Example sentences of "can [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can I feed the poor of Kent ? |
| 2 | Can I admit the divine man in friends , |
| 3 | asks Frydman , ‘ can I express the inexpressible ? |
| 4 | Can I borrow the goddamn protractor ? |
| 5 | Jane can I borrow the yellow one ? |
| 6 | and , Lord Mayor , can I mention the disgraceful behaviour of that god father of the City |
| 7 | Can I present the Norman Invasion of 1066 to this group of Bengali children ? |
| 8 | What can I tell the other parents ? ’ |
| 9 | Can I take the spare one into work ? |
| 10 | The assistant fetched a man from the back — please can I see the male assistant to explain what I want ? — who nodded gravely . |
| 11 | Can I see the other one ? |
| 12 | Okay , can I put the other one on ? |
| 13 | Can I put the spare cup down ? |
| 14 | Well can I have the Labour group then please ? |
| 15 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 16 | PPS I think your Mahia address is the only one I have can I have the other again ? |
| 17 | Can I have the ginger bread man ? |
| 18 | Can I have the ginger bread man ? |
| 19 | ‘ Can I have the top bunk , Aunt Shiona ? ’ she wheedled . |
| 20 | okay can I have the old step one critiques that you have n't used back , thank you , and now we have step two , same format as before write down your comments and then give the comments |
| 21 | Can I direct the hon. Gentleman 's attention to the Islington crime survey , which gives rather different evidence about how much crime is being committed and how much it is rising ? |
| 22 | ‘ Can I read the other one ? ’ |
| 23 | Thank you very much colleagues Colleagues , can I ask the general secretary to report on the constitution of the standing orders committee . |
| 24 | The habit of spelling analysis : how is it pronounced ? is the spelling phonetic or not ? how can I remember the difficult bits ? |
| 25 | Can you walk the right way , no , now do it right Kelly . |
| 26 | Can you guess the principal topic of conversation ? ’ |
| 27 | and er Danny can you do the other little four ? |
| 28 | Can you do the other one ? |
| 29 | Can you do the Irish jig ? |
| 30 | Erm , long report , can you do the short report ? |