Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I can confirm that both [ name of second partner ] and I are most interested in the [ Industry ] sector and would be delighted to carry out assignments on your behalf . |
2 | ‘ I wanted to prove that I can race as well as drive , and I think I 've done that today . ’ |
3 | I 'll push you into some sort of position where I can overtake and then tow you to a garage . ’ |
4 | What makes you think I can cook as well as get stroppy about words ? ’ |
5 | I can answer that very briefly Mr Chairman er yes , there will be the capability to carry stand off weapons the conventionally armed stand off missile for example will have a good stand off range . |
6 | He said they 're gon na fetch it so you tell me where I can go and then I 'll make sure that the kids do n't go . |
7 | and she does and er it 's a I can feel that there when someone 's . |
8 | I can understand that obviously we 've got to be cautious about that sort of thing . |
9 | ‘ I can understand that now , but at the time … ’ |
10 | because she might as well have some A levels just in case or whatever , but erm you know I , you know she 's , you know , I can understand that actually , she 's being quiet sensible about it she said there 's nothing else I want to do and I might as well do something that I enjoy , you know , you 've only got one life have n't you when it comes down to it ? |
11 | But erm you know , ah you know , she 's , you know I can understand that actually , she 's being quite sensible about it , she said , there 's nothing else I wan na do and I might as well do something I enjoy . |
12 | WELL , BASICALLY , WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND AND INDEED RESPECT YOUR WISH TO SLEEP ALONE IT 'S TEARING ME APART … |
13 | Oh I do n't think that I can help and just say and I yen I went to get one in |
14 | That is something I can forgive but never forget . |
15 | But , a another one they used to call a fatty I can remember that even now . |
16 | I can remember that so vividly and it 's still going today so that 's saying something for British Steel erm it was local , you know the erm the one at er |
17 | I can remember that as plain as anything , coming over there . |
18 | However , after conduction an informal poll , I can report that quite a few women of a certain age think Mr McShane is hotter stuff than most of the antiques he sells . |
19 | I believe the issues about the western road are different but but I can say that as far as the northern route is concerned , Scotton Parish Council would be more than happy if i the notation on the key diagram could be changed to a single star . |
20 | So I can say that really what worries you is more the crime and the drugs much more than prostitution , as far as prostitution you 're saying that basically there 's a |
21 | Erm when said , said it all and then should say that but there 's nothing more I can say and so the overall thing was great . |
22 | ‘ I can see that eventually I shall lose my very good assistant and you will lose your partner . |
23 | I can see that now , even though I had no idea at the beginning where it might all lead me . |
24 | I can see that now , locked in this miserable cell with no particular guarantees that anything good is ever likely to happen to me again . |
25 | Naturally you do n't want to take risks with your boy , I can see that perfectly well , but — ’ |
26 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
27 | Or rather , Francis is actually going to play soldiers , I 'm sneaking around the place to see what I can see and maybe take a few incriminating photos with my trusty Box Brownie . ’ |
28 | … I can hear but never see him telling me for the tenth or hundredth time the story of the Wiltshire moonrakers … and many another comic tale or rhyme . |
29 | I can hear that just in the last ten minutes |
30 | She can cut that quite short on top so it 's more fuller . |