Example sentences of "and i can [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've wanted him all my life , and I can give him in return what he most desires — La Tour Monchauzet . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend referred to the north-west of England , and I can give him the figure for Lancashire . |
| 3 | before he comes along and er ask er to put me one on and I can give him the money in the bet , |
| 4 | I reject the hon. Gentleman 's criticism , and I can reassure him on the present position . |
| 5 | I hesitate to correct the hon. Gentleman 's pronunciation , but in my day I fought the constituency of Islwyn which is now represented by the Leader of the Opposition , and I can tell him that it is pronounced ’ Issloin ’ . |
| 6 | Later , when I ask again , he is silent and I can feel him relent . |
| 7 | You and I can get him moving . ’ |
| 8 | His two brothers both died with smallpox cos one was , they all three went to Wolverhampton Grammar School and they were a Wednesbury family and they died with the smallpox but I thought they were putting the youngest which was my grandfather for the best trai one was going in for law and the other was going in for medicine , and the youngest was go which was the same as engineering is today I suppose , and he went into the gun trade , and I can remember him , he was a grand old chap and er he used to come and bring the springs that he 'd made and to temper them he used to throw them in the kitchen fire , and they 'd die out and get them all out of the ashes in the morning , and he used to take his week 's work in his waistcoat pockets and his day out was to get on the tram at the Brown Lion , and go straight through Wednesbury and right through West Bromwich up to the Constitutional in Birmingham to Greeners or Wembley and Scotts and he 'd got these gun locks as he 'd made during the week in his waistcoat pockets . |
| 9 | And I can say he had one of the strongest of all influences on me . |
| 10 | He 's there , and I can ring him up and report to him when he er er , how they 've gone , how they 're feeding , how they 're doing and how they 're not . |
| 11 | Some days , when it 's damp , he has to use the stick inside , too , and I can hear him clacking about the uncarpeted rooms and corridors of the house ; a hollow noise , going from place to place . |
| 12 | Three mornings on the trot I 've been up there and I 've walked in the front door and I can hear him downstairs snoring , still in bed . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's here in the factory and I can see him . ’ |
| 14 | he says , and I can believe him : |