Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Whatever may be said about his lordship these days — and the great majority of it is , as I say , utter nonsense — I can declare that he was a truly good man at heart , a gentleman through and through , and one I am today proud to have given my best years of service to . |
| 32 | I can insist that she has the very best attention … ’ |
| 33 | Yeah , oh yeah I remember it quite well I , I can remember that I , the only parts of Harlow I liked were the country lanes , I did n't like all the new houses , but then I 'd been brought up in the country |
| 34 | I can remember that I wanted a care bears lunch box . |
| 35 | That 's what my , I say my father bred er pigs and supplied the Ministry of Food and I can remember that he had a contract to collect all the erm waste from schools in the area . |
| 36 | Still , taking it for what it is , I can report that it is on the whole satisfactorily performed , due mainly to the merits of the soloists : Barbara Schlick 's soprano rings out finely in the wonderful air with cello , ‘ What passion can not Music raise or quell ’ ( I give titles in the familiar English rather than the German used here , of course ) , and again in her paean of the organ , though in the final chorus the sense and the noble simplicity of the solo soprano in turn with the choir , a real piece of English eccentricity , somehow becomes merely odd in German . |
| 37 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 38 | I come now to the Roll of Honour ; and I think I can say that we can boast as remarkable a list of names as any school in the country . |
| 39 | But I think I can say that we have never betrayed the trust that you have reposed in us … |
| 40 | Although I can not give the House any good news on that score tonight , I can say that we are considering the matter . |
| 41 | I believe as strongly as I can say that we can reform the costliest and most wasteful system on the face of the earth without enacting new broad based taxes . |
| 42 | I have to confess that on many occasions I have had recourse to Hansard , of course only to check if my interpretation had conflicted with an express Parliamentary intention , but I can say that it does not take long to recall and assemble the relevant passages in which the particular section was dealt with in Parliament , nor does it take long to see if anything relevant was said . |
| 43 | " The board will have to accept — I can say that it is a matter of urgency for the bank to decide whether it can carry on . |
| 44 | At this stage , I can not say what the link will be , although I can say that it will be a dedicated , high-quality link . |
| 45 | There must be quite a number of readers who have had Uxbridge Cottage Pie at some time — and I obviously can not tell how the 1991 version compared with earlier versions — but I can say that I enjoyed this particular dish and that the taste and texture were very good . |
| 46 | ‘ You 're saying that if , with my mathematical mind , I can say that I have seen five percent of love at Bristol , why could n't one person contain one hundred percent of love . ’ |
| 47 | I mean , at times yo , I can , looking back now I can say that I learnt a lot . |
| 48 | At least I can say that I do these old guys no real or lasting harm . |
| 49 | At any rate , I can say that I am one of the few people who saw T. S. Eliot with his trousers down . |
| 50 | In reply to the hon. Gentleman 's last point , I can say that I have complete confidence in my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary . |
| 51 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 52 | ‘ Yes , now that I can see you better , I can say that you are a decidedly pretty girl , even if the cat has eaten your tongue . ’ |
| 53 | Clearly my right honourable friend the secretary of state will want to hear the views of another place , but I can say that he will not be recommending that the amendment should be overturned . |
| 54 | I can see that we 're going to have to speed things up : I 'll give you that . ’ |
| 55 | Then I turn over and put my face under the water , and I can see that they 're all floating just under the surface of the water . |
| 56 | And then they want someone else 's help or whatever else and er I can see that they 're concerned that you know they have a concern or want something from me then and I pass on I some action to take place you know for you know I 've on to somebody or someone said to him , I always give my name . |
| 57 | Now that I am closer to Tamsin I can see that she is more tired than I had thought . |
| 58 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 59 | I said , she said it 's got an extra bedroom , Okay I can see that she 's got an extra bedroom and they can perhaps do with one now that they got a boy , but , I said , you know , do n't , what have you got what you 've got , you know at the minute |
| 60 | Even I can see that he should have been implacable . ’ |