Example sentences of "[vb base] i can [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 2 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
| 3 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 4 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 5 | I mean I can tell you . |
| 6 | I mean I can help you a certain , a certain amount , |
| 7 | Right then , yes , I expect I can fit you — sure , July 17th will be just perfect — I 'll just cancel my holiday and postpone the opening … no , I 'll just write it in , no , no thank you . |
| 8 | Now , men , I hope I can trust you all to do your work well for me . |
| 9 | I hope I can see you again . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ As far as the clothing is concerned , it 's all in the reports , but to save you time I can tell you more or less what we found and it is n't a great deal . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And erm well I am the same status and I am his colleague and all this you know I can help you . |
| 13 | I know I can trust you to do that . |
| 14 | I know I can trust you … |
| 15 | ‘ Because you like me and I like you , and you 're my friend and I know I can trust you . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah we do n't want say well you know I can save you tax . |
| 17 | ‘ If you mean because it 's your day off , there are no days off during this case unless I decide I can spare you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose I can tell you . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 20 | If I find I can trust you to be sensible . ’ |
| 21 | I bet I can make you blink . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , apart from the potted shrimps I think I can assure you , Inspector , that one way and another all the other dishes were shared . ’ |
| 23 | I think I can assure you , we 've got a , an international European officer , who has the main responsibility for opening the doors for us in a lobbying way within Europe , and in addition to that , and the maintenance of the networks , we are spreading international and European responsibilities around the organisation , so it 's seen again to be integral to our work , rather than compartmentalised , and I 'm confident that the organisation as a whole , will therefore be doing more . |
| 24 | ‘ I think I can leave you to your granddaughter 's care , Abuelito . |
| 25 | Right well , I think I can show you a way on how to go about that . |
| 26 | I think I can tell you . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll promise , ’ I said , offering my hand for her to shake , but she only smiled and replied , ‘ I think I can trust you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's getting a bit late , but I think I can find you something a wee bit more filling . |
| 29 | ‘ Now that you are being honest with me , I think I can help you . ’ |
| 30 | But I think I can help you to know what to do about it . |