Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ You know , ’ she said , ’ I can tell two things from the way everybody looks at me this morning . |
| 2 | For example , ‘ I can drink 12 pints of Fosters without puking . |
| 3 | I mute them so that I can switch two wirelesses on at the same time , because if you have two on together they screech . |
| 4 | it saves me having to do three weekends , I can do two weekends next term instead of three |
| 5 | I can do one thing in the light , and that 's send and treat for him in open negotiation . |
| 6 | I can do sixteen mile an hour now , instead of eight . |
| 7 | If I can clarify two things there first of all . |
| 8 | No , I 'm talking about the cell formats , you know I can fix two decimal , the comma format . |
| 9 | If I can give one example : everyone knows there is a shortage of doctors . |
| 10 | On the secret deal deferring payment for Rover until next March , Lord Young writes : ‘ I can offer three possibilities , in ascending order of risk that the deferment will be picked up by the commission , in which case they might require repayment of the notional interest saved . |
| 11 | But I can offer three pieces of rather different evidence which seem to me to be highly convincing . |
| 12 | Very clear , I can make two keys for you . |
| 13 | First , I can make two points about the way in which the political constellation has changed since the beginning of August . |
| 14 | But I can make seventy strings sound pianissimo . |
| 15 | Well I can use one bowl , but I do n't I use two . |
| 16 | you can make make it right next time with Tracey 's and Linda 's anyway , if they had n't done it in office because I can put two pound what Tracey paid onto Linda 's anyway , it 'll still balance it out wo n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ I can name four farmers who own single horses . |
| 18 | ‘ You still have n't said how I can have two mothers , Nanny , ’ Artemis persisted , raising her voice and attracting the attention of a red-faced man at the main table . |
| 19 | I mean , if I can have twelve hours , then I 'm happy . |
| 20 | Anton tells me I can have 20 minutes and then he 's sending the other two on to finish things off . |
| 21 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
| 22 | It comes up just short of the green , but he can putt it and he says , ‘ I can take four putts from here and still win . ’ |
| 23 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 24 | Well I can run three miles . |
| 25 | We staged with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat , and Salalah , and I can recall one evening a hit of a commotion , when one of the Wapiti crews of No 55 Squadron caused an uproar by trying to get on to the roof . |
| 26 | I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine . |
| 27 | You can , you know I can I can get two balls to almost roll from corner to corner by doing |
| 28 | So people oh I can get six windows for two hundred pound . |
| 29 | wax jackets but they 're a waistcoat and I 've , I 've ordered one really just to see what it 's , it 's like , because erm at the moment I can , I just try and get a bit closer to the door , I think we 'll go round again , erm cos in the , in my club book at the moment , I , I can get twenty percent off and which brings it down to , it 's twe well say thirty pound so twenty per cent off it brings me down to erm brings it down to twenty four pounds and then erm with my commission off that brings it down to just under twenty one pound |
| 30 | I can remember one standard lamp we had , it was really weird and people used to say that 'll be alright if you were landing a plane cos it had spotlights , I mean now , they , erm , in fact you can still buy the same sort of thing , but then it was so way out |