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 .
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