Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have things like appraisals to do , she has e I mean I ca n't tell you , all I can is I 'm working at the side of her , she works all the time , she 's very fast , she 's very intelligent . |
| 2 | He said well from my point of view anyway at least he said just disregard that completely he said and we will do it on what you earnt , so he said all I can is erm just put in as many hours as you can to get your wages up on that side erm and then by the time we look at that he said , the end of February obviously you 'll have December , January and February which will be good months there , I said yeah so he said well then you know erm a hundred pound here and a hundred pound here he said , it all helps to keep the figure up for you so he s |
| 3 | I can was my hair |
| 4 | I am asked if I can be on standby if transport is needed ? |
| 5 | I can be a bit awkward about things like this . ’ |
| 6 | Besides two short piano pieces from Sanctus , Words For The Dying also includes the luminous The Soul of Carmen Miranda , one of three spontaneous and highly promising recordings with Eno that will set the tone for the next album , ‘ a rock'n'roll record I can be happy with because the percussion wo n't hit me over the head . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If you want the exact quantities , buy my book , ’ he said at one point , one eye in the direction of the BBC publicity department , before adding , as the other swivelled down towards his drink , ‘ if I can be bothered to write it . ’ |
| 8 | When ordering my lunches these days , I try to avoid the use of the term ‘ packed lunch ’ and merely ask if I can be supplied with certain items in a bag to take away . |
| 9 | I recreate the absent proprietor ’ , he says in The Thief 's Journal ( p. 129 ) ; and in a 1975 interview : ‘ I would like the world , and pay attention to the way I 'm saying it , I would like the world not to change so that I can be against the world ’ ( Gay Sunshine Interviews , 79 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I can be blamed . |
| 11 | Like yourselves , you see us lot playing for Heriots and see fellers going in hard , and say I can be just as hard . ’ |
| 12 | I can be more leisurely now — my next real deadline is 2000 hours When the OC 's ‘ O Group ’ is held . |
| 13 | But I want to stay healthy so I can be useful . ’ |
| 14 | If I can be serious enough , I hope to find satisfaction in the Church of England : it will be my fault if I do n't . |
| 15 | One thing I can be certain of is that we have all been involved in rows , misunderstandings and quarrels . |
| 16 | I can be dangerous . ’ |
| 17 | I can be a little late . ’ |
| 18 | She is still in my mind and so I can be totally accurate in recording my responses and in describing what took place . |
| 19 | They get washed whenever I can be bothered , or whenever my mother raids my bedroom . |
| 20 | You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange . |
| 21 | ‘ If I am the target , though , I can be the shield so that others can carry on with their jobs . |
| 22 | I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content . |
| 23 | ‘ But I 'm certain as I can be that they ca n't win unless they have your grandfather . |
| 24 | ‘ On both counts , I can be reasonably certain that death occurred around ten o'clock last night . ’ |
| 25 | • the possibility of setting up shared arrangements through personal contacts ( always worth giving me a call , I can be a communications link ) |
| 26 | Whether I decide to be , for current purposes , pre-eminently a parent or a child , a woman , a teacher , a part-time seamstress , a member of the Patel family or caste , a Gujerati , a Briton or an Indian , a citizen of Leicester , a taxpayer , a chess player and so on depends upon the task in hand rather than some inherent singularity , for I can be all these things simultaneously and without discomfort . |
| 27 | I can be contacted every day this week at Whitelion on 01 837 4836 ( or fax 01 833 0013 ) . |
| 28 | You want me to be angry , which I ca n't be , and then to be soothing , which I can be . |
| 29 | But is there anything I can be doing for you , my heart ? |
| 30 | I can be doing with someone to run errands , now Ewan 's gone . ’ |