Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poem we were working on was one of several left unfinished , but I can quote here the first three verses , for their expression of our condition at that time , our sense of being so close together that we were utterly apart from all else : |
| 2 | You see how effortlessly I can conjure up the visions and tempt you into that Realm where I , too , am a Prince ? ’ |
| 3 | By way of correction I can offer only the thought that the word comprimat in the third line of Musae Jovis is a jussive subjunctive ( ‘ let … crush ’ ) , not an indicative ( ‘ crushes ’ ) . |
| 4 | Mr Chairman , two points I want to make and er I get , I can link where the words can go on the top where under the leadership of County er survey , and the la at the end of that last paragraph . |
| 5 | If Edward and I can sort out the secret of the Hermetic Mystery your problems are over . |
| 6 | Erm one at the moment , but I can pull out the radio without any problem . |
| 7 | So I can finish off the , I want to finish off the letter now . |
| 8 | In so far as I can make out the policy of the Labour party , it is to give the business rate back to local authorities . |
| 9 | ‘ I can put out the announcement but I do n't think James Worsdale will show up . ’ |
| 10 | She 'll be out of sight , and so will we until I can pick up the replacement set . ’ |
| 11 | But erm and if you listen to the tape long enough you can , I can pick up the tune , |
| 12 | probably by going to these meetings I can pick up the be best practice for ideas which can be passed on to the others |
| 13 | Oh wicked , I can pick up the revs . |
| 14 | I can understand why the Russells did n't want to sell when they went to Dubai . ’ |
| 15 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 16 | But as I think I have said already , I can recall vividly the way the last of the daylight was coming through each open doorway and falling across the corridor in orange shafts . |
| 17 | If you are , and I really do hope so , you must let me know as soon as ever you can so I can get home the same time as you . |
| 18 | I can work out the family budget easily |
| 19 | I can remember vividly the whole episode with Docklands Express . |
| 20 | Well , like , I can remember when the word went round that someone was coming to do research on the RUC . |
| 21 | ‘ I can remember when the air was clean and the sex was dirty ’ |
| 22 | Veteran comedian George Burns is a master of the quick comment , with lines such as : ‘ I can remember when the air was clean and the sex was dirty . ’ |
| 23 | I can remember when the er Going down to the harbour for salt and we were getting from the manufacturer , it was at the time , getting cod liver oil , you know , ready prepared for us which was a quite a saving . |
| 24 | I can remember when the first bit of tarmac was put on a road round here and that down here at Upton bypass and all |
| 25 | ‘ If you English tourists get too powerful around here , ’ he told me over a glass of grappa , and with a particularly charming smile , ‘ I think I can remember where the old machine-guns are buried . ’ |
| 26 | Well I can remember then the last year when I was in the ninth year we did it in that half term , it was n't the first |
| 27 | If it 's Joe 's I 'm getting a piece of paper so I can write down the homework . |
| 28 | give us another bowl and I can dig out the little manky pieces |
| 29 | ‘ I came here to do a job of work , and since that quite clearly is no longer possible — I can hardly tutor a pupil who is n't even here ! — I can see not the slightest reason to stay . |
| 30 | But I can see why the instigator of this new tax was reluctant to have higher bands . |