Example sentences of "can [pron] [vb infin] [prep] you " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Can I sit with you and sunbathe for a while ? |
2 | Can I sit with you at the back some time . |
3 | ‘ Mr Pinkhammer , ’ he said , ‘ can I speak with you for a minute ? |
4 | Can I speak to you ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Can I speak to you about it this afternoon ? ’ |
6 | ‘ Can I speak to you ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Can I speak to you ? ’ |
8 | They 're not , er , can I speak to you in French |
9 | I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go . |
10 | The atmosphere 's a bit tense , understandably — listen , what can I do for you ? ’ |
11 | ‘ Right , ’ he says , ‘ a nice cup of tea , I was dying for that , what can I do for you ? ’ . |
12 | What can I do for you ? |
13 | What can I do for you , son ? |
14 | ‘ And what can I do for you , Sergeant ? |
15 | He said , ‘ What can I do for you ? ’ and I said ‘ I did n't really want to get out of anything ; I 'm OK . ’ |
16 | What can I do for you ? ’ |
17 | ‘ So what can I do for you , Mr Lawler ? ’ |
18 | Now , what can I do for you ? ’ |
19 | ‘ What can I do for you , gentlemen ? ’ he asked with a worried frown . |
20 | ‘ What can I do for you , gentlemen ? ’ |
21 | ‘ OK , Newman , what can I do for you ? ’ |
22 | What can I do for you ? ’ |
23 | What can I do for you ? ’ |
24 | When he stopped speaking she said , ‘ What can I do for you , sir , in the way of cigarettes , tobacco ? ’ |
25 | What can I do for you , now ? |
26 | ‘ What can I do for you then Mary ? ’ |
27 | ‘ Well , what can I do for you ? ’ |
28 | ‘ Hello my dear , now what can I do for you ? ’ |
29 | ‘ What can I do for you ? |
30 | ‘ Sure , buddy , what can I do for you ? ’ |