Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , I wanted to do a production with Balanchine , but it never happened , and now there is no one I can think I would want to do it with . |
2 | he thinks that he can buy I could buy this standing space because I 'm a businessman and I 've got lots of money . |
3 | ‘ I can guarantee they 'll get inside . |
4 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
5 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
6 | You can guarantee I 'll divorced straight away again now ! |
7 | If any readers would like to receive a free copy of an information sheet I have produced on the types of environmental audits and what they can achieve they should write to me at the address below : |
8 | One principle which we can identify we shall call the principle of local interpretation . |
9 | So the as far as I 'm concerned , the the two projects put together erm really do show what we can do we can do with a a team of bods . |
10 | after being in there all the time , but I mean , you , there 's nothing you can do you can sit with somebody |
11 | You can do you can do |
12 | So you can do you can use exactly the same system you used on that for working out each one and see what happens . |
13 | what I can do I 'll go as |
14 | I can do I could do Carlisle |
15 | His Master 's Voice in Hamlet , you know , it 's just , stick a who I am on that wee dog , I can remember I can see , I can remember that from |
16 | And you can use you could use past that erm cos that 's the other thing I have n't shown you , is , is this is all ours as well down the bottom end . |
17 | Erm , amateur societies just ca n't exist without loyal officers and those officers have shown their loyalty by s standing again and we know the special circumstances appertaining to the , which brings us to the nitty- gritty now erm you said we have , Tracy , five erm perhaps you 'd better read those names out for us and then I think the best thing to do is to have a closed vote , where we give you all a piece of paper on which you state your nomination folded up so nobody else can see we 'll put them in a bag and then we 'll appoint a couple of to count the vote so that we do not the chairman . |
18 | This year I can see we will pick even more . |
19 | I can see they 'll get it from that quarter and before very long . |
20 | ‘ Not as good as a fingerprint , ’ said Coffin , ‘ but I can see it would help . |
21 | ‘ I can see it might cause a few problems . ’ |
22 | I can see you 'll get on splendidly with the Grenadiers . ’ |
23 | ‘ I can see you 'd want to be there if Dana was discovered with Garry , ’ she laughed . |
24 | ‘ Ah , I can see you will prove much more rewarding than your sister . |
25 | Oh , I can see I 'll have to teach you a thing or two about the Royal Navy . ’ |
26 | ‘ I can see I shall have to tell you more about Brownies before you believe in what they can do and do do . |
27 | ‘ I can see I shall have to pay more attention to the river now the fish are running , ’ he said . |
28 | I can see I shall have to watch you tonight . ’ |
29 | Giles said : ‘ I can see I must brush up on my Perp and Dec if I am to keep up with you . |
30 | From what I can see I 'd stay over the water for almost the whole trip . |