Example sentences of "can i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can I rig these dice ? |
| 2 | Can I press you to a candied starfish ? ’ |
| 3 | Yes sir , on the erm first part erm in in clarification if I might sir the erm question of er briefing the Chairman is in fact dealt with in paragraph forty seven of annex C of P P G twelve although I 'm grateful for information on paragraph forty eight , erm and it says amongst other things that er there shall be a briefing and that briefing , the contents of that briefing shall be made public can I press the er spokesman for the environment committee to tell us er why in fact that was n't done and whether he thinks there can be prop proper public debate if it is n't done . |
| 4 | How can I clear my tank of the horrible stuff ? |
| 5 | How can I measure it ? |
| 6 | Anyway can I welcome you on behalf of the Notts County Council to the the Nottinghamshire pre-retirement . |
| 7 | What can I contribute to the job ? |
| 8 | Can I whisper something in his ear ? |
| 9 | How can I feed her nourishing food when she will eat nothing ? |
| 10 | How can I feed the poor of Kent ? |
| 11 | Okay , can I feed the fish first , cos these poor fish have n't been fed yet . |
| 12 | How can I feed him on this ! |
| 13 | Can I choose where I go on Work Experience ? |
| 14 | Well I can I decline the invitation . |
| 15 | How can I stand up and do that ? |
| 16 | Can I stand the pressure of two more instalments ? |
| 17 | Can I stand the pressure of two more instalments ? |
| 18 | Can I stand the pressure of two more instalments ? |
| 19 | Consider the question , ‘ How can I mean anything by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ |
| 20 | Knowing the fact-presupposing explanation of ‘ It 's afternoon ’ we can see through the question , ‘ How can I mean anything by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ |
| 21 | Consider the question ‘ How can I mean anything by ‘ There exist pains I do n't feel , pains in other minds ’ ? ’ , and compare it with the question about afternoon on the Sun . |
| 22 | In the light of this fact-presupposing explanation of the meaning of pain-language , Wittgenstein can answer the question , ‘ How can I mean anything by ‘ There exist pains I do n't feel , pains in other minds ’ ? ’ as follows . |
| 23 | Or I can I mean I intend to laser print |
| 24 | What can I mean ? |
| 25 | That 's right , and Hick can you see if need be and Botham can I mean let , it 's a good all round side really |
| 26 | Never mind he can I mean , I had to , I want you to have it all anyway . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh Mrs Lyon , Can I marry your daughter ? ’ |
| 28 | Not only can I confirm my hon. Friend 's figures , I can go further and tell him that an additional £115 million has been invested by the three health authorities that his patients use in Cambridge , Peterborough , and West Norfolk and Wisbech . |
| 29 | How can I influence what is taught in schools ? |
| 30 | Can I adjust my proposal then , to include the bit about the populations so that we can make representations about the boundary and the use of ninety one statistics rather than |