Example sentences of "can [vb infin] i the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can shew me the exact spot and that will save time . |
| 2 | However , I am doing as the Daily Mirror suggested , and am contacting you in the hope that you can give me the answer . |
| 3 | ‘ You can send me the odd card if you like . |
| 4 | Harriet comments , ‘ When I come to your wedding in the slums of Brooklyn you can do me the honours . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , if you can show me the way I will take you by car , ’ I said . |
| 6 | And you can show me the cross . |
| 7 | If you want to get personal then two can play at that , and I swear on my lifelong friendships with the late Mrs Gandhi , Brian Clough and Michael Parkinson that I will burn my brand new membership card of the NUJ on the square at Headingley if you can name me the full Yorkshire team you 're chairman of . |
| 8 | If you can tell me the initials of my name , you can have what 's in this bag . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then you can tell me the truth about Ibn and Butler . ’ |
| 10 | You can tell me the things I need to know and I can go away . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Who can tell me the next number . |
| 13 | You can tell me the day and the month ? |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | I 've done the margarine , you you can get me the erm thing . |
| 16 | ‘ But I 'll be able to come home in the evenings and you can teach me the things I need to know , ’ said Endill . |