Example sentences of "you can [adv] say " in BNC.
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1 | If the deal goes through , you can probably say good-bye to the models that made Piper famous among private pilots — the PA-28 range and the lovely Super Cub . |
2 | But when the PM sends his personal invitation you can scarcely say : ‘ Sorry I 'm washing my hair . ’ |
3 | ‘ You can also say , ’ Husband added , ‘ that the surveillance has been discontinued — has n't it , Dieter ? ’ |
4 | but you can also say I want a transaction too and the machine then comes back to you with one of these sepulchral voices , you know , which is tone |
5 | Yes , but I do n't think you can just say all women are housewives . |
6 | Well you can just say it again . |
7 | Erm yeah , when er rather than saying that something is a heavy mass and it move and it 's got a good acceleration you can just say it 's got good . |
8 | Many of the older folk if you get them really going in their own dialect you can just say roughly where they come from . |
9 | Now if you can just say on that , that that excludes any resources for the economic development action plan and for the time being resources for that initiative are being held centrally into Personnel and Finance sub-committee 's budget and as the action plans develop then money will be released from a contingency there to er go to the Planning Department or to whichever department that has actually been implementing that particular part of the action . |
10 | You do n't have to read the book , it 's rubbish , but I mean you can just say , if you remember the title , The Imperial Presidency , here was a view that the presidency had become dominant , the presidency had grown out of all proportion to the intentions of the founding fathers and needed to be reined back . |
11 | These phones are already on the market … you do n't need to dial manually , you can just say the number and the phone will dial it automatically . |
12 | You can just say that |
13 | Yeah you can just say very nice something . |
14 | You can just say I like the |
15 | You know you can just say D five one four . |
16 | You can just say I 'm gon na take this off you |
17 | I know , he might still come in and collect it on Wednesday , but you can just say that you left it home because we do n't have English that day now . |
18 | I do n't think you can even say , non-white , can you , nowadays . |
19 | If you can honestly say you never watched , you are medically dead . |
20 | ‘ You can honestly say that after those kisses in the bush — that I would n't be welcome ? |
21 | And as the kind of girls you seem to prefer would think a job like mine utterly boring , I do n't see how you can possibly say I 'm just like them . |
22 | You can only say what 's . |
23 | So you can only say they may make a payment . |
24 | Whatever the outcome , this is one play where you can truly say it is n't over till the fat lady ( or in this case , the fat man ) sings . |
25 | If you do and they complete a report and give you their best advice you can still say no thank you I 'm going to put it in the building society . |
26 | ‘ You can definitely say he 's sick as a parrot — and so am I. ’ |
27 | You can always say of . |
28 | Well , you can always say I missed tomorrow 's till the end of April . |
29 | 4 Each pack costs around £8 — but you can always say no to any pack you do n't want , you 're never under any obligation to buy and we 'll stop sending you them whenever you ask |
30 | You can always say , I 've had this accident |