Example sentences of "i can [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll have to you 've got ta give me chance to buy papa and grandma 's grandpa 's and I can wrap them up and give them to them at the golden wedding or ca n't I ? |
| 2 | I 'm cursing because the pigeon chooses this moment for an escape bid up the neck of my Spidersuit , plus I can tell they know I must be close but ca n't quite imagine the trans-shed escape route I 've taken . |
| 3 | I can tell them you 're experienced . ’ |
| 4 | I can tell them they will never , ever return to Barnet while I am chairman if they are captured . ’ |
| 5 | I run into the arms of Andy 's parents walking with the dogs near the ornamental ponds and it seems like an age before I can tell them what 's happened because my voice wo n't work and I can see the fear in their eyes and they 're asking , ‘ Where is Andrew ? |
| 6 | Where is Andrew ? ’ and eventually I can tell them and Mrs Gould gives a strange little shuddering cry and Mr Gould tells her to get the people in the house and phone for an ambulance and runs away down the path towards the river with the four Golden Labradors barking excitedly behind him . |
| 7 | Well I can tell Oh I can tell them wh In fact I would be prepared to do that . |
| 8 | Well then they wo n't talk to me they wo n't take any notice anyway , if they do , I 've got a letter I can tell them what I 'm doing . |
| 9 | Oh yeah , what oh yes , oh without a doubt Joan , er you can do it , you could have the name and you could have who talked to them and , and then I can tell 'em that what , I 've done this you see and that 'd be the end of it it does suggest that you do n't tell them before you tell them after and then you sort of give them the opp the opportunity of me knocking , not recording it you see , wiping it off the tape , because it stunts the conversation . |
| 10 | I can hold 'em quite well . |
| 11 | I can flood them with data . |
| 12 | and then the jury , I can pass them to the jury , now then , sorry |
| 13 | So , on some sites you might say , no , I , well I can control the labour costs and I can control the er , plant usage , but I do n't buy the materials myself the only way I can affect them is by altering the wastage . |
| 14 | I have never been confident that I can split them with the naked eye , but 7 × 50 binoculars make it easy enough . |
| 15 | I can split them up , and then I 'm not needed , and I can just wander round and have this panorama , and you see who 's working and who is n't . |
| 16 | obviously with the questionnaire I 'm going , I wan na get , like you said , a lot of results where I can split them up , you know |
| 17 | ‘ I can detect them . ’ |
| 18 | I can excuse them for not knowing all the facts that have now come to light but I can not forgive them or the government for failing to steer the health of the nation . |
| 19 | My work was during my student days , when much hampered with other cares , and I can excuse them for not thinking it what they would expect from their future minister . |
| 20 | I can stand in front of the screen , I can look at the simulations , I can stop them whenever I want to stop them and look at them , it gives me ideas about how the buildings might have looked at that time and it gives me a whole range of variations as to as to what can be done in terms of their reconstructions . |
| 21 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
| 22 | I can scour them from |
| 23 | As soon as I can do them in my own accent , I 'll be back ’ . |
| 24 | I can do them just like that . ’ |
| 25 | I can do them before I go out . |
| 26 | And then I can do them yeah ? |
| 27 | ‘ I can show them a robot animal and they wo n't go crazy . |
| 28 | I 'm afraid I do n't have them on me , but I can bring them tomorrow . ’ |
| 29 | I should be grateful for your comments on this so I can bring them before the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August . |
| 30 | For anyone disposed to take on the often very satisfying task of making banners I can assure them that there are several very kind ‘ Barnabases ’ in the church whose comments and encouragements I have valued . |