Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can tell you the precise date , if you like . |
| 2 | I can show you the broken elastic in my tracksuit if you like . |
| 3 | But I can show you , I can show you the eighth floor and show you where the gang where is the eighth floor ? |
| 4 | ‘ I can give you the exact quote . |
| 5 | W eight thousand eight hundred I can give you the precise figure |
| 6 | After she was found dead and there were so-many questions and Mena told so much , she said to Constanza — oh , I can give you the very words , I shall never forget them — Mena said , ‘ One day many many years ago , when the old principessa was still alive , she opened a door and saw them , the prince and the Marchesa Giulia , in the long room at Castelfonte . ’ |
| 7 | If I stay , I can make you the best horsewoman in the district — one your husband will be proud of and one that the other ladies will envy when you ride to hounds . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I can imagine what the real purpose of that coffee break was … |
| 9 | I can imagine you the finest dragon to ride — ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I can find you the best vet in New York . |
| 11 | If I can find whoever the senior organizer is for each conference , or whoever is doing the introductory talk , |
| 12 | Right , let me see if I can get it the same . |
| 13 | As Carmel finished the 3s , she came to me and whispered : ‘ I think I can see what the 5s are going to be before I do it ’ , and she explained her prediction . |
| 14 | I think it 's debatable how selfish people really are , particularly when they see that their are short-term selfishness may in fact create long-term problems for themselves , for their children , for their grandchildren , for er other generations and other peoples , and really as I can see it the green message is one of enlightened self-interest . |
| 15 | I said I said well now someone can buy him the other one for christmas . |
| 16 | If they are rich , they can spend more on it , and will ; but there is no calculus which can tell us the optimum amount that we ought to spend on education , any more than on the relief of suffering and the cure of the sick , or on the arts . |
| 17 | I mean as regards I agree with the woman when she was saying about she wanted to tell her husband about what happens when he comes home from work , but I think she wo n't need all those bulletins to tell him what 's happening , she can tell him the latest bulletin before he comes in the door , could n't she ? |
| 18 | A good deal of the time he or she can get it the first time . |
| 19 | Who can tell me the next number . |
| 20 | I suggest you have someone take a look at it who can tell you the exact problem and not speculate as to probable causes and costs . |
| 21 | ‘ You can send me the odd card if you like . |
| 22 | You can tell them the true way things stand . ’ |
| 23 | If you can tell him the whole town pays for itself , that 's far more impressive than — ’ |
| 24 | If you are faced with a filthy horse on an equally filthy day , you can give him the equine equivalent of a bed bath . |
| 25 | If you want to get personal then two can play at that , and I swear on my lifelong friendships with the late Mrs Gandhi , Brian Clough and Michael Parkinson that I will burn my brand new membership card of the NUJ on the square at Headingley if you can name me the full Yorkshire team you 're chairman of . |
| 26 | You can shew me the exact spot and that will save time . |
| 27 | It 's got a very thick safety glass door on it so you can see what the little dears are doing but ca n't hear them . ’ |
| 28 | okay , there 's all sorts of them , I mean you can have it the wrong nought , |
| 29 | " Then if you wo n't take him willingly you can take him the other way . |
| 30 | Or you can say it the other way round That 'll be a negative correlation Now the alternative would be when you plot them you get a circle almost , you get , there appears to be no systematic relationship between the two So what you 'd be tempted to say is , no correlation Now I 'm gon na try and move towards how we might measure , how might we actually measure , get a measure of correlation because what you 'd be able to say is , well they 're more correlated or less correlated . |