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 .
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