Example sentences of "[vb base] i can [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
2 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
3 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
4 | I mean I can help you a certain , a certain amount , |
5 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
6 | Right well , I think I can show you a way on how to go about that . |
7 | I think Nigel can help me a lot and I think I can help him a lot . |