Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell Malmsey a mile off , I can . " |
| 2 | ‘ Then I can tell Alan . |
| 3 | ‘ There — must be some other way , ’ she voiced her thoughts out loud , and , as the thought occurred , ‘ I can tell Travis that I do n't want to see him again without going in for this — this charade . ’ |
| 4 | I can tell Fräulein Silber that I 'll be staying with her next week then ? ’ |
| 5 | But I am trying to work out when I can walk Paul Buttle 's circuit of the Lakes , devised especially for Outdoor Action . |
| 6 | Here again I can quote Graham Greene , though he was writing in this instance about the thriller , which is outside the scope of this book . |
| 7 | At this stage perhaps I can emphasize Jan this is such a flexible concept that er we are anxious not to lay down any rigid rules as to how it works because if some things do n't work very well , they can be altered and if some things do prove to work well like the event we had at Felixstowe we can build on that success so quite consciously we 're not laying down any rigid rules as to how things go and we will look to review how officers we , we erm advise you as members in the light of practical experience . |
| 8 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 9 | I think I can interpret Ken 's request for it to be done by the end of the week as meaning in his hands on Monday morning . |
| 10 | He used to come to and I was a member of Springbank for sixty years and er anything I can do Richard , you know . |
| 11 | My owners really wanted a Deerhound — this is the best I can do S J Hale , Cheshunt , Herts |
| 12 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 13 | ‘ I can do Saturday nights , ’ Keith says . |
| 14 | So I can show Donna and see what she thinks of the list ? |
| 15 | ‘ Could you tell us what we 're supposed to wear , so I can drag Miss Loudmouth here off to her boudoir ? ’ |
| 16 | I can bring Tammuz to the comm unit if you like . |
| 17 | I can assure Solzhenitsyn that the method works admirably , ‘ right ’ or ‘ no right ’ . |
| 18 | That exercise Chair , I can assure Mrs , has been taken alongside the Manpower studies exercise . |
| 19 | I can assure Mr Faris that the issues he raises were looked at and that the disclosures adopted were considered to be the most appropriate in the circumstances . |
| 20 | The spokesman said : ‘ I can assure Mr Grainger that we take these sort of allegations very seriously indeed and the matter will be thoroughly investigated . ’ |
| 21 | I can assure Graham he will be the loneliest man in football , reviled by people who have n't the first clue about the game , but who will go right along with the bloodsuckers willing him to fail . |
| 22 | From his Jamaican holiday retreat , Lewis said : ‘ I can beat Tucker , I know I can knock him out . |
| 23 | Regan said : ‘ I am confident I can beat Clinton and complete a hat-trick of titles . ’ |
| 24 | Lee said to me , ‘ If I can beat Sanders , I 'll win the Open . |
| 25 | ‘ I wonder if I can send Dick my love and wish him a speedy recovery through Guitarist … ? ’ asked Clem . |
| 26 | I 'll only bid as far as I can pay Mr . |
| 27 | ‘ I can handle Quigley , ’ I said in a steady voice . |
| 28 | ‘ If I can handle you , I can handle Quigley . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I can handle Mr Skinner . ’ |
| 30 | I can collect Miss Maynard from Liverpool Street and then drive us all down to Hillmarden together . ’ |