Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [pron] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to be trying to pull himself together and just as the bus appeared at the mouth of the square , he murmured : ‘ Do n't worry about Mama ; she will have understood what you were thinking , and in any case I can tell her if you 'd like . ’ |
| 2 | She said , ‘ I can tell you if they are comfortable or not . |
| 3 | Well I can tell you if you get your right grade firstly you earn a lot more money . |
| 4 | about this you are wasting your time , er then hopefully you if you are having a problem to come and see me and I can tell you if it is a problem or whether it 's not , it 's not particularly a problem , so you know , come along and see me |
| 5 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 6 | Well tough he 's not getting my , he 's not getting the ensuite room , I can tell you If I if I have got three lodgers and I 'm getting on with them and they 're they 're paying me regularly for the sake of an extra twenty pounds or whatever and the annoyance from Tony coming in at ten a or there abouts and then sitting there like a stuffed frock waiting for me to leap about and put food on a plate and microwave it not doing it , Brenda ! |
| 7 | No Elsie I did not really believe that but my heart was pounding I can tell you when they pulled that net in . |
| 8 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 9 | You 'll learn all I can tell you when the time comes and not a moment sooner . |
| 10 | ‘ That , ’ said Lady Agnes , rising to her feet , ‘ is all I can tell you because that is all I know . |
| 11 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 12 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 13 | ‘ I can face anything if you 're with me , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I can meet her when she gets back . ’ |
| 15 | " I can do nothing until you are there " ( 19:22 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Personally I can do nothing because I have no money myself at all . ’ |
| 17 | Personally I can do nothing because I have no money at all . ’ |
| 18 | Personally , I can do nothing because I have no money myself at all . ’ |
| 19 | I can do them before I go out . |
| 20 | When I say , I can do it as well as he can do it , I can do that ! |
| 21 | But mind over matter , I can do it if I really want to , and I will . |
| 22 | No , I 'm , I 'm not you see so I can do it if you 're busy |
| 23 | I can spell you if you get tired . ’ |
| 24 | Kill me if you like , but if you let me live , I 'll do what I can to save you when you 're arrested and brought to trial for piracy . ’ |
| 25 | and er , I can assure you if they started means testing pensioners they would , any government would go out on their ear ! |
| 26 | I can garble it when it comes out . |
| 27 | I can love you if I want to , ’ she shot back . |
| 28 | If I make money I I 'll make you I can pay you as well , if I go up I mean if I go down , he said , I can go up or down as well , he said . |
| 29 | I 'm not a yeller , but the only way I can handle him if he gets like that is , I yell back . |
| 30 | You need the help I can give you because if you unknowingly make a false move or fail to react promptly because you 're not sure what to do , your daughter will be dispensed with as being too risky a property . |