Example sentences of "can say [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the poem the writer can say much more than would normally be allowed ! |
| 2 | And I do n't think I can say much more than that but perhaps Simon |
| 3 | CS : ‘ You can say all you like , but it 's clear that soul music is more popular than it has ever been , worldwide . ’ |
| 4 | Use the stand alone system so it gets the date that we 're going to collect it , it can say all the things that we 've said , it 's , you know , we wrote to you some time ago and , and er we , we did n't get the money if you do n't , as you said , if you do n't send us this money we 're gon na sounds like a threat does n't it , if you do n't send this money within the next three months we 'll automatically collect it together with your regular premium due on the date |
| 5 | But England manager Graham Taylor countered : ‘ I ca n't see how he can say such things without having an intimate knowledge of our game . |
| 6 | More than ten years ago Peter Laslett complained that ‘ we can say little yet about the everyday relationship between old people and their grown-up , independent children for any period earlier than recent times . ’ |
| 7 | In sum , then , one can say little more on the basis of the scanty information available than that Molla Yegan appears to have abandoned his official posts by at least 844/1440–1 ; to have returned from his journey to the Hijaz , in company with Molla Gurani , whom he presented at the Ottoman court , not earlier than alter the pilgrimage of 844/1441 but very possibly not much later ; if not to have continued to be a figure of some importance in the state until at least 857/1453 , to have re-emerged as such then , though without , apparently , holding any official post ; and to have died at some time alter that date , perhaps in 878/1473–4 . |
| 8 | He can say that again . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know how you can say that , Daddy . |
| 10 | ‘ You can say that twice over . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You can say that again , ’ said Wexford , thinking of Cullam . |
| 12 | ‘ You can say that again ! ’ |
| 13 | But none can say that of other parts . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know how you can say that , ’ Mr Ashdown replied . |
| 15 | ‘ You can say that again . |
| 16 | Our lives there were promiscuous , I can say that for a start . |
| 17 | ( He can say that again ! ) |
| 18 | We can say that being female therefore also has an indirect effect on absenteeism , through the type of work performed . |
| 19 | Being convicted involves being identified publicly as a criminal , and it is in this context that we can say that being found guilty is the same as being guilty . |
| 20 | ‘ You can say that again . |
| 21 | No , it 's not often we can say that . |
| 22 | He has to race against me before you can say that . ’ |
| 23 | We can say that sexual delight , or the lack of it , is the direct heir of infancy . |
| 24 | ‘ You can say that again ! ’ |
| 25 | As for the abduction business , I think we can say that 's over . |
| 26 | It is the haven , therefore , for the bacteria that perform the decomposition process — they need air , and we can say that , in order to be fertile and support our roses , the soil has to contain organic matter , moisture , air and bacteria . |
| 27 | In summary , we can say that public law rules and principles ( including the rules of judicial review ) ought to apply to the exercise ( or non-exercise ) of public functions ; and that public functions are functions which ought to be subject to public law controls . |
| 28 | She thought : At least Mary and Reggie will pull their weight , at least one can say that of their kind … |
| 29 | ‘ Never a harsh word , in all those years , ’ that 's what Mena told us , ‘ how many can say that of themselves ? ’ |
| 30 | To use the ‘ negotiation ’ metaphor , we can say that speaker M offers elements in her personal topic ( in her second contribution ) as possible elements to be included in the conversational business , but speaker L does not take up the offer . |