Example sentences of "you can [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | You can tape me by all means , but they probably wo n't like my voice |
| 3 | Yeah , well in five minutes its all I 'm gon na put it , cushion under my head and then you can tape me snoring . |
| 4 | If you can find him you can tape him |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You can tape it off the television or the radio for that . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | ‘ If you have any messages like that you can pass them on yourself — but I 'd advise against it . |
| 9 | We have three voting certificates but you can pass them around |
| 10 | Erm , yes they did , er yeah you can pass me one actually , how much are they here ? |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll give it to you , shall I , and then you can pass it on to them ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Soon as I do , I 'll call again and you can pass it along to Joe . |
| 14 | Erm you just have to hope you can pass it on to er er the next assignment you 're doing . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | There are ways in which you can soften it . |
| 17 | I 'll tell them you can borrow it at any time . |
| 18 | ‘ You can borrow it if you can find a guarantor . |
| 19 | ‘ You can borrow it if you like , ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course you can borrow it . |
| 21 | You ask Ann if you can borrow it , please . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | You can borrow it as long as you promise to bring it back . |
| 24 | Yeah I 'll see you can borrow it or buy it . |
| 25 | ‘ Here , you can borrow mine , Mr. Sutton , until tomorrow ’ |
| 26 | You can borrow mine . |
| 27 | You can borrow mine . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | Okay but they were f they were twenty awkward ones if they said right we 'll have you pick any twenty words you know and see if you can spell them you 'd get twenty out of twenty would n't you . |
| 30 | And you can widen it to take in other people 's lines and movements so they act as springboards for you . |