Example sentences of "say [pers pn] can [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People actually say they can remember the bits I mention in the songs and usually it 's completely not the case . |
| 2 | Crews of an RAF TriStar , which flies a twice-weekly service between the Falklands and Britain , say they can see the berg as they approach and leave the islands . |
| 3 | Gav has said I can use the listserver if I want . |
| 4 | But by when I 've just had a little crumb I 've said they can have the rest back . |
| 5 | The project manager says he can help the workers from E. Walters : |
| 6 | Says he can run the country . |
| 7 | Direct marketing is more sales oriented ; classical advertising says it can set the scene , build brand awareness , paint the big picture . |
| 8 | Following changes to the Open Software Foundation 's Motif 1.2 licensing terms , IXI says it can offer the Motif runtime for £50 in volume as opposed to OSF 's $2,000 source fee . |
| 9 | He has said he can recognize the man , and is coming here tonight to make the assay . |
| 10 | ‘ And if he is not prepared to fight , then he should say so but there is no point in lying to the people around him saying he can do the job if he really believes he ca n't . ’ |
| 11 | because erm there will be oh what was I it 's alright I was concentrating said you can put the handbrake on these set of traffic lights if you like because you might be sat here a while and your foot will ache you know ? |
| 12 | Meaning you know paper plates and what not and she said oh last time sister Joyce would even let me use the kitchen , I said you can use the kitchen , I just wondered erm , you know , so anyway |
| 13 | ‘ I know today now there are some good degrees and goodness knows what for the job , but it does n't mean to say you can do the job . |
| 14 | Yes Mr Chairman , I er , Mrs qui quite rightly said we can congratulate the Fire Service on the way they dealt with that plane crash , and er , we 're all sorry that it happened . |
| 15 | The use of all three technical aids will improve the environmental quality of your system and reduce any free-swimming pathogens , but to say they can control the outbreak of diseases is being optimistic . |
| 16 | Still , you 've always wanted to go back , and I dare say you can demand the earth in salary . ’ |
| 17 | We could say we can divide the world into two , although with many shadings in between : those who marry to avoid their problems and those who marry to tangle with them . |