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 . ’
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