Example sentences of "can [pron] [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can I ask you a personal question ? ’ he said to his companion . |
| 2 | Mummy , can I ask you a personal question ? |
| 3 | Right Craig , can I ask you a personal question about Craig ? |
| 4 | Can you pass me a brown one ? |
| 5 | Can you send me a recent photo of you , pweeese ! |
| 6 | Can you do me a small favour ? ’ |
| 7 | Can you do me a little exercise first just to er write down write down what erm of what we 're trying to reveal . |
| 8 | Can you give them a precise definition ? |
| 9 | Can you give me a little help ? |
| 10 | ‘ Can you give me a double room for a couple of nights ? ’ he asked the ancient receptionist . |
| 11 | Can you give me a few examples ? |
| 12 | and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ? |
| 13 | When the film finally ran out of their cameras , an ambisexual person in headphones said , ‘ Can you give us a funny line to get people to watch Telethon , Maureen ? ’ and ‘ Action ! ’ |
| 14 | 3 Can you give us an approximate idea of sales you 'd be expecting over a three-year period ? |
| 15 | Simultaneously mythic and painstakingly real ( ‘ the giant Exxon sign/That brings this fair city light ’ ) , his cityscape was inhabited by characters whose lives were condensed into their names , a few gestures or scraps of dialogue ( ‘ Hey , Eddie , can you lend me a few bucks … |
| 16 | Three , six , nine twelve , can you lend me a few fingers ? |
| 17 | Can you tell me a little bit about your family ? |
| 18 | Can you tell us a little bit about the recipe for running such a successful shop ? |
| 19 | I could n't find a way round it and when someone came in and said , ‘ that sounds great , but can you get me a pure sound where I can actually recognise what guitar is being played , whether it 's clean or distorted ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Stuart , can you get me a big packet of Cornflakes , please , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Miguel Rafaelo said , ‘ Can you find me a good steak too , Antonio ? ’ |
| 22 | Well can we make it a clear definition please because national means , national in terms of agents and corporates means multi-locational and all represented |
| 23 | Can anyone give me a brief update on what exactly has been going on in my absence , i.e. who is being sold and why ? |