Example sentences of "can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You can plot its movement on a map of the world and date the times of arrival of the outbreaks . |
| 32 | If I have accurate information , I can plot your star chart and produce detailed information about you . |
| 33 | So each week we can plot our , our value where this is one , somewhere down here is nought and we would hope to er , eventually get to a situation where our planned performance was somewhere near one so we would be pardon ? |
| 34 | Once you can weave your hair yourself |
| 35 | Cos once you can weave your hair and you cut your hair |
| 36 | Will you turn that tape recorder off so I can thump him . |
| 37 | " It 'll warm his little heart for once , " he thought , " and if the leaders do get attacked , I suppose we can spare him easier than some . " |
| 38 | ‘ We can spare them , ’ Jessica told her , smiling . |
| 39 | Come on , you 've got lots , masses , you can spare me a bit . |
| 40 | When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’ |
| 41 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Surely you can spare me ten minutes — say a quarter of an hour ? ’ |
| 43 | ‘ That is , ’ she hurried to add , ‘ if you and Dad can spare me … ’ |
| 44 | She can spare you but a few minutes , she says — ’ the dowager-duchess had in fact said no such thing ‘ — but will see you at once . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ If you mean because it 's your day off , there are no days off during this case unless I decide I can spare you . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ If your mother can spare you , boy , perhaps you 'll visit us ? ’ |
| 47 | ‘ As soon as I can spare you , you are to go over there and make the place habitable . |
| 48 | ‘ I can spare you half an hour before my presence is called for in the refectory . |
| 49 | Menzies can spare you , I 've spoken to him . |
| 50 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 51 | Allow a full day or more , if you can spare it — there is a wealth of cliff , pinnacle and precipice to explore . |
| 52 | I do n't eat breakfast , just a cup of tea and a bit of toast if I can spare it . |
| 53 | ‘ Oh that 's perfect , if you can spare it . ’ |
| 54 | Oh , you sure you can spare it ? |
| 55 | And I says well it is two different meanings the one I 'm using is just if you can spare it , if you can it . |
| 56 | Times are hard , and money is scarce , but please , if you can spare anything at all , contact Pat Drake as soon as possible . |
| 57 | His character is one that not even those envious of his power can disparage him . |
| 58 | . That 's just the things we do , with the coronary arteries , we do coronary artery by- passes , I can , I can sew like any woman , I can darn your socks , we stick the veins on and we re-establish the the heart going a bit faster . |
| 59 | We must do everything we can to restore her sight but there is no guarantee the operations will be successful . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ Tell me how to please you so that I can court you . ’ |