Example sentences of "can [pron] [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 ? ’ |
| 33 | CAN you tell me where Mel Gibson was born ? |
| 34 | Can you tell me where you actually got that information from ? |
| 35 | 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 |
| 36 | A bloke stopped and he said er can you tell me where is ? |
| 37 | Can you tell me where 's the Nardy Hotel is ? |
| 38 | Can you tell me where you want this umbrella tree ? |
| 39 | CAN YOU tell me why you found it necessary to print such an offensive cartoon ( Lagerland , page 40 ) ? |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | Can you tell me why ? |
| 42 | R.B. Can you tell me why ? |
| 43 | Please can you tell me why ? |
| 44 | Can you tell me why ? ’ |
| 45 | If not , ’ I continued sarcastically , ‘ can you tell me why my purse is in your hand ? ’ |
| 46 | " Can you tell me why " , he asked , " it is so difficult to get business leaders to come and help ? " |
| 47 | Peking he said can you tell me why his room was larger than mine |
| 48 | Can you tell me why your song book has to be on the floor and the music on the floor behind it ? |
| 49 | Er can you tell me please er how I can avoid a particular charge . |
| 50 | ‘ Then how can you tell me not to taste your mouth , when it is so full and beautiful , when it waits for my kiss . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ Can you tell me when we can begin to teach the totally inexperienced , gauche young ladies you 've employed as receptionists , or do we just let them loose on our unsuspecting clients ? ’ |
| 52 | Can you tell me when and where you were born Mr ? |
| 53 | ‘ Can you tell me when ? ’ |
| 54 | Please can you tell me when and how the Parish Council will be able to make its views known on any proposed boundary changes . |
| 55 | So Mr , can you tell me whereabouts you were born in Nottingham and when ? |
| 56 | And from the cards , Er can you tell me roughly how much you have spent on British definitives in the last year if anything ? |
| 57 | Can you tell me how to do this and if you need to varnish it ? |
| 58 | Can you tell me how much I should put aside for the church 's legal fees and , out of interest , where exactly does the money go ? |
| 59 | Can you tell me how to reduce it as I have lost fish for no apparent reason and I suspect it may be connected to the high nitrate level ? |
| 60 | ‘ Can you tell me how ? |