Example sentences of "say can i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll walk into a French bank and say can I exchange these back to sterling and they 'll say oh yes and then charge me five hundred fucking francs again or whatever it is. no five nines , nine eighteen twenty seven thirty six forty five francs . |
| 2 | And I say can I go to Hertford please and they did n't ask me how old I was , they just like the next thing I knew I was whacked out this six hundred quid ticket . |
| 3 | That 's right , I mean you , you looked in , in , in , if you had a fire out in the sticks somewhere , you 'd look to see where the telephone was , where if there were any , and then knock on somebody 's door perhaps , at two o'clock in the morning and say can I use your telephone , and they were n't very happy sometimes I can tell you . |
| 4 | You put these people on oxygen therapy for days and days and days , they come off and say can I have a cigarette ? |
| 5 | Do n't mean you can come up to me and say can I have ten grams of smack please Cassie all right . |
| 6 | He er was n't the lender , he was the borrower , he went to the bank , says can I borrow this collection of treasury bonds , which he has to put pension fund assets to stock , so he 's immediately er going against his duty as a trustee cos it 's costing the pension fund money this er er excess of five to ten per cent . |
| 7 | What happened to all these girlfriends and this person that had phoned up on Stephen phoned up er it 's Wednesday right , and Stephen phoned up Tuesday and twenty five to eleven and says can I talk to Stephen , says hang on a minute who is it ? |
| 8 | I asked the gaffer I says can I get out ? |
| 9 | Well , I went home and I got another job and it , then I went back , I says can I have me card ? |
| 10 | She says can I have a tissue so |
| 11 | I did well , I had hundred pound in me purse last night till Steve says can I have me pocket money and can I have me petrol and can I have this and I paid for coal and I 've got forty . |
| 12 | He did n't say , and I says can I take a message ? |
| 13 | So once you 've done it you ca n't sell any more even though there are two or three people in the wings saying can I go into it . |
| 14 | another fortnight saying can I give another fortnight . |
| 15 | And then she went in one day and she knew she 'd had a thousand and said can I extend it ? |
| 16 | No she came up to and she said can I sit on the end of the table . |
| 17 | Because there are hundreds of different types and I put it there , I was n't sure I already said can I bring it back ? |
| 18 | and er , she said can I warm it ? |
| 19 | He said can I pull it open ? |
| 20 | She said can I borrow her please and I said no . |
| 21 | It just says , sort of like , her age , her name right and on Simon he typed I said can I do Simon then ? |
| 22 | I mean I do it sort of a bit naturally , I mean if you , you know that what , the Delvine Hotel , I mean I sort of went in and I du n no sort of part way in I sort of said can I ask you if , you know , you 've had your other quotes and he sort of said yes we 're gon na sit down tonight and make our minds up |
| 23 | A actually I , I went next door in the bank yesterday and the bloke in there sa one of the blokes said can I put this up here and ? |
| 24 | Anyway she said can I see her . |
| 25 | And he says yes , he said can I have a look ? |
| 26 | ‘ We do have some strange requests one man came in and said can I have a Veronica Lake wig ! ’ laughed part-time assistant May Orritt . |
| 27 | And she said can I have it ? |
| 28 | Oh Richard , James , James said can I have the hairbrush out . |
| 29 | And I , I said can I have a ride ? |
| 30 | He 's , he 's already come in for one form put it , he 's obviously filled one form in , he came up and he said can I have an application form for that job in the window , so I gave him one and he went , oh well I 've just filled one in . |