Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll have to you 've got ta give me chance to buy papa and grandma 's grandpa 's and I can wrap them up and give them to them at the golden wedding or ca n't I ? |
2 | A towel that I 've put over the radiator to get warm so I can wrap it cosily round myself and hug myself dry . |
3 | ‘ Now I can carve her again , ’ Michael said with satisfaction , when the customer had gone . |
4 | If the Headmaster walks in and there 's a bit of chaos I can tell him why it 's a mess and it does n't bother me . |
5 | I can tell him tomorrow . |
6 | I can tell him how important it is for us to have a home of our own . |
7 | I can tell him how the Store nomes thought that his grandfather created the world . |
8 | I can tell him precisely what will be there . |
9 | I can tell him frankly that the Government are not separatist . |
10 | As his skipper celebrated his recall to the England squad , Gunners boss Graham said yesterday : ‘ I can tell you categorically from talking to the top managers that Adams is the player they 'd all want in their side . |
11 | If you 're in the market for the product of Citroen 's '70s Maserati connection , you will already know more about the model than I can tell you here . |
12 | ‘ I can tell you where he is now . |
13 | I can tell you where he is . |
14 | ‘ I can tell you exactly when I saw you last , ’ Peter said , the urge to surprise her briefly triumphing over the other emotions she aroused . |
15 | ‘ Oh , if that 's all you 've got , I can tell you exactly what happened there . |
16 | ‘ Mrs Shottery has explained , ’ she said , looking away across the room , ‘ I can tell you no more . ’ |
17 | ‘ But , ’ he smiled , ‘ I can tell you no more . ’ |
18 | I can tell you confidentially that a well-known boxer who owns a company has been stake-building . |
19 | And I can tell you why . |
20 | But I can tell you why to love . |
21 | I can tell you why . |
22 | Well there 's er one thing I can tell you right now that I would not personally be involved with a company that did not have erm a backing . |
23 | I can tell you right now that there are plenty of indi I I 'm I 'm going to say this up front , there are plenty of individuals who 've taken the information away and tried to do it themselves . |
24 | Well good luck to you because er you know I can tell you right now we are one of the few companies that take on people in their fifties . |
25 | And they said , Well okay I can tell you right now you 've , how many appointments have you told me this week , this is the guy back at camp . |
26 | I can tell you this much , if I were Lionel Dunbar , I 'd have packed her in months ago . |
27 | That ninety pound bill was painful , I can tell you that much . |
28 | I can tell you that much . |
29 | I can tell you definitely be pissed off today . |
30 | I go through a lot of open doors in Paris and meet a lot of different people , and I can tell you there is a swift , black current running underneath all that smiling diplomacy . |