Example sentences of "[verb] can we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm they walk into the , the hotel and they say can we stay here and he goes yeah , you can stay here on one condition . |
| 2 | with the bloke who we have it with and say can we have it a bit earlier . |
| 3 | he says , he says can we do it tonight ? |
| 4 | Only if this latter requirement is met can we begin to talk of linguistic competence . |
| 5 | It is not the purpose of this book to provide a history of coinage , however brief , but rather to focus on the methods by which coins are studied , for only when these methods are properly understood and applied can we realise the full potential of coins as an aid to interpreting the past . |
| 6 | With no disincentives for patients to request night visits and incentives for general practitioners to visit can we expect the increased level of activity to yield health or welfare benefits or avoid costs elsewhere in the system ? |
| 7 | Look can we do one show here we 're doing two at the moment ? |
| 8 | We went to this restaurant one night up in the mountain , he was starting to tell you , we walked in and there was all these people about eighteen and twenty sitting in the middle of the room and we went in , and it was late , it must of been eleven and we said you know can we eat and he said yes , yes and after he said , he said |
| 9 | Well I said to them before the game ‘ you know , people are saying can we make the players , can you win ten out of twelve ? ’ . |
| 10 | Oh it feels like yeah , extensions going on there , builders there , Now your insurance company have written back saying can we have a report because your investigations have been completed . |
| 11 | The two points which were made most strongly were , firstly , that they are so very much like humans in their reasoning and strategic thinking and secondly , that , to quote Dr Goodall , ‘ Only if we understand can we care . |
| 12 | Can , can we have can we have some light on ? |
| 13 | Only by making our processing needs known can we expect them to be catered for by the computer and data creation industries . |
| 14 | sending their mail to erm Body Shop er , they 'd been grooming their nails because they 've heard that the Body shops , in the paper the other day erm are paying ten pounds per nail if your nail 's an inch long , you know , so you cut this talon off if it 's an inch long and they had loads and loads of them sent in envelopes or people just ringing up and asking can we send our nail , ten pound a nail and they said , where the rumour started from these people had heard that because they do n't do erm experiments on animals any more they 're using nails to do experiments , the nail polish and that |
| 15 | can we put can we put problem solving in for the moment ? |
| 16 | I think can we join Charlie Rawlings ? |
| 17 | so Lisa said can we go in to see her |
| 18 | said can we have your old one ? |
| 19 | So what they did , they said can we install a water meter , the water company said yes . |
| 20 | To close can we credit our regional manager , Tom Makeham , for his pun ‘ Will Manchester Bury the opposition ’ ( Editor — must you ? ) . |
| 21 | I was going to say can we take them in small groups ? |
| 22 | Miss can we come back in ? |
| 23 | And sh , lay one , he goes can we go in your bedroom ? |
| 24 | And she goes can we sit down ? |
| 25 | And he goes can we have sex ? |
| 26 | Thank you , yes , I think in a course of er , er explanation that 's been given this morning , there was a reference to H G V eight diversion , now I 'm concerned that if in fact that means that er H G Vs are increasingly using the route through Culford there are two very severe right angle bends on that road and I should erm like to see the police take some action to persuade H G V to ban that route er I mean can we do a ban on the early section of it with in particular to like angle bends are ? |
| 27 | Well ca I mean can we afford that extra though ? |
| 28 | This document is nice and clear plain English , but quite frankly some of the replies and some of the er , er things understood by the public , can we ensure that we do use plain English , I 've got no criticism with this , this is okay , but when we get the replies to our customers erm that we service can we use plain English , that 's my first point , do you want to respond or can I make my second one ? |
| 29 | Only when we are sure that all possible test factors have been controlled can we feel confident that we understand the causal process at work . |
| 30 | But the kind of things people write about now will say can we do anything about the export of live cattle ? |