Example sentences of "you can [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , if ya can hear me outside , we 're watching ya . |
| 2 | ‘ Ye can see me now , more 's the pity , ’ he grumbled as he pushed his way to the back , treading on a few feet in the process . |
| 3 | ‘ If you can oblige us with that bit of information you can turn the donkey loose and we 'll find it on the road for the man who reported it lost . |
| 4 | You can tape me by all means , but they probably wo n't like my voice |
| 5 | Yeah , well in five minutes its all I 'm gon na put it , cushion under my head and then you can tape me snoring . |
| 6 | If you can find him you can tape him |
| 7 | If you 've got the C D we could all , yes you do , we could all use it , then you could have blank tapes , and then you can tape it on cassette but I want a list of two C D's and I , in Argos if there 's a watch nan want 's the list and she want 's it this weekend . |
| 8 | You can tape it off the television or the radio for that . |
| 9 | And I 'm just being hysterical , I suppose , because I 've had too many of John 's terribly strong G and Ts and it 'll all look different in the morning and I 'll come to you and say sorry and was n't I being a silly girl last night , and you can pat me on the head and say yes , was n't I ? |
| 10 | ‘ If you have any messages like that you can pass them on yourself — but I 'd advise against it . |
| 11 | We have three voting certificates but you can pass them around |
| 12 | Erm , yes they did , er yeah you can pass me one actually , how much are they here ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll give it to you , shall I , and then you can pass it on to them ? ’ |
| 14 | I will leave this letter in your care and you shall decide when and if the moment is right and you feel you can pass it on . ’ |
| 15 | Soon as I do , I 'll call again and you can pass it along to Joe . |
| 16 | Erm you just have to hope you can pass it on to er er the next assignment you 're doing . |
| 17 | I 'll pass round the agenda , and then you can pass it round when we 've had a look , er County Link , just information from Notts County Council , erm who 'd like to see ? |
| 18 | There are ways in which you can soften it . |
| 19 | I 'll tell them you can borrow it at any time . |
| 20 | ‘ You can borrow it if you can find a guarantor . |
| 21 | ‘ You can borrow it if you like , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ Of course you can borrow it . |
| 23 | You ask Ann if you can borrow it , please . |
| 24 | And he said to me , he said if you hang on erm , he said you can borrow it and sand it all down , you know ? |
| 25 | You can borrow it as long as you promise to bring it back . |
| 26 | Yeah I 'll see you can borrow it or buy it . |
| 27 | ‘ Here , you can borrow mine , Mr. Sutton , until tomorrow ’ |
| 28 | You can borrow mine . |
| 29 | You can borrow mine . |
| 30 | You can tilt it in any direction , and measure the genetic distance , and hence the minimum evolution time , between any point on the plane and any other ( annoyingly , that is not quite true on the page , because the computer 's printer distorts proportions , but this effect is too trivial to make a fuss about , although it does mean that you will get slightly the wrong answer if you simply count blips on the scale ) . |