Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case I think I can answer your questions without disturbing her . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I like the inside lanes , and if I get the right lane I think I can go under 20 seconds . |
| 3 | Well what do you know the guy that sings What Becomes of a Broken Heart I mean nobody can find him . |
| 4 | Elspeth Barker ( Independent on Sunday ) did not agree : ‘ Those who know Angela Carter 's work will need no encouragement to read these stories ( she is the only late 20th-century writer I know who can use an exclamation mark and get away with it ) ; for others they offer a joyous introduction . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't see , I mean , of course I mean she can take him to court over the money |
| 6 | I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . . |
| 7 | Now for a motor car I think you can say that the practical desirabilities of a car , and the acceleration and performance and looks are very important , one could also say that the fact that many people have their cars bought for me by the firm they work for means that they will therefore buy a larger car than they would if it was their own money that they were spending , so the market for cars is perhaps not one which is determined by energy efficiency or even optimum efficiency in terms of people 's and prestige is coming into it as much as these other factors and it is determined by who pays the money . |
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| 10 | Backed by nearly 200 years experience and boatbuilding tradition , a Moody is above all a boat you know you can trust . |
| 11 | And as a DJ it means you can pace the night better , play a lot of different sorts of music and try and create a rave atmosphere in the club . ’ |
| 12 | And if we look at it from that standpoint I think we can begin to see , perhaps , that actually we 're all programmers , some of us less clear about it than others . |
| 13 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 14 | That question I think I can answer . |
| 15 | Yes from a different U S mill I think we can say . |
| 16 | So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it . |
| 17 | As home we roll we can drink a bowl |
| 18 | She was like a cured alcoholic who finds he can take a drink without again becoming addicted . |
| 19 | ‘ It is the sort of place I know I can do well at , but it is also an unusual sort of circuit too . |
| 20 | Food 's the only place I find I can tighten up . |
| 21 | Bingham must get it right for a match I feel we can get a 0–0 draw or a 1–0 win out of — yes , I 'm serious ! |
| 22 | Oh no it 's the match I think I can smell . |
| 23 | At this point I think we can make many mistakes . |
| 24 | Having played in the previous winning Eisenhower Trophy team with distinction I think he can feel hard done by . |
| 25 | Mr Hay , whose company made a small profit last year , added : ‘ For my own business I think I can see faint signs of recovery . |
| 26 | What we have promised in our ’ most urgent ’ package we know we can deliver . |
| 27 | The 76-year-old Euro-MP , who currently lives in West Germany , said he would of course not rule out a run some time in the future but for the moment he feels he can do more to promote his country in the European parliament . |
| 28 | After careful consideration , we decided to halve our quarterly dividend to a level we believe we can sustain , even if trading conditions remain as they are , given the achievement of our current profit improvement targets . |
| 29 | And I think that instead of sitting round and bitching about them , which you can do , it 's better to try to take more of an interest and make interesting videos , because if you 're a creative person I think you can make creative videos . ’ |
| 30 | On this occasion I think I can find a bottle of something special with which to toast the future . |