Example sentences of "can [vb infin] he now " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can picture him now , a tall lean figure in a helmet , smoking his pipe as he watched the horses being saddled or inspected them while they were being fed ; 1 can see him cleaning his rifle in the verandah of his tent , or sitting chatting with my mother by the fire in the evening . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh yes , I can see him now . |
| 3 | I can see him now standing there in the door . |
| 4 | I can see him now , treading down the soil , making shallow drills and sprinkling the seed , and watching anxiously several weeks later to see if they had germinated . |
| 5 | I can see him now , and you three children comforting him because he had left his family in England ! |
| 6 | Oh , I can see him now — ‘ Dragon bones and oyster shells ! ’ he 'd say scornfully , ‘ What good are they against this affliction ! ’ |
| 7 | Ee , I can see him now . |
| 8 | He used to come in here he did n't know er how good it was , he 's a a bit of a bit of a lady , you know , kick your eye out , and he come in here , I can see him now si sitting on that chair there er , and I was sat there and I said to him , I said er why do n't you start kidding to it and all this madam , you know , give it sweets and this other . |
| 9 | Oh I can see him now . |
| 10 | ‘ Actually , sir , you can meet him now , if you want to . |
| 11 | So I can take him now then should |
| 12 | I can hear him now , sniffing and purring under his lank hair , pretending to be full of ‘ compassion ’ or concern as he recounts the endlessly embellished details of my so-called iniquity . |
| 13 | " I can hear him now , he 's moving . " |
| 14 | ‘ You can join him now , ’ said my mother . |
| 15 | We can join him now in our Friday Feature . |
| 16 | Yeah , Adam 's actually said he can join him now . |
| 17 | ‘ You can bag him now . ’ |