Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ said Miss Drax , ‘ I do n't think I can honestly say I do . ’ |
| 2 | He says I do n't think I can quite make it yet you know . |
| 3 | I do n't think I can really get out of it . ’ |
| 4 | And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years . |
| 5 | I do n't think I can ever be friends with her again . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't think I can still yet watch it without weeping — it 's such a powerful film of a powerful time , and a terrible time really . |
| 7 | The moment I judge I can safely lower [ interest rates ] , I will . ’ |
| 8 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 9 | Alan what I I do n't know the answer to what you 're proposing I really do n't know the answer and er I mean I can only go on the , my , my experiences and my experiences are I 've never ever consciously or not aware of ever having bought any as a result of |
| 10 | Erm but you see , I mean I can only erm believe what she says because I have no other proof . |
| 11 | Well I mean I can always collect it Thursday night . |
| 12 | I mean I can still see my hand moving |
| 13 | ‘ Then if I go back and change I can still make the reception . ’ |
| 14 | You go over the bridge and then you turn and then if you 're coming here , you go turn right again into umm d' you know I can never remember the name of the road , another road anyway you turn right . |
| 15 | See when I 'm walking I can actually hear something in the back of |
| 16 | The final letter declares : ‘ Indignation and shame I can never feel ; therefore not despair , either . ’ |
| 17 | That would have been rather But I come out here but I can not see you know you can just just get them I seen some in that |
| 18 | and that way you can include you can even include sort of very upper class varieties which are sort of |
| 19 | That 'll get you a certain distance , but that pre-supposes you can actually bounce something back , does n't it ? |
| 20 | Some people say you can actually taste the clover in it . |
| 21 | They say you can still see a gap in the treeline where the Hurricane shaved the tops off what would then have been saplings . |
| 22 | So now can you see how politically , there is a kind of political subtext to this section erm as I say you can only follow it so far down a road then you come to a dead end but I think it 's there and you ca n't really ignore it , the political subtext . |
| 23 | The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end . |
| 24 | Support in court costs in respect of Sunday training , trading you can actually blame the government for that as well , for not sorting the mess out . |
| 25 | If er if there 's owt else you want to know you can always come in come in or I 'll come and see you either way . |
| 26 | Why is it that the simple act of purchasing something can often be hell ? |
| 27 | Once we have achieved the result we want we can then decide whether laser printed output is suitable or use the services of a bureau to get the same file photoset on the higher resolution equipment . |
| 28 | ‘ If you can hit your killer 's face before you croak we can probably get him , ’ SOCO said helpfully , as he examined a gory piece of Sellotape before slipping it into one of his brown paper bags and carefully labelling it . |
| 29 | Now Christmas has come we can really get down to it . ’ |
| 30 | Well h we 'll have two a day I think that 's if you say we can great I mean |