Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [verb] [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 | Now I can exactly see the shape and size , the perfect fit , of the loneliness that is approaching . |
| 21 | Er and in the South Midlands ' section , I think it is erm towards Coventry and Nuneaton , we have got erm I can even remember the name of the Guild it 's we 've got a lot of younger women in there and these are younger women that , it 's very , I 'm very pleased to see them and when you see them go to the rostrum you can , you know they really are , they seem as if they 're a revival of the old camp because we , we 've got to campaign you see and but you , you try , I mean I 'm getting beyond it really myself and yet you see , you try and whip up erm an aging movement it you , you want younger women you see . |
| 22 | I can even remember the date , September 29 . ’ |
| 23 | On one occasion I can even recall a bitch stoat emerging while carrying one of her brood . |
| 24 | I can even fly a stretcher case . ’ |
| 25 | I can already feel the shape of one resting in my palm . |
| 26 | ‘ I can clearly remember the court and the circumstances . |
| 27 | From across the open stretch of ground hemmed in by the watercourse and the thicket , from at least half a mile away , I can clearly hear the engang preparing for the damburst of cattle . |
| 28 | It would have served as a substitute-gratification for their own sadism ( i.e. , ‘ I can not retaliate against my father , but I can against my younger brother ’ ) ; but also as a defence on the part of the ego ( i.e. , ‘ I am spared the anxiety of being made the object of an attack if I can instead become the attacker ’ ) ; finally , it would also have contributed a first , rudimentary focus for the superego ( i.e. , ‘ My father is not now the attacker — I am — hence I am to that extent my father ! ’ ) . |
| 29 | I can easily carry the hazard under normal circumstances , but for most average players the landing area is level with the water hazard . |
| 30 | I can easily get a lift back to my house . ’ |