Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] can [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Erm I mean I can I Actually I have n't got all that many left , which I think is
2 Yeah , but I mean I can you tell you for nine , half past something like that .
3 So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it .
4 Next time you cook it can you leave out the leeks ?
5 Next time you cook it can you leave out the leeks ?
6 Say what can I get them for then ?
7 I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go .
8 Let me can I
9 Becky Boo what can you see ?
10 Show us can you lend us a pound ?
11 Yeah yeah and I mean you can you you 've got
12 Well I mean we can we 're er I 'll , w we 'll
13 You tell them can we just switch the phones off for a couple of minutes , no , no calls on are they ?
14 Nor can we fundamentally question the rules of logic , for only when we assume them can we ask a question at all .
15 You can , you know I can I can get two balls to almost roll from corner to corner by doing
16 If you justified me coming on you know you can you can be a bit more you 're being a bit more erm what 's the word cerebral are n't you .
17 I says to her , well what you know what can you do with that ?
18 I said w you know what can I do to change the situation ?
19 So that 's not good news Erm , if I can show the way of overcoming that problem , how , would you be interested , and you say , that problem 's always been difficult for me , you know what can I say then , ca n't say , you ready to train yourself to think , you know , physically you a little bit of actually , putting yourself in their world .
20 you feel you can it might be a good strategy , if there 's a risk you ca n't it might not be .
21 Or sometimes if they 're not sure I 'll say Well before we book it can you just have a run round the house and then ring me back tell me actually what there is to go .
22 I think I can you see but it 's
23 Erm because I think you can you can do a correlation matrix with say if you specify like forty odd variables .
24 I , I think we can we can look at what we can do about it in the future and whether it is practical to erm consult local members where possible .
25 It was nice but the next time you do it can you not put such and such in it .
26 It was nice but the next time you do it can you not put such and such in it .
27 Never mind he can I mean , I had to , I want you to have it all anyway .
28 yeah that 's right but I mean what can you do I mean she was an Russian was a
29 I mean what can you , what can we do ?
30 Thank you can we in that case accept the er the recommendation .
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