Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [pers pn] [vb mod] " 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 | In January , Chris Benstead , a freelance percussionist , who has already run a very successful with our trainers , will be with us all day , both to accompany a class ( which I can promise you will be quite an experience ) and to run practical workshops . |
| 3 | ‘ Well then , if you can promise it 'll be alright at Mona 's , let's toddle along there . ’ |
| 4 | The most that he can promise it will be a few snatched hours on the back seat in a quiet place somewhere . |
| 5 | I think one of them would be willing to back up my story and if its necessary I will give you a name if you can promise it can all be done with no charges brought . |
| 6 | I 'm bitterly sorry I behaved so stupidly towards you , but — I can promise I 'll never marry another man while you want me to be your wife , but — ’ |
| 7 | and that way you can include you can even include sort of very upper class varieties which are sort of |
| 8 | You can buy them ca n't you ? |
| 9 | he thinks that he can buy I could buy this standing space because I 'm a businessman and I 've got lots of money . |
| 10 | ‘ I can guarantee they 'll get inside . |
| 11 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
| 12 | I ca n't tell you what they might win , but I can guarantee they 'll take home memories of their day on ’ Blockbusters ’ . |
| 13 | Denis Smith says come along and enjoy what they 're putting on and they can guarantee they will be working hard |
| 14 | ‘ Now , if this young scoundrel has the moral fibre to wear this apparatus for one month , I can guarantee he 'll be dancing the polka with the best of them . ’ |
| 15 | After a few weeks of this , I can guarantee you 'll be feeling quite a different person , and unable to wait to get out for your Sainsbury 's session , or your Waitrose-lifting ! |
| 16 | ‘ I can guarantee it wo n't happen again , but you must try to fit in , Dana . |
| 17 | If disaster strikes , such as a flood or a burst pipe , you can guarantee it will be at the most inconvenient time . |
| 18 | If the postman knocks on the door to delivery the only parcel you 've received in the past three years , you can guarantee it will be at just before eight on the first Saturday morning you 've had a chance to have a proper lie in for months . |
| 19 | You can guarantee I 'll divorced straight away again now ! |
| 20 | The only trouble is that it lies quite close to a footbridge and as soon as anyone walks across it I can guarantee I will not get a bite for at least an hour afterwards . |
| 21 | you know , Jimmy you have n't , you would n't have any paracetamols you can give us would ya ? |
| 22 | Just because we 're in the nineties does n't mean we can assume they 'll be friendly . |
| 23 | 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 : |
| 24 | One principle which we can identify we shall call the principle of local interpretation . |
| 25 | You can feel it ca n't you ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | So you can do you can use exactly the same system you used on that for working out each one and see what happens . |
| 28 | You can do you can do |
| 29 | after being in there all the time , but I mean , you , there 's nothing you can do you can sit with somebody |
| 30 | what I can do I 'll go as |