Example sentences of "[verb] can [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh mostly that really , supposedly going to America in February the sixth and the doctor , she said to the doctor what 's the matter and he said you 're really , really run down then he said to her what I suggest you do is to go and buy some cartons of fresh orange juice , a jar of honey and some natural live yoghurt and she 's ate it all , now she 's got diarrhoea ca n't win can ya ? |
| 2 | Well problem is they ca n't win can they ? |
| 3 | I ca n't win can I ? |
| 4 | I expect can you ? |
| 5 | For those of you that do n't know can I remind you that in the last few years one million pounds of capital was spent on Moat Centre alone on the cost together the moment of running Moat Centre for Highfield 's youth is five hundred thousand a year . |
| 6 | I ca n't buy can I now ? |
| 7 | you ca n't bloody see what 's happening can you ? |
| 8 | You 're gon na fall can you put the top on the salad cream please ? |
| 9 | Only by having fought every battle and won can we be free from the constraints of being used to act out the wheel of life and be truly ourselves . |
| 10 | Well you ca n't just leave it and not bother can we ? |
| 11 | If we do n't get approval to increase the salary by the thirty first of January so I can have the two people I want can I appoint this lady and bring her on board cos I know she 'll do a reasonable job in a certain area ? |
| 12 | No , cos I want can you pass me the ashtray and the fags . |
| 13 | with the bloke who we have it with and say can we have it a bit earlier . |
| 14 | And erm they walk into the , the hotel and they say can we stay here and he goes yeah , you can stay here on one condition . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , say can you see , by the dawn 's bleeding light , what so proudly we turn into spineless gibbering jellyfish with no dickybirds at the twilight 's last gleaming … ‘ |
| 16 | Knock the bloke up and say Can you come and move your car ? |
| 17 | The other people that have been there a long time know it all and what they , what you say can you help me . |
| 18 | Well I think , I 've got ta say that I think it might be ha it might be working better now with there but when not there and we go to and say can you tell me where X Y Z is , the response you 're gon na get is I 'm sorry I do n't know and the reason she wo n't know is that she 's never bothered to ask because she 's not talking so it 's okay while there but it wo n't be when she 's not because I 've had that , sorry I do n't know . |
| 19 | and the cars stop , he 'll even go over to one of the cars and if they 've got their window open and just er say can you give me , have you got ten P for me ? |
| 20 | I might give you a ring later and say can you have Aaron |
| 21 | You put these people on oxygen therapy for days and days and days , they come off and say can I have a cigarette ? |
| 22 | And they says as soon as you see one coming you sa say can I got make your bloody mind up which one do you want ! |
| 23 | That 's right , I mean you , you looked in , in , in , if you had a fire out in the sticks somewhere , you 'd look to see where the telephone was , where if there were any , and then knock on somebody 's door perhaps , at two o'clock in the morning and say can I use your telephone , and they were n't very happy sometimes I can tell you . |
| 24 | If you talk with your mouth full I ca n't understand a word you say can I ? |
| 25 | I 'll walk into a French bank and say can I exchange these back to sterling and they 'll say oh yes and then charge me five hundred fucking francs again or whatever it is. no five nines , nine eighteen twenty seven thirty six forty five francs . |
| 26 | Do n't mean you can come up to me and say can I have ten grams of smack please Cassie all right . |
| 27 | And I say can I go to Hertford please and they did n't ask me how old I was , they just like the next thing I knew I was whacked out this six hundred quid ticket . |
| 28 | Now they do n't come in right today we 're going to spell can anyone spell is ? |
| 29 | So I 'll do this and I think Amanda would agree with this that this is the ultimate test that will help us in establishing can we actually do something about target one of the World Health Organisation , which is to narrow the health divide . |
| 30 | Can I swear can I ? |