Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] can [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the way if your system date and time is wrong you can correct them using the MS-DOS commands DATE , and TIME . |
| 2 | DO watch the screen while you type or give commands so that if something goes wrong you can correct it as soon as possible ( eg using Esc ape , U ndo ) |
| 3 | See how high you can raise them . |
| 4 | If you are interested you can check them ( Example 2.12 ) . |
| 5 | I 'm proud that in the last two years under my administration we have not had one compulsory redundancy , and it 's not easy I can assure you . |
| 6 | if there 's anything personal you can erase it . |
| 7 | The PROFITBOSS is so consistent you can read him like a book . |
| 8 | So easy you can do it in your sleep . |
| 9 | it 's very easy you can feel it slipping |
| 10 | If we 're clever we can make it politically concrete . |
| 11 | Those are both white I can assure you . |
| 12 | Good I can read it now . |
| 13 | Near enough That 's ooh in the oven and the steak 's done If it 's late I can grill it then you have it when you want it . |
| 14 | Well that 's a very good question , I 'm not sure I can answer it . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel like a circus animal ’ — Robin-Anne ignored my disclaimer — ‘ because you 're all expecting me to perform my antics , and I 'm not sure I can do it . ’ |
| 16 | I am sure I can do it . |
| 17 | thing is but I 'm pretty sure I can identify it |
| 18 | But I 'm not sure I can give you the details . ’ |
| 19 | Once I have the back-up material , I 'm sure I can give you what you want … ’ |
| 20 | Well , a cuckolded husband — I 'm sure I can fit him in somewhere . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure I can fix her . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm already late for surgery , and I 'm sure I can leave you safely in Dr Grant 's very capable hands . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll just recite it through quietly to be sure I can remember it first , shall I ? ’ |
| 24 | I 'm not sure I can take you take you out of it . |
| 25 | I 'm sure I can trust it — it 'll be quite like an old friend . |
| 26 | I was talking to her and I said do you work ? and she said no I do n't and she said my children are I V F children In vitro fertilization , so I said how come ? , how fascinating , she said it was n't very fascinating I can assure you , she said it took five years to have them , well she put plainly they pioneered it down there did n't they ? |
| 27 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |
| 28 | ( Think of all the unpleasant questions your classmates might ask you and make sure you can answer them ! ) |
| 29 | ‘ You 've had a bad start , and you 're not going to be over this illness in a couple of days , but I 'm sure you can beat it . |
| 30 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |