Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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31 Cos I ca n't buy it can I ?
32 There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ?
33 Next time you cook it can you leave out the leeks ?
34 Next time you cook it can you leave out the leeks ?
35 But you , you know what ca cos wo he wo n't be able to repair it will he ?
36 Now she wunt want it will she ? ’
37 Could I be before you answer that question , you did ask , did n't you , ask him to be hypothetical and say what would he say in a year 's time , and I think what
38 Say what can I get them for then ?
39 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 .
40 Well I do n't think they 'll know what 'll it weigh until they weigh it .
41 Do n't know what can I have with it ?
42 No I did n't I was very very erm my mother was erm I do n't know what can you call it very slow in coming forward I think .
43 Yes , with both hands occupied what could you do ?
44 Now , Grégoire which would you like ?
45 Our Gofer ( a young woman ) grabbed his hand before I could say anything and said , ‘ Great , show me will you ? ’ and dashed off with him in tow , coats flying .
46 Now what I 'd like you to do is show me can you divide it up if we were going to eat this whole pizza between the two of us if it was one one shared out between two people how much would we get ?
47 Let me can I
48 And then perhaps , Margaret , you 'll collect them will you ?
49 cos Kenneth come up early on , he says it 's like this night he says I 'm not properly , ah right , I says I might I says were that like , I says , I says what time ?
50 I hope I 'll I 'll wait this year .
51 Okay let's have a look at that I 'll tell what we 'll do I 'll I 'll suggest a couple of exercises in that for you to work through .
52 I can do I can I can sort out
53 more to be said I 'll I 'll say it then .
54 Well if it they have n't it does n't matter I 'll I 'll just stand it on table .
55 Anyway , we do know that on the day he was murdered you were some distance away from Edinburgh , but it was a good pretext to arrest and detain you should you attempt to complain to your masters in London ! ’
56 He says there will I hope be improved protection for side impacts .
57 Oh yeah mum would n't have done it would she ?
58 Well that wo n't take long to unpick it will it ?
59 No , course they ca n't feel it can they ?
60 So you obviously ca n't edit it can you , or you should n't it 'll be pointless
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