as he went on , ‘ A big house , a room to yourself , and all the food you can eat is n't everything ; you can be as miserable as sin with it all . |
| 3 | If you share in the vision to establish a project such as this in our community for our young people then by far the most valued support you can offer is regular prayer for : |
| 4 | It might be argued that the only thing you can measure is the claims ratio . |
| 5 | Of course , if for any reason you have to leave your garden for several months , the best thing you can do is to sow a suitable green manure . |
| 6 | She has n't stopped complaining since that shopping centre went up , but , like , with people like that all you can do is listen and sympathize . |
| 7 | ‘ All you can do is study the situation as thoroughly as you can and be clear as to what the issues are and who is going to be affected by the decision . |
| 8 | All you can do is wait until your stepfather gets the will admitted to probate . |
| 9 | ‘ If all you can do is swear — , ‘ For Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If your nature is fire , all you can do is burn . ’ |
| 11 | After the first two movements , after such great torture , all you can do is let the music flow . |
| 12 | When you are young and know nothing , all you can do is trust your teacher , but here I felt some inner awareness of my own . |
| 13 | All you can do is to keep moving , and hope they still have some bridies in the Ptarmigan restaurant . |
| 14 | The best you can do is silks for a jockey skullcap , but should n't we be able to buy hats covered with light or reflective materials , instead of velvet , for road use ? |
| 15 | ‘ I 've paid all this money to come to Hawaii and all you can do is screw around . ’ |
| 16 | All you can do is give them a bit of comfort in that their letters have been read . |
| 17 | If it was , all you can do is try to make amends if this is possible , learn by your mistakes and decide not to make them again . |
| 18 | Each of us has to find our own truth and our own self in relation to the world ; all you can do is to remain true to yourself and your chosen path . |
| 19 | It is the lot of all parents of teenagers , I presume , and all you can do is say , ‘ I love you , but I hate what you are doing . ’ |
| 20 | If you are rejected the most constructive thing you can do is to phone or write and ask for the reasons why . |
| 21 | When you 've organised and publicised , all you can do is wait and pray ! |
| 22 | One of the worst things you can do is to invite a few friends round who then chat in the background so that there is a continuous hubbub . |
| 23 | What you can do is make some exaggerated moves such as lying on the floor , climbing through each other 's arms or whatever . |
| 24 | Under these circumstances , all you can do is try to re-align the board on the artwork and expose it for a further period , but you may well have to scrap that attempt and start again with a freshly-coated board . |
| 25 | But the one thing you can do is to think like us . |
| 26 | And the worst thing you can do is to screw it all up by putting a lot of technique all over it ! ' |
| 27 | In cases of mild illness , such as coughs and colds , often all you can do is let children rest and give them over-the-counter medication to relieve pain or fever and help them to sleep . |
| 28 | Elaine England , senior training analyst at Lloyds Bank says : ‘ The worst thing you can do is fall in love with the gadgets and technology . ’ |
| 29 | With plywood and hardboard , it 's no so easy to hide the joins , and the best you can do is to use a thick textures paper such as woodchip or a heavy blown vinyl . |
| 30 | When dealing with them , all you can do is ask if there is any method by which their payout system can be speeded up , such as by presenting your accounts in some special way or whatever . |