Example sentences of "can [pers pn] [vb infin] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I sit on the bed ? |
| 2 | Can I sit on the chair ? |
| 3 | No she came up to and she said can I sit on the end of the table . |
| 4 | CAN I count on the support of my friends and family ? |
| 5 | trying to get through the , he says oh them people have left here , now you 'll have to , and he gives us another two numbers and that , I got through on one of the numbers and then er , I asked I says oh I says I did n't get me photograph and me plastic wallet , he says well you do n't really need them you know when you retired , but I says how can you go on the train , you sure of that ? |
| 6 | ‘ Can you comment on the weapon yet ? ’ |
| 7 | It smells , can you smell on the food , it 's lovely . |
| 8 | Can you see on the floor there to the left of the picnic table . |
| 9 | And , can you see on the end , look that 's where the flowers 'll grow , the blossom . |
| 10 | How many separate , dispersed , farmhouses can you see on the photograph ? |
| 11 | Only when you have made your plans , decided on your work sequence , bought your appliances and thought about the style of room you would like to create , can you focus on the treatment of the rest : the framework of walls , floor , window and ceiling as well as the sort of tiles , splashback and worktop you would like . |
| 12 | Can you , if you use your language cleverly can you play on the bacon as in frying |
| 13 | can you imagine , can you imagine on the top of it |
| 14 | Can we rely on the document ? |
| 15 | Can we go on the computer today ? |
| 16 | Can we concentrate on the A fifty nine ? |
| 17 | How long can we spend on the matter ? ’ |
| 18 | because I think er Mr 's motion is erm , similar to er Rosie 's erm except that , I mean I think what we 're actually saying is that we do actually have a number of waste planning sort of policy panel , er and this is something look , needs to be looked at in , in some detail , erm and if we just do it via a sort of straight report to the Environment Committee and I mean look at the sort of agenda we 've got today er you know how much time can we spend on the details so I mean I hope the Liberal Democrats would accept that erm yes it will obviously come to the Environment Committee eventually er but that it actually should go to the Waste Planning to the Policy panel and other bits no doubt to the Waste Disposal sort of Sub Committee for this is the policy er committee of course . |
| 19 | Er can we put on the end of this er spelling nutter |
| 20 | Thus , the observer can not simplify his task by asking the practitioner to go more slowly nor can he rely on the introspection of the skilled performer . |
| 21 | Can he comment on the co-operation between the Province and the Republic in marketing the whole island of Ireland to ensure that even more overseas visitors come to that beautiful country ? |