Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can scarcely believe the King is dead and think it just a rumour . |
| 2 | Now I can scarcely get a comb through it in the morning . |
| 3 | Mind you , all these youngsters ca n't but you ca n't see , you know normally when I stand at bar I can normally see the door but I ca n't see it . |
| 4 | Now this does n't alter for one moment my recommendation of this as a superb performance , but I can well imagine a non-violinist , with less understanding of the extraordinary soloistic skill involved , homing in on and lambasting the accompaniment , giving only an average rating as a result . |
| 5 | If hon. Members are dissatisfied with my list , I can also cite the example of a distinguished former Member of the House , Mr. Alick Buchanan-Smith , whose principled support of devolution all his political life was , among many other factors , a proper mark of his integrity and desire to see the best government for Scotland . |
| 6 | I believe I can also see the girl who will be your lead dancer at some time ? ’ |
| 7 | The erm safety on the transport yes I mean I am very happy to say that we will ask the , the staff to look at that and perhaps I can just clarify the meaning of that paragraph ah in four point eight when it says a m a new member of staff it means a new member of staff will be responsible for health and safety not just one person on his own . |
| 8 | You do n't need to do that now look cos I can just carry the thing into the kitchen . |
| 9 | I reckon I can just reach the top of the bag — ‘ |
| 10 | like a dog , it 's been a hard day 's night boom boom boom boom sleeping hope they do n't come too early , although then we 'll , I can just leave a note . |
| 11 | But if I can just quote a couple of cases . |
| 12 | I , I can just see a touch of the black . |
| 13 | But I can just see the Sun headline , a fitting follow up to ‘ Paddy Pants-down ’ , to wit : ‘ Is Neil A Nancy Boyo ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If I can just see the baby . ’ |
| 15 | I can just see the Waste , or rather I think it must be the Waste , for there 's a tower there and it 's bare of trees . |
| 16 | Marie turns to look at me , and I can just see the light shining off her eyes . |
| 17 | It 's up the side of the platform — I can just see the light over the door from where I 'm standing . |
| 18 | I can just catch a flight if I rush . |
| 19 | So if I can just put a tick there |
| 20 | One objection , however , is so obvious that I can not leave the matter there . |
| 21 | Yet I can not relinquish the Situation without expressing my Obligation for your appointment though the Emolument fell short of what I was taught to expect . |
| 22 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) echoed Harold Macmillan 's theme when he spoke to the House on 28 October 1971 : ’ I can not over-emphasise the importance the scale and quality of the decision whether we are going to decide that Western Europe should now move along the path to real unity our decision tonight will vitally affect the sort of world in which we British people and many generations to come will live their lives ’ . |
| 23 | Here 's Darwin saying in a letter to a friend Heaven forfend me from Lamarck nonsense of a tendency to progression and indeed , Darwin 's view was the contrary to this , and here 's another quote from Darwin , after long reflection , I can not avoid the conviction that no innate tendency to development exists . |
| 24 | So I think we geologists should not be too bashful to theorise on the basis of purely geological evidence , and I can not avoid the conclusion that at least some of the enigmas I have been discussing may have an origin in the climate . |
| 25 | Before any fluttering expectations begin to arise in the minds or breasts — I do not mind which it is — of Opposition Members , I should say that I can not advise the House to write the two clauses into the Bill , because they deal , for example , with administrative matters such as a once-off requirement for a report to be made to Parliament — new clause 2 — and the keeping of a custody record — new clause 10 — that should not be set down in primary legislation . |
| 26 | Certainly I can not perceive the electron directly . |
| 27 | On this I can not resolve the conflict between the various affidavits . |
| 28 | I can not endure the thought of marriage , even with a person of equal or superior degree to myself , and have declined several proposals of that kind . |
| 29 | I may not have much to bequeath , but I can not endure the thought of my loved ones squabbling over my best earrings . |
| 30 | He was like a schoolboy , never mind that I was behaving like a schoolgirl , I can not stand a man who ca n't cope with me … |