Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] can [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I regret I can shed little new light on the mystery of who blew the whistle on the celebrated dressing-room scene after Woodfull was hit . |
| 2 | I mean I can understand that |
| 3 | I , I mean I can understand all this but I 'm , I 'm just asking |
| 4 | Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . |
| 5 | Do n't forget the same with , with take-aways as well , if the signs are the same you get a plus or you get an add , erm so that 's , I mean I can see this is the bit you 're not too happy with , but we 'll just see if it works . |
| 6 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 7 | Come to that I mean I can put some of this in the car and dump , just take it over to the tip |
| 8 | Well I mean I can get that up the end . |
| 9 | ‘ They say you can tell all about a person from looking at his books , ’ said Constance , who had become addicted to book-collecting since she had acquired a car-load of secondhand volumes from a fair in the Midlands . |
| 10 | But , as you say you can use this |
| 11 | ‘ You say you can remember that photograph being taken . |
| 12 | So I 've got some bleaching yeah smell you can smell that bleach . |
| 13 | His shoulders suggest he can paddle all day . |
| 14 | I expect it can hear this . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Boulez has been associated with the project from the very first days so I say he can consider this house his home . |
| 16 | ‘ I hope I can defuse any potential incident with a laugh and a smile . |
| 17 | Unless you 're colour blind you can see all the different colours |
| 18 | I hope you can explain this mystery to me . |
| 19 | ‘ So I imagine we can eliminate that possibility . |
| 20 | Washburn Abbott , who will lead the US 's delegation to the Geneva conference , told New Scientist : ‘ I hope we can settle this issue amicably without too many political problems . ’ |
| 21 | I hope we can do this again . |
| 22 | I hope we can do this again . |
| 23 | We hope we can do this through Yorkshire Arts and the Rural Development Commission , but local sponsorship would be very welcome . ’ |
| 24 | Unfortunately I am tied up for the next month or so with filming commitments , but I hope we can arrange some time in July . |
| 25 | ‘ We hope we can build some sort of normal life again . ’ |
| 26 | They are definitely beatable and I just hope we can exploit any weaknesses they have . |
| 27 | Erm paragraph twenty one , we 'd certainly oppose any move to give local authorities the right to cease homes of travellers erm especially in view of the shortage of the good pitches I that is just totally and I do n't think that that 's on , I hope we can oppose that . |
| 28 | I hope we can see this time . |
| 29 | I hope we can support this one . |
| 30 | Though they have little knowledge of the strength of the Irish Students England are confident they will be able to take another step towards their overall target and should it develop into an open game on the well-drained Blundellsands pitch they can expect few problems . |