Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Having visited homes for abandoned children in Somalia a couple of years ago , I can well understand concern not only about young children in that country , but about all its people . |
| 2 | As for the free kick well I never saw MOTD so I ca n't comment , though I can well believe Speed did f- up , he definitely had an off day . |
| 3 | And I can also say sir , I think without fear of contradiction , that of the hundreds of enquiries that I have done , this is the only enquiry sir which will have la left a lasting impression . |
| 4 | O Olayan D L L stuff , I can just whip stuff from spreadsheets to word processors and st stick it on a clipboard . |
| 5 | Yeah , I 'm , I 've got another form , I can just take note of any other er personal pension , not personal pension , any erm other insurance you 've got , just put it on there and , and that 's |
| 6 | I can easily get proof . ’ |
| 7 | I 've done various things on my computer today and I can successfully make ASCII files . |
| 8 | ‘ I can best say sir , I fell asleep . |
| 9 | I can probably get freelance credentials . |
| 10 | I can thoroughly recommend Daedalus for local flying , and their training facilities appear excellent . |
| 11 | I might be able to pick up Radio 5 when conditions are good cos I can usually get Radio 2 and even RTE ( Irish station ) late in the evening . |
| 12 | In reflecting on Basil as a person , I can only make comment as I knew him , over a dozen years or so and , during which time , I can not recall one unkind word or act he ever directed towards me . |
| 13 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |
| 14 | I can only give evidence and if they do n't believe my evidence , he 's innocent . |
| 15 | I can only pass comment on when I went through my training because it 's all changed . |
| 16 | I can only put money there . |
| 17 | I I said well I suppose it 's I do and he said but you work hard June , I said I know but I said kno I said what I do , I can only have hour out there and an hour inside . |
| 18 | How I do need to look away from self to God , I can only find satisfaction : in him . |
| 19 | ‘ Besides , I can maybe make Colley be good to my father . |
| 20 | ‘ I can always talk Daddy round . |
| 21 | I can always eat dim-sum with my dybbuk . ’ |
| 22 | we , so I can still talk French , yes , yeah it is |
| 23 | I can still get training and get a job . |
| 24 | I can still hear stuff , but it sounds swishy like when you listen to one of them curly sea shells . |
| 25 | ‘ Fashion now is not boring for me , because I can still have fun , even if the money is made on the more classical items , ’ concludes Smith . |
| 26 | ‘ I can never choose lipstick . ’ |
| 27 | But in spite of nearly forty years ' experience , I can never resist temptation . |
| 28 | If I can ever claim association with genius it will be because of my friendship with Emily Carr . |
| 29 | ‘ I think it is very peculiar that someone can just give evidence , like Sir Hal Millar , and not be cross-examined on it at all . ’ |
| 30 | Ms Botwin has found that a good clue to spotting a fear of intimacy is when someone can only have sex with people they do n't care about , but can confide and be intimate with people of the opposite sex who are seen as just good friends . |