Example sentences of "you can [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Come on , you 've got lots , masses , you can spare me a bit .
2 I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’
3 If you can bring me a er I do n't know a disk with your
4 It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit .
5 Bartram had insisted that this differed from the candleberry , Myrica cerifera , while Miller had found other authors ranging it with the Liquidambar , ‘ so I shall be much obliged to you , if you can send me a perfect specimen , that I may determine its proper genus . ’
6 You can send me the odd card if you like .
7 Harriet comments , ‘ When I come to your wedding in the slums of Brooklyn you can do me the honours . ’
8 So you can do it every other day , or whenever , whatever your organisational is , but what I used to do is do it on a Friday .
9 ‘ Perhaps not , ’ a fresh voice drawled , ‘ but you can tell me a few preliminary conclusions .
10 You can tell me a joke David ?
11 If you can tell me the initials of my name , you can have what 's in this bag . ’
12 ‘ Then you can tell me the truth about Ibn and Butler . ’
13 You can tell me the things I need to know and I can go away .
14 Dear Willis — As I am informed by those who ought to know that you have " taken the ground " somewhere near London River , I expect you can tell me the whereabouts of the dear old Fortuna , built 1892 , rigged when I last saw her in 1920 as a square foresail brigantine .
15 You can tell me the day and the month ?
16 it 'll only be shorter , it wo n't keep you warm down the bottom , yeah and here on the neck it 's , alright you can tell me the colour of , but it , it is quite
17 You can tell them the police were n't coming for you or Miles . ’
18 You can tell them the true way things stand . ’
19 because you can tell them the price the size what
20 If you can tell him the whole town pays for itself , that 's far more impressive than — ’
21 You can tell 'em a mile off .
22 You can tell us a bit about him .
23 For just £15 you can give them a set of springs that take just an hour or two to fit under each key and make the keyboard so much bouncier .
24 You can give them a call on and , as ever , mention that ZZAP ! 's Bash the Barbarian sent you , and you 'll find them more than helpful .
25 In these cases , you can give them a bit of salt , or an acidic herb which calms the child while you look for what the woman craves , like butter or fruit .
26 If , as you 're monitoring the work , you think that all the groups are engaged in the tasks and working well , you can give them a little longer .
27 However , if you feel the buyer 's going to present a business problem we show them the buyer 's guide and a business card so you can give them the buyer 's guide , explain what it 's for and then give them your business card and then that buyer 's guide to look for business card .
28 Er you can give him a shout at some point Steve and er arrange to go for dinner with him .
29 If you are faced with a filthy horse on an equally filthy day , you can give him the equine equivalent of a bed bath .
30 Then you can give him the clothes , right I want the clothes .
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