Example sentences of "you can be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | They say , ‘ Oh , we do n't trust how you look after the paintings ’ and so on , but you can be over cautious . |
2 | This lethal game is often called ‘ last across ’ , the idea being to see how close you can be to a train before it hits you or you can get out of the way . |
3 | ‘ You can be of no help to us , then ? |
4 | ‘ Livée , perhaps you can be of some help to Citizen Vaubrun , ’ said Mme de Ratho pointedly . |
5 | I do n't think you can be of much help to me , Doctor . |
6 | You have the experience of structures and of organising things which means you can be of use to them . |
7 | 10 minutes by car you can be on Woolacombe 's fabulous 3 mile beach . |
8 | Once you have a theme you can be on the lookout for souvenirs on holiday , or provide people with inspiration for presents . |
9 | Or else you can be on the way back from from from Europe and suddenly find , Oh I 'm sorry that plane 's not leaving tonight Mister would you mind going and spending the night in the holiday hotel in so and so and so and so . |
10 | gets under way on Saturday the thirtieth of October , and for just seventy five pounds , you can be on board the M S , which 'll be your floating hotel for three days of relaxation and entertainment . |
11 | And you must also have , have that , naturally , before you can be on the committee . |
12 | I can tell you it 's all expenses paid , it 's a fabulous trip , and er , we 'll tell you how perhaps , you can be on that plane to Sydney with us , later in the programme . |
13 | You can be on your own there . ’ |
14 | Oh come on you can be on my side cos it was obvious , like , he was just sort of sat there . |
15 | well you can be on another planet you know |
16 | ‘ How very predictable you can be at times . ’ |
17 | Right , so normally we , you know , we want to be reasonably confident , right , so we want to have a reasonably small significance level we do n't want that significance level to be too small , otherwise the power of the test will diminish very rapidly so we normally use the ten or the five percent , five percent level and if you just look at the er the five percent column , right , overall realistic sample sizes , right , from a hundred and twenty down to , to about twenty , I , those T ratios were the critical value they are all about two and that 's why we say you can have a T ratio of about greater than two , then you can be at least ninety five percent confident about your inference . |
18 | A good example of this is nuisance , for you can be liable for nuisance through the agency of your animals , just as you can be for nuisance through the agency of anything else you own . |
19 | If you are in good practice , it is fun to discover just how accurate you can be with a crosswind landing . |
20 | ‘ I 'll guide you upstairs so you can be with the others , ’ Bryce said . |
21 | Others may limit your way so that no matter how promising your situation or how creative you can be with money , you are not free to make the most of it . |
22 | I mean — you can be with someone and still be alone . |
23 | Prove to me — and perhaps to yourself , too , that you can be with me and remain unmoved . ’ |
24 | It 's to show children of all ages just how ingenious you CAN be with wood , paper , string and a lot of imagination . |
25 | But with a little practice you can be near the top of the scale . |
26 | The perfect joint responds to a couple taps : any stiffer and you can be in seven sorts of trouble . |
27 | ‘ You can be in charge of the baddie knights and I 'll be Sir Lancelot , the bravest and best knight of all . ’ |
28 | You can be in good shape , mentally , physically and spiritually , yet suddenly find yourself in a situation where destructive power from within seeks to engulf you . |
29 | From the coastal area , you can be in broom-covered hills and forests within 30 minutes . |
30 | 10 minutes by car you can be in Woolacombe 's fabulous 3 mile beach ( See top of opposite page , ) or Exmoor , Barnstaple , Lynton , and Lynmouth , Clovelly , Dartmoor and Cornwall are easy half day trips . |