Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] can [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , Ellis , I expect I can find time this afternoon . |
| 2 | I expect you can play tummyache while I do |
| 3 | They say you can twist statistics to back up any viewpoint , but you can not argue with that record . |
| 4 | ‘ You say you can move mountains . |
| 5 | Well if you want you can add cake or anything . |
| 6 | When we start to take responsibility for our thoughts and begin to see that every negative thought has a negative return , we realise we can use life like a beautiful game . |
| 7 | On first encounter it can sound pedestrian , but there 's always something not quite right about the melodies they produce , and the more curiosity that provokes , the more you 're sucked in . |
| 8 | This uses the technically-defined Ocean as above , except that all the hiccups that interrupt the passage of its boundary have been removed by the relatively simple process of granting to it all of the so-called ‘ marginal seas ’ to which logic ( and political reality ) suggest it can lay claim . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope I can give Gavin some help from my long experience of captaincy if he needs it , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Now I hope I can leave Malcolm with a difficult selection decision . |
| 11 | The Great Britain skipper , out for four of the last six games with hamstring trouble , said : ‘ I 'm glad to be back and hope I can sort things out with the club without too much fuss . ’ |
| 12 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 13 | I hope she can talk duck language . |
| 14 | I hope you can sing pet , they 're not always this polite . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm going to take a deep breath everytime I see something and just hope you can make things work properly . |
| 16 | ‘ The delay is part of the normal process , but I hope we can move things along , ’ said Souness . |
| 17 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship , ’ he said on ITV 's Walden programme . |
| 18 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship right across the board — certainly wo n't poison it for all time , ’ said Mr Patten . |
| 19 | ‘ If they manage that , I just hope we can force Liverpool into making as many errors as in the first leg . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a great day for me and I hope we can get Barnet the promotion we deserve . |
| 21 | The other man , whose voice was gentler , added : ‘ I hope it can bring peace , Major Foley . |
| 22 | If you feel that you might benefit from using the Counselling Service you can make arrangements to see a counsellor by telephoning , writing to , or calling at the campus office . |
| 23 | In Guildford I mean you can buy houses at Guildford at sixty fifty five , from fifty five to seventy five . |
| 24 | A little perhaps but er I mean you can have people that are more damn trouble than they 're worth ca n't you ? |
| 25 | I mean you can get units sort of er I 'd be in inner London for that price . |
| 26 | When you have enough cash you can buy training equipment such as a skipping rope , punch bag or robot boxer ! |
| 27 | I showed it Tom next door , I says er , it , I says , he came and had a drink and to , and to see Evelyn and I says look you can tell Oliand and Dog Tongue |
| 28 | Wherever you look you can see helmets glinting in the sun , pennons waving in the breeze , the whole plain covered with horsemen . |
| 29 | The happiness we are all seeking is n't granted by politicians , although I accept they can create circumstances that make the achievement of happiness very difficult . |
| 30 | I mean , we can , we can start by we I mean we can get people set up for doing things from the first of March ca n't we ? |