Example sentences of "[noun sg] can [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is there any biological action can you see any ? |
| 2 | But mummy can I take this |
| 3 | Another point which is not always recognised is that covert research can itself impose severe restrictions on the kinds of questions that one may legitimately ask and the sorts of people to whom one may have access . |
| 4 | The network designed to provide negative feedback over the required operational frequency range can itself introduce positive feedback at other frequencies . |
| 5 | ‘ Smith 's chief themes are loneliness , and death , fear and renunciation … nowhere in modern poetry can one find such concentrated agony . ’ |
| 6 | Nana can I have some pop ? |
| 7 | Only by being in the economic powerhouse of the European Community can we satisfy those aspirations . |
| 8 | Anyway , now that I 've got you to myself for a moment can we make some plans ? |
| 9 | In which parts of almost any town can you see many roofs made of slate ? |
| 10 | Daddy can I have another cup of tea please ? |
| 11 | Ru can I borrow some of your erm , just a little bit ? |
| 12 | Thus residential development in an area liable to subsidence can he permitted subject to the condition that the foundations are suitably reinforced , or a garage may be approved in a residential area on condition that ‘ no panel beating or paint spraying is carried out , and the hours of business are kept within reasonable limits ’ . |
| 13 | It must be observed that only with difficulty and in a highly tentative manner can one find common ground between the theories discussed here ; in this conversation the participants are talking past one another . |
| 14 | While this is undoubtedly true , many elderly people are not grandparents , and the lack of role can itself cause considerable grief . |
| 15 | what use can we put all this |
| 16 | Sir can we open all the top windows ? |
| 17 | Sir can we turn that light off . |
| 18 | You forget we 've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you 've been doing er , that 's , that 's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she 's just had her hair permed , the day before he 's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum 's been out for the day and she 's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you 've never been anywhere |
| 19 | plus or minus Can I do that |
| 20 | And he said , how the hell can I pay that ! |
| 21 | But where the hell can you raise that money ? ’ |
| 22 | Many practices are worried that only by taking a fund can they retain some independence from what they fear may be increasingly arbitrary or incomplete control by the family health services authority or its eventual successor . |
| 23 | How the fuck can he do that ? |
| 24 | the merest bit of bad chest they have doctors are either saying it 's asthma or the mother is er , saying it 's asthma and saying to the doctor can they have one of these or whatever |
| 25 | Dad can you record that ? |
| 26 | Dad can I get some ? |
| 27 | for me meeting with Jim was to say , yes , that 's fine but if at the end of the day we have to train down to a certain level within our group , there 's no way can we afford five man-days of lost fees and fifteen hundred pounds . |
| 28 | You 're being totally stripped of all your honour your credibility can you see that contrast that Mark is introducing us to . |
| 29 | Oh mum can we open this and see if we 've won ? |
| 30 | Mum can I take these to the table ? |