Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell a real man when I see one , believe me . |
| 2 | Perhaps the honourable member should do a competitiveness survey and go somewhere else for his queue , I do n't know but what I can tell the honourable gentleman is that even though there were losses in the banking industry for the last year there have been strongly offsetting rises in insurance and business services . |
| 3 | Unlike the Labour party and the Militant Tendency we tend not to have card-carrying women , but I can tell the hon. Lady , although I was not asked this question , that precisely 50 per cent . |
| 4 | But I can tell the Hon. Gentleman that sufficient time will be given to take all such considerations properly into account . |
| 5 | I can tell the hon. Gentleman about the review , which was commissioned in 1989 . |
| 6 | I can tell the hon. Gentleman that his local authority of Dumbarton will benefit . |
| 7 | I can tell the hon. Gentleman with the full authority of my office and my responsibility for the programme that if one cuts £6 billion from the defence budget no defence job in the country will be safe . |
| 8 | At present , other matters are proceeding , but I can tell the hon. Gentleman — I am grateful to him for seeking clarification — that in respect of a further order for type 23s , I expect that to be at a broadly similar interval comparing this with the previous order that was placed . |
| 9 | I can tell the hon. Gentleman that the offshore safety division is a separate , discrete , independent division of the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 10 | However , I can tell the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan what I am seeking to achieve . |
| 11 | I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that that will continue . |
| 12 | I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that , to use the time-honoured phrase , we have no present plans to undertake such an exercise . |
| 13 | I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that the terms and conditions of junior doctors will continue to be negotiated nationally . |
| 14 | I can confirm the hon. Gentleman 's remarks about the protocol . |
| 15 | While I 'm in the Cel editor , I can create a multi-cel animation , one cel at a time . |
| 16 | But I can create the right conditions for confidence . |
| 17 | I can quote a final figure to the hon. Gentleman , as he enjoys my quoting figures . |
| 18 | Well , these days I can reach the highest shelves of the house library , and walk into Porteneil to visit the one there , so I can check up on anything my father says , and he has to tell me the truth . |
| 19 | ‘ When I can stop a speeding locomotive with one bound . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ On a four-stroke I can slide the front good . |
| 21 | I can scour the local rags ! |
| 22 | You can draw Y squared equals X , and all you have to do is say well , I can draw the other way round . |
| 23 | I am only trying to mind my own business and I do n't know whether I can prevent the compulsory purchase order . ’ |
| 24 | I can do a Swedish impression . |
| 25 | ‘ Keep still , you burnt-arse chip-sucker , ’ Ace said , ‘ You need more shots and I can do a better graft job on that arm — but only if you keep still . ’ |
| 26 | I have to prove that I can do a better job than the lads already in the side . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm prepared to listen to anyone and still think I can do a good job in the Premier League . |
| 28 | and also I can do a little bit of a fiddle |
| 29 | And what is more , the clichés used by Mome Elwis are at least better suited to the cleric than anything the clerk can come out with : ( " I can do no other deed but say my paternoster and my creed to Christ for my misdeeds , and my Ave Maria — I am sorry for my sins — and my de profundis for all who remain in sin , for I am good for nothing else — Christ knows that , the king of heaven . " ) |
| 30 | I went into the water industry at seventeen years , and I 've still not figured out how to do these new ones and make them go backwards I can do the other ones . |