Example sentences of "[vb base] can [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect can you ? |
| 2 | Well you ca n't just leave it and not bother can we ? |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | No , cos I want can you pass me the ashtray and the fags . |
| 5 | with the bloke who we have it with and say can we have it a bit earlier . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 … ‘ |
| 8 | Knock the bloke up and say Can you come and move your car ? |
| 9 | The other people that have been there a long time know it all and what they , what you say can you help me . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | I might give you a ring later and say can you have Aaron |
| 13 | You put these people on oxygen therapy for days and days and days , they come off and say can I have a cigarette ? |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If you talk with your mouth full I ca n't understand a word you say can I ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Do n't mean you can come up to me and say can I have ten grams of smack please Cassie all right . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Listen can you sing quietly ? |
| 21 | Erm , listen can you give us Chris 's number in the book please ? |
| 22 | Just before we break can I remind all women delegates , officers and guests there will be the reception to be held at twelve thirty to two o' clock in the Lord Mayor 's banqueting hall , in the Guildhall . |
| 23 | Let let can I tell you in conjunction with Lincolnshire erm the N F U produced a leaflet that they 're circulating to a hundred thousand of their membership in er , it 's a real mis-match of counties , Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Leicestershire , Notts , Lincolnshire right , and er we 've got our logo on the back er , because I checked the er you know checked the content of it , and it did n't put too much onus on police setting up schemes and what not , but the N F U are delivering one of these leaflets in the next week or two to every one of their members in er that particular area , so no doubt we 'll be getting some er contact with it . |
| 24 | I mean , you ca n't practise piano if people next door complain can you ? |
| 25 | Look can we do one show here we 're doing two at the moment ? |
| 26 | Look can I go and get my pen . |
| 27 | Look can you move over here look cos it 's nearly our turn . |
| 28 | We went to this restaurant one night up in the mountain , he was starting to tell you , we walked in and there was all these people about eighteen and twenty sitting in the middle of the room and we went in , and it was late , it must of been eleven and we said you know can we eat and he said yes , yes and after he said , he said |
| 29 | She said ooh , you know can I invite a couple of friends , can I invite sort of you know , people back to lunch but when it 's sort of the list I mean , cos I I 'm not |
| 30 | If I say erm you know can I can I have a look at your pen it usually |