Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell that , you were tired before . |
| 2 | Speaking as one of them , I can tell this person that I am a single mother , not from choice , but because my baby 's father scarpered as soon as I told him I was pregnant . |
| 3 | As a works convenor , I work along twenty shop stewards , and I can tell this Congress that the message that they 've given to me from the people from the people that have elected them , is that they 're sick and tired of the perpetual bleating of the T U C about how they have to abide by the laws , when the only laws that are there are the laws that are bringing this movement down . |
| 4 | That 's what they will be getting because I can tell this to the Tories , let's be quite honest that with the throw up the the people put their trust in the Tories and I do n't think they 'll ever do it again . |
| 5 | WP Even I can confirm that . |
| 6 | I can confirm that a 31 per cent . |
| 7 | I can confirm that . |
| 8 | I can confirm that Chairman there are currently no proposals to er restrict the increment of progression . |
| 9 | As one of his constituents , I can confirm this view . |
| 10 | I can confirm those three points . |
| 11 | Now then , let's see put your feet straight on the footrest so I can tuck these things over . |
| 12 | Nor yet we ca n't no more hold their tide than I can hold this . |
| 13 | At least at least you know how you know if he says you can have this one or this one yeah cos the choice between one or the other and he says well I can fit this one immediately , but , this one I 've got ta order . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think I can face that . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't feel I can face more than a snack in this heat … ’ |
| 16 | I faced that , and I can face this , thought Grainne . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not sure how long I can continue this way right now , ’ he muttered shakily . |
| 18 | It is is my intention to have a look through that and see if I can delegate any of those down to your good selves . |
| 19 | I suppose there must be some records in a dusty file somewhere of how often the ground crews lost the race against time and had the aircraft and bombs blow up in front of them , but as far as I can recollect this never happened at Bourn , at least not while I was there , and we were thankful to get through each busy night without catastrophes of that kind . |
| 20 | I am so sure of that now that I can ignore all the pressure to do something else but it does take strength . ’ |
| 21 | I 've tried to view and recover these files using PC Tools , XTree Gold , Actaeon and other programs , and although I can view some of the text files ( the rest are encrypted ) , I just ca n't get them out into a working environment and recover them . |
| 22 | Er if I can pass that round . |
| 23 | ‘ If I can pass this under her belly and get it fastened , ’ he said , ‘ pull with all your might , and use the horses as well . ’ |
| 24 | I can quote some of the figures on the cuts in regional selective assistance in the period in question . |
| 25 | Yet there are no places I can go , things I can observe that , as a policeman , he can not . |
| 26 | ‘ There is , ’ he said , ‘ no way I can reach that green in two . |
| 27 | Wait a minute , I can reach this one . |
| 28 | ‘ I have to tell you I can bear such insults , ’ Mr Kinnock told a 500-strong crowd that spilled out of the Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre into a field outside . |
| 29 | It must have been a savage attack ; Boswell had offended Johnson 's pride and held him up to ridicule ; now Johnson retaliated with such force that Boswell says , ‘ though I can bear such attacks as well as most men , I yet found myself so much the sport of all the company , that I would gladly expunge from my mind every trace of this severe retort . ’ |
| 30 | Another asked for the name of a good travel agent , while a third declared : ‘ I do not think I can bear another five years of Andrew Lloyd Webber ; I 'm off . ’ |