Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean and , and I mean I turned up about half an hour before the end and , and Iris really was looking a , I , I can confirm a picture of dejection |
| 2 | I can light a fire in your room , and bring you milk and read to you if you like . |
| 3 | I can do a bit of everything . ’ |
| 4 | you and I can do a team on our own then . |
| 5 | Well da co if Elaine and Edward stop there I can do a lot of decorating . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ This is a time when I can do a lot for my ranking . |
| 7 | If I can bring a report by March I will do so but it , this is quite a complicated area . |
| 8 | " I can fix a trellis to that garage wall , and we can have climbing plants all over it . |
| 9 | Oh I can give a couple to the goats as well |
| 10 | I can give a commitment to the hon. Gentleman that we shall consider Edinburgh 's bid with great care before making the final allocations to local authorities . |
| 11 | But we hope so , but I do n't I 'm not facetious enough to think that I can change a personality in a person , but what we 're trying to do is make him feel a loving and a commitment , that we are providing him with the best we can . |
| 12 | Now I think about it I believe I can identify a mixture of floor-polish and dust … cooking , certainly … books , yes … a touch of mildew … and an old and comfortable smell which I suppose is from Millie 's cello case in the corner . |
| 13 | Suppose I can identify a range of cases in which I am wrong more than the putative authority . |
| 14 | Yes , thought Dyson , at that I can feel a pricking behind the lids of my eyes ! |
| 15 | ‘ Why , I can reap a field with the best of them . |
| 16 | In this regard I can boast a kind of virtue , in that I do not gamble . |
| 17 | I just feel sometimes that I can throw a rock into a pool , and watch the ripples create a certain amount of discussion . ’ |
| 18 | I can leave a wake of controversy behind me but science is all about discussion and debate . ’ |
| 19 | Once I can make a hole through them it should n't be too difficult to get round into the outer cellar . |
| 20 | In Romanian , Serbo-Croat or Czech , I can make a guess at meanings based on my bits and pieces of Italian , Latin , German or Russian . |
| 21 | I do n't as yet sell many of my paintings , but I can make a sort of living by using my knowledge of furniture and china . |
| 22 | My personal observations I can make a comment on , for example , the cultural area . |
| 23 | I can make a pattern for a dress or for cake decoration |
| 24 | ‘ When you have chosen the book you want , bring it to me so I can make a note of it and it 's yours for two weeks . |
| 25 | Can we go through erm what we 're going to do this week so I can make a note of it so I 'll know this week , rather than last week when I did n't so I did n't . |
| 26 | I 'd like to try stir-fry cooking , but I 'm not sure if I can use a wok on a ceramic hob . |
| 27 | ‘ Today I can have a drink like the next man without going over the top , ’ he wrote in his self-confessional biography , ‘ I suppose I have learned my lesson the hard way . ’ |
| 28 | What I really want is to meet someone who I can have a bit of fun with , but who is in it for the pleasure and does n't want paying . |
| 29 | For those of you who think self-employed actually means well I can crawl out of bed at elevenish , work till fourish , that 's three days a week because the other two days I can have a couple of rounds of golf , Thursday and Friday , those of you who think that 's what self-employed means , are gon na fail . |
| 30 | Mum I know Julia 's trying to find out I need n't go to school on Thursday so I can have a lie in |