Example sentences of "can we [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can we please have a column for us 50-year-olds ? |
| 2 | Can we just spare a couple of minutes so we can get this straight , because I did rush through it , and it was , er , obviously wrong of me . |
| 3 | It is n't a case of wanting them they 're such good knives you do n't get them at that price , too often right can we just have a look at the price of microwaves , while we 're here |
| 4 | Right , can we actually have a look now the last bit is sort of more the nitty gritty before we go on to this . |
| 5 | I think if the committee did that then we 'd be back to what five or six years ago , when a whole afternoon was spent on that and I would n't commend that to you , but can we perhaps have a word with the officers at a later stage , take it on board what both Graham and Anne have been saying , and obviously not trying to do that in a meeting like this but try to prepare for it a month before-hand . |
| 6 | AFTER the recent wonderful developments in eastern Europe , particularly the fall of the Berlin Wall , can we now have a bit more freedom — other than the freedom to spend money . |
| 7 | Can we now produce a timetable up to the start of the course ? |
| 8 | Can we now discern a theory of meaning which , if correct , would force us towards some form of foundationalism ? |