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

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1 I believe that Wales is much better placed to ride out the worldwide recession than it has been and I can give the hon. Gentleman this pledge : I and my ministerial colleagues will continue to do everything that we can to attract investment to Wales .
2 That will be the case and I can give the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) that undertaking .
3 So er if you 're thinking of becoming a super model if there is anybody out there who 's thinking of becoming a super model perhaps you 'll give me a ring and er and I can break the bad news to you personally .
4 And I can wear a white shirt straight laced white .
5 ‘ Keep still , you burnt-arse chip-sucker , ’ Ace said , ‘ You need more shots and I can do a better graft job on that arm — but only if you keep still . ’
6 Right , that 's it , that 'll do , I wo n't go any further and I can get the other things in well we had er , we had an aluminium friend , a double glazed enormous window over our landing and it was , the aluminium was so cold and it was conden there was so much condensation that we had a new window P V C put in , but I tried to sell this other window , cos it was beautiful you see , nothing wrong with it except you know , but nobody wanted it and I kept it and I had it for about two years standing outside and then I thought I can use that and I cut , it was a three section , three lots of glass all in one , cut down , divide it into two and one , and got myself a plant house under the erm
7 And indeed I can still remember that strange whispered singing , all those men singing , I can remember it , and I can remember every single one of those words even now , and I 've often quoted them to myself when I 've needed to .
8 After visiting the Public Houses , father and son could become quite violent with one another and I can remember the noisy encounters they had .
9 It must have been towards the end of 1920 that Lord Darlington made the first of a number of trips to Berlin himself , and I can remember the profound effect it had on him .
10 It looks hard and dark , and I can find no fresh vegetables to go with it .
11 Hello seven three one eight , no Roger 's off duty at the moment it 's Chris here erm , he should be , hang on I 'll just have to look at the watch roster and check up on precisely what his movements are , erm just look through tomorrow and I can find the right page in the roster here , er , two thir yeah , he 'll be on tower , so he 'll be in first thing tomorrow from about seven , seven o'clock onwards .
12 I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles .
13 Cos then some of the other colours are gon na come through and I can put the little bit of gold on the top .
14 I 'm grateful , that 's for today , erm my Lord it may sound slightly more erm contentious , but I 'd also ask for certificate for counsel for the thirteenth of August hearing , may I say the reason for that , it 's a matter that has n't come before you , you wo n't know about , it 's this , this reason , because at that period it was n't just the application under twenty eighty or twenty eight , four for delay there was another application er , which was unsuccessful which has n't been proceed today , but cost were also disallowed with more serious reason , I submit that said showed er negligent or that improper conduct , there was a substantial attack mounted , and I can use no other words fairly describe it on the professional conduct of and for that reason my Lord er both cos the seriousness of the allegations , but of course also because of the potential conflict that they acted for themselves and it would of been in situation for us solicitor hence to turn up , er they instructed counsel and my self , and so for that double reason in my believe we should be entitled to at , at first stage , ordinarily I would n't of had a very good run for argument but I , it 's my suspicion my clue recollection , be backed up by those behind me , and indeed by the documents that a substantial attack was mounted and it was in , I have to say in full flight terms , and much hence could n't be said to be unreasonable to deem if necessarily , unusually to send counsel in front of a taxing master , well I wo n't say any more on the point , but that is my suspicion
15 And I can keep a secret if I 'm asked .
16 It 's five in the morning and I can hear the first cars swooshing through empty streets .
17 Birds call from the trees above and I can hear the distant sound of traffic on the main road , through the forest .
18 And I can see no other way of proceeding than that in which we proposed at the moment .
19 I 've gone bankrupt once through it and I can see the same thing happening again … .
20 Stand close and you can watch the hot water of last time 's spray pouring back into the spout hole .
21 It is better to do this before you even begin to make the fabric so that you can test the pattern size against you ( only a rough guide since the paper is flat ) and you can measure the widest pattern section to work out how wide you need to make your cloth .
22 And you can compare the two and still say no thank you .
23 An oval-shaped wreath can look very effective if it follows the lines of its oval frame , and you can make a similar style of garland in a heart-shaped design , whether small ( see p. 85 ) or much bigger and bolder and enclosed in a square frame .
24 The invitations can be clock-shaped with the hands pointing to the starting time , and you can make a large clock to put on the front door .
25 tell you roughly what I want you to do and you can make a few notes and then you can tell Kelly .
26 Little girls love flowers just as much as big girls , and you can make an excellent birthday card for a child .
27 Once all the letters are found , the object is to unscramble them to make up the phrase and you can make the first person the winner .
28 You are able to load a file of up to 16MB in size and you can open an unlimited number of windows .
29 There 's a weekly farewell dinner and you can expect a welcoming drink on arrival .
30 And you can forget the black looks ; I mean business . ’
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