MIAMI - Herring9
Instances of can for speaker CLA

132CLAhow the hell can you move it from one receiver to the other ?
  howhow.ADV thethe.DET.DEF hellhell.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP movemove.V.2SP.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S fromfrom.PREP oneone.PRON.SG receiverreceiver.N.SG toto.PREP thethe.DET.DEF otherother.ADJ ?
  
240CLAshe said that we can have more than a hundred guests .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST thatthat.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES havehave.V.INFIN moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF hundredhundred.NUM guestsguest.N.PL .
  
249CLAand the kids can sit on their parents laps .
  andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF kidskid.N.PL cancan.V.123SP.PRES sitsit.V.INFIN onon.PREP theirtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P parentsparent.N.PL lapslap.N.PL .
  
265CLA+< <she said that> [/] she said that you can get the fifteen or more group discount .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST thatthat.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES getget.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF fifteenfifteen.NUM oror.CONJ moremore.ADJ groupgroup.N.SG discountdiscount.N.SG .
  
276CLAno no no I mean if they wanna walk around they can go on their own .
  nono.ADV nono.ADV nono.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES ifif.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P wannawant.V.3P.PRES+TO.PREP walkwalk.V.INFIN aroundaround.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P cancan.V.123SP.PRES gogo.V.INFIN onon.PREP theirtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P ownown.PRON .
  
610CLAif they can do (..) the gazebo .
  ifif.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF gazebogazebo.N.SG .
  
642CLAso you can do the sparkler thing .
  soso.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF sparklersparkler.N.SG thingthing.N.SG .
  
671CLA+< yeah but we can kill two birds with one stone .
  yeahyeah.ADV butbut.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES killkill.V.INFIN twotwo.NUM birdsbird.N.PL withwith.PREP oneone.PRON.SG stonestone.N.SG .
  
734CLAI [/] <I ha(ve)> [/] I have to email them about the reception if we can meet them in the garden area in front .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP emailunk themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF receptionreception.N.SG ifif.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES meetmeet.V.INFIN themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF gardengarden.N.SG areaarea.N.SG inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG .
  
928CLA+< this I can get like +...
  thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES getget.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ .
  
952CLAor we can do programs printed out and rolled up into little (.) thingies .
  oror.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN programsprogram.N.PL printedprint.V.PAST outout.ADV andand.CONJ rolledroll.V.INFIN+AV upup.ADV intointo.PREP littlelittle.ADJ thingiesunk .
  
988CLAand yet my mom can do more than your mom can do .
  andand.CONJ yetyet.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommom.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP mommom.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN .
  
988CLAand yet my mom can do more than your mom can do .
  andand.CONJ yetyet.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommom.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP mommom.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN .
  
1027CLAwe can go take a tour of the house .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES gogo.V.INFIN taketake.SV.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF tourtour.N.SG ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF househouse.N.SG .
  

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