Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My husband tries to be sympathetic , but I can tell his patience is running out . |
| 2 | And I can tell your Mum |
| 3 | Well , I mean I take the view that if we are going to erm have something on the agenda , I can telephone his secretary , I can write to him , anytime , which I 'm quite willing to do , I can not see the point in sending things through the post at twenty five P a time when we shall never see the man , and if he comes here |
| 4 | I can hold my peace . |
| 5 | Now , I can hold my liquor as well as the next man , so it is ludicrous to suggest that when I reversed the club van into the tea hut I was under the influence . |
| 6 | ‘ I can hold my drink as well as anyone . ’ |
| 7 | I can hold my end of the conversation from here , if you 'd like me to . ’ |
| 8 | I can realise my stock and pay twenty bob in the pound if I go into voluntary liquidation now , before Masters of Notts gets deeper into trouble . |
| 9 | I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’ |
| 10 | Is there anywhere I can powder my nose ? ( meaning : ‘ I need a toilet ’ ) |
| 11 | In September 1764 , eighteen months after they first met , Boswell told Johnson in a letter from Saxony , ‘ It shall be my study to do what I can to render your life happy ; and , if you die before me , I shall endeavour to do honour to your memory . ’ |
| 12 | There 's no specific area that I can lay my finger on to explain why West Indian kids underachieve … what is inevitable is that a lot of West Indian children particularly the bright ones will do fairly well up to either the beginning or the middle of the fourth year , and for some peculiar reason their progress will fall off towards the end of the fifth year . |
| 13 | I can wash his bottle out in two minutes . |
| 14 | ‘ All I have to do is make one phone call to the plant manager and I can blow your cover . ’ |
| 15 | I can draw his face and his expressions , but words are all so used , they 've been used about so many other things and people . |
| 16 | Looking at her hair , I can pretend her face ai n't all hurt and that , and that everything 's OK and that . |
| 17 | ‘ I just hope I can do her justice . |
| 18 | ‘ Now , ’ he says , ‘ I can do my grieving in peace . |
| 19 | ‘ I can do my regressing when you go fishing , ’ I suggested . |
| 20 | so that I can do my exam . |
| 21 | I can be a cadet at the local hospital and later on I can do my training in London . ’ |
| 22 | And I can spread my investment . |
| 23 | Oh I mean I I after we after er we may never see look at each other again so my my job is to is to say right I can forward your name to and say look you know er I will make one or two points this guy er needs to be concentrated on , not as an exception , but you know because we 've taken fliers with people before you 've been very successful . |
| 24 | Well I can forge her signature anyway . |
| 25 | I feel I am wanted only for what business I can bring their way . |
| 26 | Dot started to say , ‘ I hope I can bring my Dad down to visit you some day . ’ |
| 27 | Can you recommend some manufacturers of baby carriers so that I can bring my son along too ? |
| 28 | I can combine our walk with some useful work . ’ |
| 29 | I have an Amstrad PC2086 with a VGA monitor.The mouse cursor does not appear in VGA mode although the mouse still works if I can guess its position . |
| 30 | I can guess its import , I dare say . |