Example sentences of "can [pron] [verb] me [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can somebody tell me where the sugar is please ? |
| 2 | ‘ Can you show me where the cabin is ? ’ |
| 3 | And if you 're a er golfer er you might go to the professional and say you know I 'm miss I 'm hooking , you know , can you show me how I ca n't do this ? |
| 4 | Can you show me how much they 'd get ? |
| 5 | Please can you tell me where I may purchase some dog 's tooth violets . |
| 6 | ‘ Can you tell me where to take a left ? ’ he asked after a while . |
| 7 | ‘ Can you tell me where I can find Mrs Dorothy Fanshawe ? ’ |
| 8 | He could hardly tap them on the arm and yell : ‘ Can you tell me where I could find a child prostitute ? ’ |
| 9 | Can you tell me where the subject is now ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Can you tell me where I can see about getting a bed ? ’ |
| 11 | The first unchanging part of the sentence is always : Please can you tell me where to buy … ? |
| 12 | " Old mother , can you tell me where the Reed Girl is to be found ? " |
| 13 | " Old mother , can you tell me where the Reed Girl is to be found ? " |
| 14 | Erm can you tell me where you were born and when please . |
| 15 | ‘ Can you tell me where the call came from , please ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Can you tell me where I can get hold of Father Racy ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I have a curiosity , small and bouncy swimmer — can you tell me where I 'll find Aurora and her Amazing Acrobats ? |
| 18 | ‘ Can you tell me where I can find him ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Before you go , can you tell me where I can get supplies ? |
| 20 | One of our fellows claimed that , within half a day out from Basra , one of the RAF chaps was stopped and a HLI lad said , " Hey Jock , can you tell me where is the wash-hoos ? " |
| 21 | Well I think , I 've got ta say that I think it might be ha it might be working better now with there but when not there and we go to and say can you tell me where X Y Z is , the response you 're gon na get is I 'm sorry I do n't know and the reason she wo n't know is that she 's never bothered to ask because she 's not talking so it 's okay while there but it wo n't be when she 's not because I 've had that , sorry I do n't know . |
| 22 | They have both just published a list of handy phrases including such things as ‘ My car has broken down ’ ; ‘ Can you tell me where the nearest garage is ? ’ and ‘ Where can I get help ? ’ |
| 23 | CAN you tell me where Mel Gibson was born ? |
| 24 | Can you tell me where you actually got that information from ? |
| 25 | We left there , we left about half five , six in the morning did n't we and we were getting lost in and we knew it was in the village in that town but we could n't find it and we kept getting lost so we all pulled her up and he went back and he said to this man can you tell me where the |
| 26 | A bloke stopped and he said er can you tell me where is ? |
| 27 | Can you tell me where 's the Nardy Hotel is ? |
| 28 | Can you tell me where you want this umbrella tree ? |
| 29 | CAN YOU tell me why you found it necessary to print such an offensive cartoon ( Lagerland , page 40 ) ? |
| 30 | Can you tell me why , on returning to normal drive after 4WD , I experience severe jumping in the steering action for a brief time before everything returns to normal . |