Example sentences of "[noun] can [pron] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 So there different different ways of putting things and I E words can you think any words that 've got I and E together in them ?
2 Is there any biological action can you see any ?
3 But mummy can I take this
4 Donna can you do this one for me ?
5 Oh sorry have I okeydoke , Mary Ann can I borrow this when you 've finished ?
6 ‘ Smith 's chief themes are loneliness , and death , fear and renunciation … nowhere in modern poetry can one find such concentrated agony . ’
7 Nana can I have some pop ?
8 Only after 1 February can I go more or less where I please and then there is a need to work quite quickly since the ferreting season ends in April when the fast-growing vegetation and the increasing arrival of litters of young rabbits make it impractical to continue .
9 Only by being in the economic powerhouse of the European Community can we satisfy those aspirations .
10 told me names of the curing stations can you mind any of the cooperages that were in the village ?
11 Anyway , now that I 've got you to myself for a moment can we make some plans ?
12 Well then we 'll take the vote on the resolution proposed by Mr can I see those in favour ?
13 In which parts of almost any town can you see many roofs made of slate ?
14 Daddy can I have another cup of tea please ?
15 Ru can I borrow some of your erm , just a little bit ?
16 Oliver can you pick that up now ?
17 In what ways can he do this and what should we give him to do ?
18 In what practical ways can you do this ?
19 What props can you use that help signify the role — a brief case ?
20 what use can we put all this
21 Q Can I pay more than the monthly instalment ?
22 Q Can you offer any advice on hair modelling ?
23 Ho ho ho , ah God can you imagine that , Christ , aha here comes a car , there goes a car we are now in a country lane , looking out on the odd passing car bom , bom , bom , bom , bom I do n't know about Jessica and Rebecca actually
24 Christine can you turn that volume down a bit , it 's up too high .
25 Sir can we open all the top windows ?
26 Sir can we turn that light off .
27 O K can I have those in then fairly shortly .
28 plus or minus Can I do that
29 Now on the angle that you did there the degrees can you add those up and just before you start drawing it you should always add them up and make sure they all come to three sixty cos if it comes to four hundred it 's going to go right round and a bit further than once round .
30 And he said , how the hell can I pay that !
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