Example sentences of "can [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Well , can I tell you the first one we went to we went to get food and there was none left !
2 ‘ On behalf of fishkeepers everywhere , can I say what a good thing it is you write exclusively for PFK .
3 But how can I know what the categorical imperatives binding on me are ?
4 Can I ask you a personal question ? ’ he said to his companion .
5 Mummy , can I ask you a personal question ?
6 Right Craig , can I ask you a personal question about Craig ?
7 Can I ask you the same question again ho , after this discussion , do you think men hate women ?
8 Can you pass me a brown one ?
9 Can you pass me the Hula Hoops ?
10 Can you guess what the last one word was gon na be ?
11 Can you send me a recent photo of you , pweeese !
12 Can you do me a small favour ? ’
13 Can you do me a little exercise first just to er write down write down what erm of what we 're trying to reveal .
14 Can you give them a precise definition ?
15 Can you give me a little help ?
16 Can you give me a double room for a couple of nights ? ’ he asked the ancient receptionist .
17 Can you give me a few examples ?
18 and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ?
19 When the film finally ran out of their cameras , an ambisexual person in headphones said , ‘ Can you give us a funny line to get people to watch Telethon , Maureen ? ’ and ‘ Action ! ’
20 3 Can you give us an approximate idea of sales you 'd be expecting over a three-year period ?
21 Simultaneously mythic and painstakingly real ( ‘ the giant Exxon sign/That brings this fair city light ’ ) , his cityscape was inhabited by characters whose lives were condensed into their names , a few gestures or scraps of dialogue ( ‘ Hey , Eddie , can you lend me a few bucks …
22 Three , six , nine twelve , can you lend me a few fingers ?
23 Can you tell me a little bit about your family ?
24 Can you tell us a little bit about the recipe for running such a successful shop ?
25 We 're six lads going on holiday in the summer to Tenerife- Can you tell us the best places to go beachwise and clubwise ?
26 I could n't find a way round it and when someone came in and said , ‘ that sounds great , but can you get me a pure sound where I can actually recognise what guitar is being played , whether it 's clean or distorted ? ’
27 ‘ Stuart , can you get me a big packet of Cornflakes , please , ’ she said .
28 Miguel Rafaelo said , ‘ Can you find me a good steak too , Antonio ? ’
29 Can you say what the best things are from your drama school experience and what has been of most value to you during your first year in the profession ?
30 Can you imagine what a civilizing effect that will have on the multitude ?
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