Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] can [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 2 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
| 3 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 4 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 5 | I mean I can tell you . |
| 6 | I mean I can help you a certain , a certain amount , |
| 7 | Right then , yes , I expect I can fit you — sure , July 17th will be just perfect — I 'll just cancel my holiday and postpone the opening … no , I 'll just write it in , no , no thank you . |
| 8 | Now , men , I hope I can trust you all to do your work well for me . |
| 9 | I hope I can see you again . ’ |
| 10 | Hope we can give you an opportunity . |
| 11 | I hope we can help you … |
| 12 | She said , ‘ I only hope they can leave you alone for one night . ’ |
| 13 | Even from er the quality of the brochure I mean you can see you know I mean that 's quite high level |
| 14 | ‘ As far as the clothing is concerned , it 's all in the reports , but to save you time I can tell you more or less what we found and it is n't a great deal . |
| 15 | Well good luck to you because er you know I can tell you right now we are one of the few companies that take on people in their fifties . |
| 16 | And erm well I am the same status and I am his colleague and all this you know I can help you . |
| 17 | I know I can trust you to do that . |
| 18 | I know I can trust you … |
| 19 | ‘ Because you like me and I like you , and you 're my friend and I know I can trust you . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah we do n't want say well you know I can save you tax . |
| 21 | You know we can help you if you have — er — problems . |
| 22 | But they also know they can give you at least a bit of a chance . ’ |
| 23 | And you always ask for information you know they can give you . |
| 24 | Look , you know they can give you brain diseases , do n't you . |
| 25 | ‘ If you mean because it 's your day off , there are no days off during this case unless I decide I can spare you . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose I can tell you . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 28 | If I find I can trust you to be sensible . ’ |
| 29 | You can come if you like , Nails , as I suppose we can call you the owner of this new arrival . |
| 30 | Though I suppose they can tell you something . |