Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm not really you know maybe in an out of the way way they might but you know the type of musicians we are or whatever , you know we can do say I can do all the Irish stuff the up tempo rousing songs I can play Irish and Scottish dances and that kind of stuff , then Tony can do right across the board with easy listening stuff and country stuff and even one of the tracks on our new C D is er is er well what I would term a pop song . |
| 2 | At the end of the day though , the championship I think , tells you who is the best team of any one year and erm that 's the professional 's choice I think , if you said at the start of the year which = trophy we 'd like to win , we would have said the championship , erm we were top I think after two games and we fell away a bit since but erm the time to be tops after twenty two , so lets hope we can get up there . |
| 3 | ‘ I do think I can be concerned about the problems in America , but I think feeling guilty is useless , and maybe that compounds the arrogance . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can . |
| 5 | I 'm convinced he 's a mu this is Bradbury he 's a much better stronger horse this season and really do think he can bring the beer money back to Sussex . |
| 6 | Consequently , secondary-school pupils in China have only a limited opportunity to go into higher education and in this sense , those who do make it can be viewed as a privileged elite . |
| 7 | I 'm sure that you would want to talk this over , but if you do feel you can consider it ’ — she was still addressing Aggie ‘ I could ask my cousin to keep the position open for a week or two . |
| 8 | Do remember you ca n't get on at junction 18 . |
| 9 | A happy theatre a happy ship if you like a corny phrase to use is very very apparent and I 'm sure my colleagues and friends around here would appreciate because they do believe they ca n't get at the management committee and they would like to so please Tom will that be possible at some time in the near future ? |
| 10 | Whereas I — for a length of brown satin — do believe I can . |
| 11 | I do n't think it means you have to be completely loyal to them , because I do believe you can sometimes take enjoyment in a friend 's small difficulties . |
| 12 | ‘ After anxious consideration I have reached the conclusion that whatever Reg. v. Morris did decide it can not be regarded as having overruled the very plain decision in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 that appropriation can occur even if the owner consents and that Reg. v. Morris itself makes it plain that it is no defence to say that the property passed under a voidable contract . |
| 13 | ( f ) Parker LJ stated : " whatever R v Morris did decide it can not be regarded as having overruled the very plain decision in Lawrence 's case that appropriation can occur even if the owner consents and … |
| 14 | I do hope you can help with a most annoying problem that recurs occasionally to my 86 inch Series One . |
| 15 | We are so looking forward to meeting you and do hope you can come . |
| 16 | I do hope you can do it for me ? ’ |
| 17 | I do hope you can help . |
| 18 | I do hope you can help . |
| 19 | I do hope you can achieve this . |
| 20 | I know you are very busy but I do hope you can help in this way . |
| 21 | I realise that you are very busy and have a business to run , but I really do hope you can help . |
| 22 | after three or four years they thought they might move so , we said well take out a P S P cos that provides a savings vehicle , and if you do move you can use that as part of the mortgage increase . |
| 23 | Because these canisters when they do blow they can spread debris quite some considerable distances . |
| 24 | Erm yeah so say all you need is just access to that field so if they do change you can just |
| 25 | It does n't make them more adventurous but when they do climb you can see them looking for footholds . |
| 26 | In this way when interest rates do rise it can benefit from these new higher rates . |
| 27 | If they do find they can not cope , services are available to look after the child . |
| 28 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 29 | Yeah he just said you did say I can have some more money , I said well yeah . |
| 30 | Er well I just want to you did say you can quote |