Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if people mention obstructions I 'll make sure I find out exactly what they mean so that I can identify the threshold of the runway correctly . |
| 2 | Ten of that eleven people in the last two weeks , sort of , complaining about but they do n't always let me know so that I can document it , that 's the problem . |
| 3 | Trying to work out whether I can hear it over my coat . |
| 4 | But I am trying to work out when I can walk Paul Buttle 's circuit of the Lakes , devised especially for Outdoor Action . |
| 5 | This must dry completely before I can proceed with the painting . |
| 6 | The point is that if these things have to be revealed so that I can find my sister then I 'm afraid that 's the way it 's going to be . |
| 7 | I particularly liked the seat , which unzips so that I can put him down in bed once asleep . ’ |
| 8 | He limps now , and has done ever since I can remember . |
| 9 | Perhaps I could at least stay until she wakes up and I can explain what 's happening . ’ |
| 10 | The verbal expression of a maxim will be something like : ‘ In circumstances of such and such a sort I shall act thus ’ , and I act immorally unless I can will that all agents should guide their behaviour by a corresponding maxim directed at themselves . |
| 11 | But he added : ‘ I am not just trying to play now so I can force my way into the Cup final team . |
| 12 | Madam Deputy Speaker , erm there 'll be no need for any pruning from the chair because I had just mentioned the word banks at the very point that you madam speaker , got up and I can assure that er pruning would not be in order . |
| 13 | I leap outside into the snow , stand ankle deep in the snow and strain frantically at the same time trying to remember which direction I am pointing so that I can give instructions about where not to get the snow for tomorrow 's tea . |
| 14 | So when I have to weigh up whether I can afford to trade in my battered old VW and think of those who have a BMW or Mercedes , then you begin to wonder at the sense of it all . |
| 15 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |
| 16 | Saying , if I get a farm with cows and sheep and a five-bar gate and chickens and a coop and a metal stream and a few trees about the place and a green field made of billiard cloth and a dog or two and a cat — never mind the cat — and perhaps a fox on a hill … if I get this , with a pair of ball-bearing roller skates so that I can gleam and flash and go backwards through the heavy Friday traffic and be as glamorous as Boy Davids from the Park … |
| 17 | I find now that I can take a little comfort for acting beyond my authority and without Don Bennett 's knowledge of what I was doing . |
| 18 | Find out when I can take . |
| 19 | ‘ If you do n't mind , Maria , I 'm going to telephone when we get in and find out if I can get a seat on an earlier flight back to Hong Kong — tonight , preferably , ’ he added evenly . |
| 20 | I feel now that I can express myself better than I ever could in the last fifteen years ; I 've even gotten into the Mississippi Delta style , fingerpicking blues . |
| 21 | I just feel sometimes that I can throw a rock into a pool , and watch the ripples create a certain amount of discussion . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Put your head close so that I can whisper . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll go early so I can see the Social Services . ’ |
| 24 | I look around the countryside wanting to get the dirt dished quickly so I can get on with my life . |
| 25 | Similar impressions seem to arise from sentences such as I may leave tomorrow and I can finish it next week . |
| 26 | She moves on before I can ask how much of the above is intended as a reference to Madonna . |
| 27 | Yes er I I agree wholeheartedly because I can imagine if this ended up in Selby what might be proposed under this umbrella . |
| 28 | I will co-operate with and fight alongside my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley ( Mr. Barron ) for the interests of coal and do all that I can to assist my party 's energy team in that fight . |
| 29 | For my own part , having a little woodland garden , this is one of the two plants which I am forever poking in where I can find a place for another . |
| 30 | Cos then some of the other colours are gon na come through and I can put the little bit of gold on the top . |