Example sentences of "can [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can remember me first Mother 's , what she called , automatic washer . |
| 2 | ‘ I can assure you that mine are n't . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I can assure you this woman is what she appears — an intelligent scientist untrammeled by the usual preoccupations of women . ’ |
| 4 | Does this mean that , whenever we encounter a deviance that can be cured either by adjustment of grammar or lexical content , we can take it that semantics is involved ? |
| 5 | I can tell you this place is a bloody paradise compared with Fresnes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If it can teach us that love is the most powerful force in the world , we shall not have lived for nothing . |