Example sentences of "you [vb base] [pron] can " in BNC.

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1 You mean you ca n't accept any more of his money ? ’
2 You mean you ca n't . ’
3 I thought you mean you ca n't dance about the Washington and nowhere else .
4 You mean you ca n't see it to put round the corner here like this ?
5 You mean you can see into reception from there ? ’ said Vic .
6 When we pointed the ending out to them , some said " You mean you can sometimes tell what a chapter is about by looking at the end " and others said " 0 Lord , how many times have I been told ! "
7 You mean you can forgive me for not telling you about Thomas ? ’ she asked .
8 I know the one you mean I ca n't think of the name
9 MAX : You mean I can have a go at the tune ?
10 and if you like you , like your drink ah well it 's more weight , weight you gain you can nae
11 Next time you cook it can you leave out the leeks ?
12 Next time you cook it can you leave out the leeks ?
13 when you 're clear about what it is that you want you can be assertive
14 Erm , I think one of those is probably enough , but I 'll give you another one if you want you can have
15 Well you can just wait , you want you can go in mine , erm do we could do with and that would be it for the interview
16 Well if you want you can add cake or anything .
17 ‘ I hope you realise you ca n't just keep us here , waiting for a miracle .
18 It goes quickly and then you realise you ca n't remember what you 've been thinking about .
19 ‘ If you can hit your killer 's face before you croak we can probably get him , ’ SOCO said helpfully , as he examined a gory piece of Sellotape before slipping it into one of his brown paper bags and carefully labelling it .
20 ‘ If you disagree we can fight over it . ’
21 Well h we 'll have two a day I think that 's if you say we can great I mean
22 If you say we can do the right , alright ?
23 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 .
24 I had hoped you would be able to help me but since you say you ca n't I shall have to pursue other avenues .
25 You say you ca n't make anything of the photographs ? ’
26 you are very welcome to stay for lunch but you say you ca n't .
27 ‘ But you say you can go safely in and out of it ? ’
28 You say you can move mountains .
29 ‘ I know that you say you can not .
30 I 'm not saying we all had it together but you say you can er say that about four of 'em would then as that as that they got rid of it the other the others 'd get it you know eventually and th we 'd all have it in the end .
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