Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] can [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think I can get a fork under my mask ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think I can remember a community reacting with such shock . |
| 3 | I mean I can take a form up to the porters in Goodricke and they 'll give me a key to a minibus . |
| 4 | MAX : You mean I can have a go at the tune ? |
| 5 | Oh does she , I , I mean I can have a word with little kids always . |
| 6 | I , I mean I can have a sausage roll and a piece of cake |
| 7 | I mean I can get a bit more off you see . |
| 8 | If there is a tide flowing , to avoid being swept downtide you can take a transit on the next mark to steer the rhumb line . |
| 9 | I expect you can watch a bit of video . |
| 10 | The Forum Gallery has gathered a group of paintings , drawings and pastels by Walkowitz , on view until 17 October and if you hurry you can catch a show of drawings that Walkowitz did of the dancer Isadora Duncan until 9 October at Zabriskie . |
| 11 | Right , so normally we , you know , we want to be reasonably confident , right , so we want to have a reasonably small significance level we do n't want that significance level to be too small , otherwise the power of the test will diminish very rapidly so we normally use the ten or the five percent , five percent level and if you just look at the er the five percent column , right , overall realistic sample sizes , right , from a hundred and twenty down to , to about twenty , I , those T ratios were the critical value they are all about two and that 's why we say you can have a T ratio of about greater than two , then you can be at least ninety five percent confident about your inference . |
| 12 | What we 're going to do is take you to the nearest place you can get a bus . |
| 13 | How come we can send a spacecraft to Venus or write the Bible on a microchip yet remain incapable of operating a sophisticated transportation network when the temperature drops just a few degrees below zero ? |
| 14 | The people who exploit them can make a lot of money , but those fat cats do n't get their hands dirty |
| 15 | " This lawyer fellow says I can have a flat in the stableyard . " |
| 16 | Martin Heslop , prosecuting , said : ‘ I do not feel I can ask a jury to convict with the measure of certainty required . ’ |
| 17 | One has only to think of the British motorcycle industry and its once-prime position to see the folly of believing you can sustain a world leading position without constant innovation . |
| 18 | This bloke says he wants four or five other vans by the end of next year and he says if you can get your driving lessons all done and passed he says you can take a van out on your own and have someone working under you I 'd , like you work under me . |
| 19 | You just hope you can find a label with the proper balance . ’ |
| 20 | On 11 of the 12 night stopovers you can obtain a meal locally , usually bar food , so it is possible to consider camping without using any cooking equipment — this would considerably reduce the weight of your backpack . |
| 21 | ‘ We will introduce the policies that we have undertaken to introduce , and in the course of doing that I hope we can attract a breadth of support to add to our majority and to add to the degree of consensus supporting that majority , ’ he added . |
| 22 | Said Ferguson : ‘ I hope we can get a game fixed up for him some time this week . ’ |
| 23 | Most people take it for granted they can out-smart a peeper like me without too much trouble . |
| 24 | He says — what 's that phrase of his ? — he says he can drop a stone into that particular well and never hear the splash . |
| 25 | He says he can guarantee a student will pass after just 3 weeks cramming . |
| 26 | It says it can make a profit by selling the data around the world — and save the US taxpayer cash by reducing public spending . |
| 27 | Opponents strongly condemn the idea , but the company says it can provide a cleaner , more efficient jail , better for staff and inmates . |
| 28 | ‘ He looks fitter , sleeker , and better , ’ Robson said , ‘ and we just hope he can score a goal for us from the wing . |
| 29 | And if you still have time to spare you can spend a weekend in Andorra ( beautiful and taxfree ) or jump on the train to Sitges or the Costa Brava . |
| 30 | I think you 've got a slight temperature , not a lot , but , just a little bit , do you think you can manage a drink of orange ? |