Example sentences of "can [pron] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Can I , can I just draw attention to an error under paragraph one nine two , the date at the beginning of the second line should be first December , sorry first October , nineteen ninety three , not tenth of December .
2 Can I just get clarification here ?
3 Can I , can I just say chairman , finally for point of clarification in case there 's any doubt about it I 'm not looking to turn it into the , into an absolutely like efficient business you know and everything succumbs to that .
4 Can I just say sir , we are , er , the manager is preparing a report , tonight plans a report for the February the twenty-second meeting of policy resources committee , on the first , well it 's not the first year , first tranche of the F M contract , and dealing with these points of the
5 Can can I just add sir o one point I I in my in my preamble I said that we were sometimes able from a local point of view to take into account information locally that perhaps you would n't have got from further afield .
6 Can I also say Chairman that there is now a possibility of implementing a semblance of a federated provision er which will take into account and recognise the very important needs of that particular area .
7 Can I can I informally move section B on the policy and resources put forward .
8 can I still have treatment at a local hospital ?
9 ‘ Nor can I ever lose sight of that flood of tears which then poured from his eyes , when reluctant nature was constrained to resign a beloved child to the cold arms of death .
10 So n can I now call motion three nine four , representation at Labour and T U C conferences , G M B Scotland to move .
11 I offered my profuse apologies but all she could say was ‘ Can ye no take care o ’ yer dug ! ’
12 Can you both spell station ?
13 What are the tax provisions for transferring a business to your children on retirement , and how can you best take advantage of the rules ?
14 If you were away last week can you please leave space to catch up with the writing which you will do in your own time .
15 Can you just hold fire gentlemen a moment ?
16 How can you even mention experience to someone like me ?
17 Can you still have treatment at a local hospital ?
18 Can she really do filing ? ’ said a woman 's voice .
19 Cheeks smeared by tears and mascara , she was helping him to stand and all he could think was How can she still have mascara after where she 's been ?
20 Can we just take check then there how that leaves us with our recurrent recruitment program .
21 We have more houses than we have ever had , how can we yet have homelessness ?
22 We have more jobs than ever before , how can we yet have unemployment ?
23 But the thing is , can we still have fun ?
24 If people are unwilling to consider the suffering of Christ , how can it ever have power to change them ?
25 Two er requirements for the future that er seem to be er er desirable are stealth and what could be stealthier than the present generation of aircraft and secondly to prevent you having to go over your target you 're likely to be shot down so that you need a stand up weapon capability , er if the payload is somewhat limited can it still carry stand off weapons that are effective ?
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