Example sentences of "say [pers pn] can [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , so normally we , you know , we want to be reasonably confident , right , so we want to have a reasonably small significance level we do n't want that significance level to be too small , otherwise the power of the test will diminish very rapidly so we normally use the ten or the five percent , five percent level and if you just look at the er the five percent column , right , overall realistic sample sizes , right , from a hundred and twenty down to , to about twenty , I , those T ratios were the critical value they are all about two and that 's why we say you can have a T ratio of about greater than two , then you can be at least ninety five percent confident about your inference . |
| 2 | " This lawyer fellow says I can have a flat in the stableyard . " |
| 3 | They 've said I can record a s an upcoming seminar that 's on Wednesday . |
| 4 | This bloke says he wants four or five other vans by the end of next year and he says if you can get your driving lessons all done and passed he says you can take a van out on your own and have someone working under you I 'd , like you work under me . |
| 5 | Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke says we can do a Roman banquet so we got a book from the library about what sort of food they ate . |
| 6 | ‘ Father says they can graft a new hand onto the nerve ends . |
| 7 | He says — what 's that phrase of his ? — he says he can drop a stone into that particular well and never hear the splash . |
| 8 | And now he , says he can sense a bad danger coming upon the warren . |
| 9 | He says he can guarantee a student will pass after just 3 weeks cramming . |
| 10 | It says it can make a profit by selling the data around the world — and save the US taxpayer cash by reducing public spending . |
| 11 | The selling agent , Ellis ( 01-706 0844 ) , says it can arrange a Swiss mortgage to finance up to 60 per cent of the purchase price of the property — but remember that if you borrow in Swiss francs and the pound falls against the Swiss currency , the amount and cost of your mortgage could rise . |
| 12 | Opponents strongly condemn the idea , but the company says it can provide a cleaner , more efficient jail , better for staff and inmates . |
| 13 | I guess that 's fairly unusual , because travel agents in the past have n't spent money saying you can book a holiday at your travel agent , but erm we 've had a pretty high spend and backed up by window point of serve , so we have messages in our shop windows that you can buy a British holiday at Lunn Poly . |
| 14 | I have asked a couple of guys at the college you know and one fellow said the tray , oh he said , you can buy this tray from a builders , oh he said you can make a , a cover and I said oh god , make it the same colour as the mat and the er |
| 15 | And I said , what you on about ? , he said if I do , if I do n't pay out two hundred and odd pound now that left for our tickets he said , I 've only hundred and odd come in , he said you can have a drink on the rest ! |
| 16 | Cos it was while he was phoning , you know the , the boy said you can get a telephone qu er a special telephone fitted . |
| 17 | That 's what he said , he said she can throw a tantrum he said and get everybody sort of feeling sorry for her he said , as and when she wants he said . |
| 18 | They used to say you can tell a man by the shoes he wears . |
| 19 | If you wanted to have something erm larger than that then I 'm e I am empowered to say you can have a trade stand at half price . |
| 20 | Ekland , talking about when she said it can handle a woman like a lift , he knew exactly where to locate the top button , one flick and we were on our way |
| 21 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 22 | The spelling can be given , and you ( or a pupil ) can ask how it should be pronounced , e.g. @how would you say You can ask a pupil to give similar real words to support a particular pronunciation , e.g. sawk could be associated with law , saw , squawk , etc . |
| 23 | Did she say you can use a dictionary ? |