Example sentences of "[pron] can [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if the team was you and me , for a start , and Jazz is okay — he wants to do it , I can tell the way he looked , and he 's bright … well , we 're halfway there . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know where he is , I 'll smash his head in when we get home , taking care to use the rolling-pin , then I can tell the judge I was just rolling out the sausage plait when he took me unawares . |
| 3 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
| 4 | Just in case Sir Denis 's memory is equally defective , I can tell the Thatchers that he was indeed at her side that May afternoon . |
| 5 | Now that I know the genetic formula of my insects , I can reproduce them at will , and I can tell the computer to " evolve " towards them from any arbitrary starting point . |
| 6 | Seumas Ban the steward whiles comes down special to give me the word , so that I can tell the bees . ’ |
| 7 | My Icelandic only runs to ‘ coffee , please , ’ but I can tell the essence of his story from the colour of his face . |
| 8 | I can tell the difference between a sparrow and a swan and that 's about it . |
| 9 | Some of them use super P C K and some of them use Smart Drive and buggered if I can tell the difference . |
| 10 | ‘ I can tell the difference between red wires and black wires , you know , ’ said Dorcas mildly , prodding another wire . |
| 11 | The Home Secretary asked the Lord Chief Justice for his opinion and , said the Home Secretary , ‘ I can tell the House that he would be strongly opposed ’ to the proposal , on the ground that it was for Parliament , not the judges , to decide which types of murder should be met with death . |
| 12 | I can tell the House why the hon. and learned Gentleman is wrong . |
| 13 | I can tell the House exactly whom they will go to — they will still come to their Member of Parliament at Westminster . |
| 14 | I can tell the House something about the right hon. Gentleman : he opposed the deployment of the cruise missile , and of Trident — something that he now says he supports . |
| 15 | On the results of the competition , I can tell the House that the tenders produced a winner by a very clear margin . |
| 16 | I can reorganise the Rorim , with Udairn and Dunan to help me . |
| 17 | It took almost an hour for Murray to prepare an 15-word statement saying : ‘ I can confirm the ball was changed at lunch-time but will make no further comment . ’ |
| 18 | I can confirm the figure given by my hon. Friend . |
| 19 | ‘ I can fit the diet into the family meals ’ |
| 20 | Their common feature — if I can capture the interest of hon. Members — is that they seek to ensure the efficacy and integrity of the judicial process , which is of concern to us all , so that justice may be administered to all without interference from any quarter . |
| 21 | I can advance the programme ; that 's no problem . |
| 22 | I can flood the paper using this frame and be sure that once dry it will return to a perfectly flat surface . |
| 23 | I can recollect the brief you gave to and we all agreed it is that everybody would be able to do |
| 24 | I mainly use the package with my Brother 950i , to which I have a connecting cable , but I ca n't wait for Soft Byte to produce one for the Pfaff 6000 so that I can view the patterns on screen before knitting them . |
| 25 | I can quote the fool exactly . |
| 26 | Can I , I would like to change the wording of the er amendment and I 'm grateful to Mr for the advice he gave because I think by erm a slightly shorter and er er brisker wording I can achieve the objectives that I set out to achieve . |
| 27 | " I can adjust the stove , if you like , " said Richard , in relief " I can do something to the regulator . " |
| 28 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 29 | He adds : ‘ I 'm much more settled in my mind and I 'm confident I can reach the top . |
| 30 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |