Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the girl dances close to me I can smell her perfume and all that has gone before is completely forgotten ; the slit trenches , the mosquitoes , the wounded and my dead comrades . |
| 2 | That came as a great surprise to me I can tell you . |
| 3 | So I thought well I 'll carry one of these for when I 'm going out in my car to which , you know , and if somebody does come up to me I can use it in a positive manner while in a split second time for me , hopefully beca , cos of my range of work |
| 4 | Yes my aunt was Mrs David , and goodness me I can remember her having the laces pulled in . |
| 5 | Well I got to work all day and I 'm still oh do you think , want me I can get you two I 'll write you a list , . |
| 6 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 7 | Nothing I can do you for ? |
| 8 | " If she knows , them there 's nothing I can tell her , but the truth , " he said lightly , desperately hoping it would n't come to that . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm afraid there is nothing I can tell you . |
| 10 | ‘ There is nothing I can tell you , Officer , ’ said Iris in her stilted French , ‘ but my friend has something that may interest you . ’ |
| 11 | Against : almost nothing I can put my finger on , except that it 's a darned expensive guitar and I expected it to justify its price by being inspiring — which , for all of us who tried it , it somehow failed to be . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , physically there 's nothing I can put my finger on . |
| 13 | It is a terrible , solitary kind of life , whereby I can not for instance have people with whom I can discuss my writing , unless I leave the country and meet people like Bessie Head , who died , or Buchi Emecheta and Ama Ata Aidoo . |
| 14 | I mean normally I do n't bother with the tokens , I mean I Anyway I paid the cheque and I said to Peter I said oh by the way what about me tokens for me for me toy I said if I get a free one of them I can give it to give it to the grandchildren . |
| 15 | Ooh great a , a lot of politic this is what I say they were , when I think of them I can remember them , even as , as a young girl and you know remember them they were all very , very er they were only just the average working woman er I do n't think , we had got , there again we 'd got an extremely good , they 'd got an extremely good secretary , a well-educated woman erm and er the whole family was involved and it was one of their family was went on to be an M P . |
| 16 | Well , I have n't got a fax here but I I can send you one because I certainly know my delegates would n't want to book at er mm . |
| 17 | The s working at the centre I I can tell you that one of the especially being the activities officer which is what I am , one of the biggest problems with the centre , is not being able to put things on , it 's getting people to be interested in them . |
| 18 | Right I can I I can tell you . |
| 19 | No , I I I can remember what it 's like actually . |
| 20 | I suppose it 's erm in in that sense erm er I I I I can see what you 're , this , I do n't think that 's a factor in in in the , in the erm in in the fact that these wars are short . |
| 21 | What we would advocate , as indeed Mr Smith did earlier , is that there should be a a global figure for Greater York , and a reduction , in an appropriate reduction in the requirement for each district , and I believe that anticipating you might ask me what that is what that reduction should be , erm I I can say it must be related to the ca capacity , of that district within Greater York . |
| 22 | I I can write it but when I is what quick ? |
| 23 | so er , I I can ask her anyway . |
| 24 | To a point that is true , but often that effort results in an over-exertion of ourselves which can leave us fatigued and exhausted . |
| 25 | Perhaps I 'll meet someone who can tell me how to get back to the hotel . |
| 26 | Finding out does n't have to be chore , so if you have any questions call the Action Team and they 'll put you in touch with someone who can tell you exactly what help you can get . |
| 27 | Some people will wish to enquire in person and to speak to someone who can answer their questions . |
| 28 | Blanche realises that she is becoming old and seeks someone who can offer her stability . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're putting on quite a good display for someone who can hold her drink , ’ she heard him say sarcastically from the doorway . |
| 30 | Someone who can bring you to heel when you need it . |