Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I can confirm that Chairman there are currently no proposals to er restrict the increment of progression . |
| 4 | As one of his constituents , I can confirm this view . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not sure how long I can continue this way right now , ’ he muttered shakily . |
| 6 | ‘ There is , ’ he said , ‘ no way I can reach that green in two . |
| 7 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 8 | I 'm er I 'm gon na erm , I might see if I can record some conversation on a bus , but I do n't know . |
| 9 | I can do that ampersand that or those two cells have got range names the range names . |
| 10 | Well , he 's doing it , last wee I would n't mind doing the Wednesday actually cos I can do that sort of you know , student discos , you know , so |
| 11 | And Mrs Black ses I can do joined-up writin' , ’ he added , scrambling to his feet . |
| 12 | I can do one thing in the light , and that 's send and treat for him in open negotiation . |
| 13 | I can do sixteen mile an hour now , instead of eight . |
| 14 | Perhaps I 'll die from natural causes before I can do any mischief . |
| 15 | I ca n't give you a figure now , on how many American firms there are in the county , erm , but I can do some work on it and come back to you . |
| 16 | I can do some writing there , read his books , meet a few people . ’ |
| 17 | So you 're quite happy with that , one hundred , two hundred , three hundred , four hundred , five hundred , six hundred oh I can do this standing on my head , right and you s you stop concentrating so much , and you 've gone up to , so that should be a seven hundred |
| 18 | Knitters now ask me if I can do these ballet cardigans with my eyes shut . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , I can spare more grain — and , indeed , you will have it , cousin — but that 's not the point , is it ? |
| 20 | Well , I think if I can clarify small print . |
| 21 | So type plus two less thans , the name of the file , which is sales one , two greater thans , and a cell address , C twenty five and then enter and that number one five four is , you got from that file sales one , in cell C twenty five , and I can copy that formula to the right , just like any other formula , I can copy it . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 23 | I tell you I can break this bond , and maybe I will this time and leave you to starve , and maybe I wo n't , maybe I 'll leave that pleasure for another time . |
| 24 | No , I 'm talking about the cell formats , you know I can fix two decimal , the comma format . |
| 25 | ‘ This way I can send more money home . ’ |
| 26 | And I can handle any bastard gets in here . |
| 27 | I 'm not sure I can stand that kind of talk , ’ snapped Mrs Parvis . |
| 28 | If he thinks I can stand another night in that car , he 's even madder than I thought . ’ |
| 29 | ' I 'll go and see if I can arrange some transport , ’ said Tuppe . |
| 30 | The Americans are world champions and half a second faster than the British best — but I can redress that balance just by telling Christie he has only a dog 's chance . |