Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourthly , fourthly I can tell him that prescription charges will raise nearly three hundred million pounds in the forthcoming year . |
| 2 | I ca n't prove that lay readers enjoy books more than professional critics ; but I can tell you one advantage we have over them . |
| 3 | ‘ I can tell you one bit of good news , ’ she began nervously . |
| 4 | ‘ I can tell you one thing — Morgan is n't allowed anywhere near this place . |
| 5 | I can tell you one thing , I wo n't be here to be used as a buffer . |
| 6 | I can tell you one thing — the pater wo n't give you his blessing . |
| 7 | Well I can tell you one thing , animals will not go into ours . |
| 8 | No I can tell you one thing though Matthew is n't very good ! |
| 9 | When you 've got up next morni And then we I can tell you another thing , and very few people know about it , especially I bet you do n't know wha what they called beastlings , do you ? |
| 10 | I can tell you this place is a bloody paradise compared with Fresnes . |
| 11 | His eyes worshipped her and his voice was gentle as he said , ‘ I can hold you all night and never go further . |
| 12 | But your experience on , on one thing , I think , was , I can do it five times better than that . |
| 13 | I can do it either way , but the ‘ leg-over ’ style suits Steve because that 's how Tony Hewitt did it . |
| 14 | Well I can do you scrambled eggs tomorrow then . |
| 15 | But I can assure you appropriate action will be taken when we have found the guilty party … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I can assure you that mine are n't . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I can assure you this woman is what she appears — an intelligent scientist untrammeled by the usual preoccupations of women . ’ |
| 18 | But I tell you something now when you go skiing on January the fourth I 've never skied but I can assure you this James I know for a fact is going to special lessons . |
| 19 | Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . |
| 20 | I can give you clinical depression . |
| 21 | But I can give you some idea of general trends in your life . |
| 22 | Well I can give you some names to start with ! |
| 23 | The sooner you 're on income support again I can sign you up to one of these green forms , so I can give you some advice on that . |
| 24 | Mistletoe is very scarce and dear this year , and I can offer you seven pounds for it . ’ |
| 25 | The reason I can offer you this choice is because , on its way to you now , is an invitation to enter our ‘ DOUBLE YOUR MONEY ’ prize draw . |
| 26 | ‘ I can lend you some money , if you want . ’ |
| 27 | I can advise you that Education is in no position to provide additional school places at primary and at secondary level for a number of years and should not have to defend their position against a continual demand to cope with the pupil product of yet another 30 houses , particularly if approval of Colt Hill precipitates approval of the Region 's and any other like sites in the area . |
| 28 | Similar impressions seem to arise from sentences such as I may leave tomorrow and I can finish it next week . |
| 29 | And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing . |
| 30 | If I can put it that way . |