Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [pron] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | P : I can cook anything because I 'm a Cordon Bleu chef |
| 32 | No , I ca n't , it 'll , if you do n't take the head of it I ca n't eat it , I could n't even , I have prawn cocktail and you have a prawn , they put , they put a prawn on top whole , I could n't eat that , I could have peeled it , I looked at it and I thought about it , no , I can eat them when there done |
| 33 | I want the teaspoon so I can eat it when I 've finished my fruit . |
| 34 | I 'd rather not sleep with him if I can avoid it because he 's , he , I just do n't get any sleep . |
| 35 | ‘ I can feel it when I sit . ’ |
| 36 | I can smell it when I 'm listening to it ! |
| 37 | However many facts I know about another person I can treat him as pure means , but I can not be perceptually and emotionally aware from his viewpoint without letting his inclinations interact with mine and affect my ends . |
| 38 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
| 39 | ‘ Neither was I. The reason I intend to keep my stake in this house is so that Kirsty and I can use it when we come up to Scotland . ’ |
| 40 | I can understand it cos I , I , when I 'm feeling a bit down it gets to me , you know I think oh God |
| 41 | ‘ I do n't mind Mrs Meadows being pleased , and I can understand it because it makes things a lot easier with Mr Meadows , but she 's sort of sympathising with Mum because I 'm not engaged ! ’ |
| 42 | I can ask him if he can do something to help the nomes in the quarry . |
| 43 | Well I 'll phone her , I can ask her if you like ? |
| 44 | When I watch a gay video I can imagine myself as any or all of the participants , or just sit back and enjoy being a voyeur . |
| 45 | I can catch you if you fall . |
| 46 | erm , and , and , it could arise in many different circumstances , erm one can imagine a situation which wrongly expel erm a name from the market , well whatever the motives , that clearly distorts competition cos there 's one rule , one less competitor in the market , erm it , it 's con , it , it 's conceivable that an article eighty five argument could arise and an expel name could raise a point , whether he succeeds is another matter , but at that point and , and in relation to that he may say well I can sue you because you 've excluded me you 've restricted competition or you 've excluded a group of names |
| 47 | How do I know I can trust you if I do n't know what religion you are ? |
| 48 | Now that 's that 's good Bryony I can push it while you 're walking there . |
| 49 | I get another star , thing is he does n't actually , I can remember them cos he can read them , I do n't know whether she 's got them wrong for the test it 's a bit of a really is n't it eh ? come on |
| 50 | That over I can remember nothing until I awoke in a pleasant ward with three other mothers who had already seen their offspring . |
| 51 | I can touch you if I want to . ’ |
| 52 | Yet if I reflect upon what happened , in what some might call an existential manner , or attempt what physicists might call a ‘ thought experiment ’ to reconstruct my situation , I can see myself as having been assailed by various impulses : to assist the dog and stop the car , to comfort the children , to drive on lest I and they were to be injured in an accident , to avoid the horror of confronting a demented animal . |
| 53 | I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller . |
| 54 | Ca n't actually see it move but I can see it if I look |
| 55 | I , I , myself , I can see it as well |
| 56 | Actually I do n't think I can afford it if I 'm going |
| 57 | I can stomach anything except that |
| 58 | ‘ At least I can indulge myself when you 've gone . ’ |
| 59 | Cos it was very high pitched and er Rob said aye I can hear it as well ! |
| 60 | ‘ I can remove them if you find them objectionable , ’ she said sharply . |