Example sentences of "can [verb] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’ |
| 2 | A final linguistic observation can make my position clear . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've seen my room and I can make my way to it if you 'll draw me a simple map ! ’ |
| 4 | I could go on , but I think that I can make my points simply and graphically by quoting from the documents that I have with me . |
| 5 | In order that I can make my recommendations realistic , how much do you feel you can comfortably invest on a monthly basis to protect your wife and family and make provision for your retirement ? |
| 6 | It appears to have escaped Berkeley 's attention that not all imaginary things , for example a drunkard 's pink rats , are voluntary and lack the vivacity of the real thing , and also that , when I set myself to imagine something , I can make my ideas as orderly and coherent as I like . |
| 7 | That 's the only way I can explain my behaviour . |
| 8 | " Well , when you are you can treat my rheumatism . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact I 'll give you some money if you can answer my questions clearly . |
| 10 | See if you can answer my question . |
| 11 | Whereas at the time it was a thin old wicket — you know , ‘ Madness are a bit thick and they do come out with some bollocks sometimes , so I do n't know if I can throw my weight behind them ’ . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm the one who puts the barrels on the carts , and then the shire ‘ orses pulls me round the East End so that I can deliver my wares . |
| 13 | I can not see how this war can affect my future . |
| 14 | ‘ The divine right of kings does n't mean you can pinch my soap , ’ Fairbrother had snarled , and the three other boys in the wash room had been electrified by such dazzling insolence . |
| 15 | Once completed , the dentist can reassess my mouth for insurance purposes . |
| 16 | Nothing can describe my feelings |
| 17 | I must have at least a dozen dresses made before I can shew my face in town . |
| 18 | It is a terrible , solitary kind of life , whereby I can not for instance have people with whom I can discuss my writing , unless I leave the country and meet people like Bessie Head , who died , or Buchi Emecheta and Ama Ata Aidoo . |
| 19 | I am too wise now to believe I can buy my freedom with Undry ; Fincara will never release us . |
| 20 | I 've we 've , just , when we get home you can count my lips for me |
| 21 | ‘ And ever since Lotta Pettersson decided to go back to Sweden I can enjoy my Knudsen without worrying about its safekeeping . ’ |
| 22 | I am simply glad that in the modest glades of Barnes Common I can enjoy my peacocks , purple hairstreaks and red admirals , and never have to worry about whether or not I have set eyes on a yellow-legged tortoiseshell or a Higgins 's anomalous blue . |
| 23 | But all I 'm asking for is an all-glass tank four feet long , and around 18″ × 18″ so that I can watch my shoals patrolling its full length . |
| 24 | Please hear my plead From a fellow human being with just one need ; After working all week on little pay I look forward to Saturdays so can watch my team play . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps when I get back to London I 'll invest in a pet , a dog , or maybe a cat , and then I can pour my heart out whenever I want to . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Take them off and let's get them dry , you can borrow my slippers for the time being . |
| 27 | You 're making a mistake if you imagine you can manipulate my life like before . |
| 28 | My advantage over the rest of the managers is that I can manipulate my time more . |
| 29 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 30 | At the end of the day , they can say what they like , and after they 've said what they like , they can suck my dick . ’ |