Example sentences of "i can [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | After she was found dead and there were so-many questions and Mena told so much , she said to Constanza — oh , I can give you the very words , I shall never forget them — Mena said , ‘ One day many many years ago , when the old principessa was still alive , she opened a door and saw them , the prince and the Marchesa Giulia , in the long room at Castelfonte . ’ |
| 32 | I can give you the address of his studio , if you like . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’ |
| 34 | W eight thousand eight hundred I can give you the precise figure |
| 35 | ‘ I can give you the name of a good London-based detective agency if you want it , ’ she offered , and he looked up . |
| 36 | I can give you the total of |
| 37 | If I stay , I can make you the best horsewoman in the district — one your husband will be proud of and one that the other ladies will envy when you ride to hounds . ’ |
| 38 | I can imagine you the finest dragon to ride — ’ |
| 39 | I can play you the er recording of the interview |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm sure you can , but why bother when I can save you the trouble ? |
| 41 | ‘ I can find you the best vet in New York . |
| 42 | Right , let me see if I can get it the same . |
| 43 | I mean even , even myself as a young girl , I 'm not , I 'm not th you know , that , that erm , that young yet , but I can remember him the er , you know , streak of er , lightning across the old black and white screen . |
| 44 | I can promise you the phone wo n't ring , well it might ring but we wo n't answer it . |
| 45 | I think it 's debatable how selfish people really are , particularly when they see that their are short-term selfishness may in fact create long-term problems for themselves , for their children , for their grandchildren , for er other generations and other peoples , and really as I can see it the green message is one of enlightened self-interest . |