Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] me [det] " in BNC.
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1 | She 's an ancient lass , I call her Nellie , but she can take me all the way to Sanderstown if I want a night out with bright lights . |
2 | So that you can offer me some kind of deal . |
3 | Perhaps you can tell me that ! ’ |
4 | ‘ I 'll make a pot of tea then you can tell me all about it . ’ |
5 | Do let's chat again some time and you can tell me all the gossip about Buck 's new tenants . ’ |
6 | ‘ In a moment you can tell me all about Richard . |
7 | ‘ Let's get as drunk as you think we have to , and you can tell me all the reasons I 'm so childish . ’ |
8 | ‘ You can tell me all about this while you pour me a drink , ’ he said quietly and they went into the kitchen . |
9 | ‘ You can tell me all that over the phone . ’ |
10 | Now , ’ he added , rising to his feet and taking the plate from her hand , ‘ it 's a beautiful moonlit night — so why do n't we take a walk in the garden , and you can tell me all about the history of your old family home ? ’ |
11 | Get into bed , I 'll bring you some water , and you can tell me all about it . ’ |
12 | ‘ You can tell me all about Sarah Chester 's range of products on the way . |
13 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
14 | Yo go on you can tell me this joke and then you can finish . |
15 | Then you can tell me some more about that book you 've been buried in for the past week . " |
16 | And if you can give me that relief , I will be grateful . ’ |
17 | ‘ You can give me another place to meet her at night-time , a more private place , which she can choose and no one will be able to find out . ’ |
18 | And you can give me those cornflakes . |
19 | I have been quoted coots ranging from £2,000 to £5,000 and I would like to know if you can give me any advice on which of the more common Ford , BMC , Perkins diesel engines can be obtained from scrappers , reconditioned and fitted . |
20 | " If you can give me any news of Mr. Andrew , please ring at four o'clock in the morning . |
21 | Okay , so if you can give me some suggestions that might , might actually improve , cos we 've got to be seriously thinking that she 's fifty six , this is the other key to it . |
22 | Well if you can give me some reassurance |
23 | You can give me some of the hard ones if you like . |
24 | He said I 'll come up he said if it 's more than thirty pound Ange , he said you can give me some money next week . |
25 | Yeah you can make me some , I do n't know what I , I do n't want anything but I du n no |
26 | ‘ You can show me all the delights of Oxford , ’ said the squaw . |
27 | Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ? |
28 | The day he left , Kathy said to Clare , ‘ I 'll come round every evening and you can phone me any time — I 've asked my boss . ’ |
29 | If you can help me more on that , er that would I 'm sure assist my judgement . |
30 | Er , yes you can ask me that . |