Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [verb] me " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Ellen , you know as well as I do that she can never forget me ! |
2 | At least she can still hear me . |
3 | ‘ I 've been so unnaturally virtuous lately that you can surely grant me two kisses in one day ! ’ |
4 | You can either tell me what I want to know , or I 'll have you arrested , instantly , for fraud and robbery . |
5 | I do n't see how you can fucking tell me barefaced lies like that ! |
6 | Right I 'll have to check back against all the figures , if you can just give me a moment . |
7 | Tell you what erm when we get into you can just drop me down to the greengrocer near the church because I 'm out of erm spring onions and if I wanted to add up to that bit of salad that we 've got |
8 | ‘ Perhaps you can just let me have a few details … |
9 | ( ‘ If you can just get me between these trees with the mountains in the background . |
10 | If you can just get me into the house without your mother seeing … ’ |
11 | If it makes you feel better , you can even pay me for the drink . ’ |
12 | Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it |
13 | Cos some people er er may think , you know , the agreement because I have split the load you can still charge me the same price and it may not be the case . |
14 | Thirty years they 've trained me to give nothing away and you can still read me like a book . ’ |
15 | You can always give me change ! ’ |
16 | You can always ring me . |
17 | If you have any problems you can always call me on this number . ’ |
18 | And , if things go wrong , you can always disown me . ’ |
19 | Unfortunately you can always hear me above everybody else . |
20 | That 's great , well you 've , you 've got my number and you can always contact me that would |
21 | And you can always catch me , if making an interview is difficult in the time |
22 | I did the best I could in the circumstances , Mr Calder , but you can hardly blame me if I find it difficult to appear besotted with your charms ! ’ |
23 | So you can hardly expect me to share your rose-tinted spectacles when it comes to marriage . ’ |
24 | ‘ And as for how long you 've known him , you can hardly expect me to tell you that that makes any difference . |
25 | ‘ Then you can hardly expect me to show much appreciation of your view of things , can you ? ’ |
26 | ‘ Then you can hardly expect me to take the chance . |
27 | I 'll ask again on Tuesday and see if they can just send me . |
28 | If they can change me from one to another by using hormones , they can now give me the male hormones and then I 've got everything I want . ’ |
29 | If they can actually let me know whether that bus is available or not |
30 | The Leith-based Small , 19 , who reached the last 16 of the 1992 Embassy World Championship , said : ‘ This is my last event of the season , but I have still learned a great deal and I 'm sure it can only benefit me in the years to come . ’ |