Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Another point which is not always recognised is that covert research can itself impose severe restrictions on the kinds of questions that one may legitimately ask and the sorts of people to whom one may have access . |
2 | The network designed to provide negative feedback over the required operational frequency range can itself introduce positive feedback at other frequencies . |
3 | Nana can I have some pop ? |
4 | Only by being in the economic powerhouse of the European Community can we satisfy those aspirations . |
5 | Anyway , now that I 've got you to myself for a moment can we make some plans ? |
6 | In which parts of almost any town can you see many roofs made of slate ? |
7 | Daddy can I have another cup of tea please ? |
8 | It must be observed that only with difficulty and in a highly tentative manner can one find common ground between the theories discussed here ; in this conversation the participants are talking past one another . |
9 | While this is undoubtedly true , many elderly people are not grandparents , and the lack of role can itself cause considerable grief . |
10 | Sir can we turn that light off . |
11 | You forget we 've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you 've been doing er , that 's , that 's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she 's just had her hair permed , the day before he 's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum 's been out for the day and she 's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you 've never been anywhere |
12 | But where the hell can you raise that money ? ’ |
13 | Many practices are worried that only by taking a fund can they retain some independence from what they fear may be increasingly arbitrary or incomplete control by the family health services authority or its eventual successor . |
14 | for me meeting with Jim was to say , yes , that 's fine but if at the end of the day we have to train down to a certain level within our group , there 's no way can we afford five man-days of lost fees and fifteen hundred pounds . |
15 | You 're being totally stripped of all your honour your credibility can you see that contrast that Mark is introducing us to . |
16 | mum can I get some luncheon meat ? |
17 | Er mum can I have some money ? |
18 | Fr from that time can you recall any incidents which er your father may have mentioned to you even as a young boy ? |
19 | Moreover , disability can itself make extra demands on financial resources because the disabled need extra care and special services . |
20 | some butter can I borrow some butter ? |
21 | And for Christ 's sake , Johnny , how on earth can you justify sexual freedom for men if you deny it to women ? |