Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I can te , I can tell whether I might like it . |
| 2 | ‘ I can tell because you 're humming . |
| 3 | I can laugh if it 's funny . |
| 4 | So I said yeah I can do so he said bring your van down , so I never said nothing so Bob said , got any like your dad had |
| 5 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 6 | From now on I am independent and I can do as I find best for my country . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not too knowledgeable , but I can do as I 'm told . ’ |
| 8 | but I can do if you like . |
| 9 | No , I 've got to revise for my erm science test tomorrow and I 've got loads of stuff to do , I 've got to keep going for the weekend , actually I have n't got that much to do , I 've got drama that I can do if you just would be so kind turn over to number three so I can have a look at some adverts I 've got a , will there be any adverts after |
| 10 | Now it 's me doing the only thing I can do because I have to make some money . " |
| 11 | Can you nip in the shops I wan na get something I can suck cos it do |
| 12 | Mansfield and I can go when I come back from me mam 's about three o'clock . |
| 13 | ‘ I can go where I like , ’ he kept saying , unconsciously repeating Wickham 's sentiments earlier that day . |
| 14 | Within reason , ’ he explains , ‘ I can sign as I please . |
| 15 | Have you checked with erm , oh I can check if you want , with er , you see the problem is they do n't visit do n't really know what 's going on , it 's basically |
| 16 | I mean , I can manage if you 'll just tell me where everything is . ’ |
| 17 | To this point was Wordsworth come , as far as I can conceive when he wrote ‘ Tintern Abbey ’ and it seems to me that his Genius is explorative of those dark Passages .... |
| 18 | But I will trust you , because there are few with whom I can talk as I can talk to you . |
| 19 | There are a variety of little tokens I can use when I want to say ‘ thank you ’ for some special effort — chocolates , gift tokens and so on , as well as flowers . |
| 20 | I can understand if they take time on a stray dog I often wondered if they realise |
| 21 | Cos I I can understand if we did n't handle it carefully , it could mean people would be more demanding and say , I 'm entitled to go on this training . |
| 22 | You know , but I do , I can understand if you 've got desperate , people will try anything , especially for the young families . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll put Lilian back in her pram , then I can wipe while you wash . ’ |
| 24 | I mean , alright I can appreciate when you get into your teens and whatever , but at that age |
| 25 | I can imagine when you did it Daniel you 'd like would be recording you and Honey having a conversation , forget it was on , start having a shag , yeah , and then like get this tape of you and Honey having sex What ? |
| 26 | I said I can imagine if you were doing this project yeah , like they 'd like get this tape yeah of you and Honey having |
| 27 | They know there 's no way I can play as I did when I was No 1 in the world but hopefully with more matches which will give me more confidence , they will see me play good tennis ’ . |
| 28 | Three months is the maximum I can impose as you have never been in jail before , but if I could give you more , I would without hesitation . ’ |
| 29 | Okay just so I can assess whether I can give you reduced cost advice under the legal aid system , are you working at all at the moment ? |
| 30 | I can re I can recall when you used to have a couple of weeks of er bad weather before Christmas , snow and that , and sometimes even Christmas s er snow on Christmas day |