Example sentences of "can [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work which can earn me money in my spare time . |
| 2 | Come on , you 've got lots , masses , you can spare me a bit . |
| 3 | When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Surely you can spare me ten minutes — say a quarter of an hour ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That is , ’ she hurried to add , ‘ if you and Dad can spare me … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But see if you can make me ! ’ |
| 8 | Let's face it , no one can make me look like Princess Diana . ’ |
| 9 | Nothing can make me feel guilty . |
| 10 | Nothing can make me feel inhibited — I decide whether to feel inhibited or not . |
| 11 | No-one can make me feel jealous . |
| 12 | No-one can make me feel unproductive . |
| 13 | Nothing can make me worry . |
| 14 | My dog can make me laugh , shows me affection constantly , keeps me company , gives me something to cuddle and stroke , and keeps me fit . |
| 15 | I want a wife who can make me laugh , and I would always want her near me . ’ |
| 16 | I hate to sound sappy , but anything can make me cry , and I still get melancholy during the fall or when the sun goes down . |
| 17 | His memory scarce can make me sad … ‘ |
| 18 | All these players can make me flinch and squirm ; but it 's nothing compared to the complicated torment meted out by the Barometer . |
| 19 | But no one can make me talk to you . |
| 20 | He can make me depend on him . |
| 21 | There are times these days when I feel so starved of warmth that the instructions on a painkiller packet or vitamin tub ( " At the first sign of a cold developing be sure to … " ) can make me go all husky and brave . |
| 22 | ‘ If you can make me understand that , I stand a better chance of helping to get you the money to find it , ’ Waldegrave said . |
| 23 | My little Shelley , you are the only woman I have ever met who can make me very happy . |
| 24 | ‘ 'I ca n't believe how thin they can make me ’ ? ’ replied Joy . |
| 25 | Joy attended him and , with a look of disgust , he ordered a small bowl of soup with a ‘ I ca n't believe how thin they can make me ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Would ma'am like some ‘ I ca n't believe how thin they can make me ’ ? questioned Hal . |
| 27 | and with a leprous man came over and began doing a to him saying , Lord if you just want to you can make me clean , and so stretching out his hand he touched him saying , I want to be made clean and immediately his leprosy was , vanished away , then Jesus said to him , see that you tell no one , but go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses appointed for the purpose of a witness to them when he entered into Calpurnia that 's the other two , that the other |
| 28 | Yeah you can make me some , I do n't know what I , I do n't want anything but I du n no |
| 29 | You can make me a lemon cheesecake if you like after tea . |
| 30 | D' ya know for kids , they 're the only kids that can show , that can make me go bright red ! |