Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] i can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean we both can cook , if it comes to that I mean I can cook |
2 | Come to that I mean I can put some of this in the car and dump , just take it over to the tip |
3 | And I 'm so confident that I believe I can beat anyone — starting with Bowe . |
4 | But now that I have I can sense him as a personality much better than his biscuit-rich brother . |
5 | Also when I leave on 4th Feb , I have a 12 hour wait at Rio de Janeiro , so I hope I can look round the city . |
6 | ‘ I 'm flattered that you think I can read your mind , ’ she told him sarcastically , ‘ but I can promise you I was n't sufficiently interested in the outcome to try . |
7 | I play Elmo and he 's only two and a half so it means I can play like that . |
8 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
9 | I think I do it because I 'm so depressed by the poor performance of professional investment managers in the city , and I hope I can do better than they can . |
10 | Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . |
11 | I beat him once in the 1988 Olympics and I know I can beat him again . ’ |
12 | Is it possible for some of us and perhaps representative 's of organisations or a group of us and I know I can talk to the board but I 'm not necessarily speaking for anybody else if I natter to you other than myself . |
13 | ‘ Because you like me and I like you , and you 're my friend and I know I can trust you . ’ |
14 | I , I says , I 'll let you know sometime today or tomorrow and er anyway , he was expecting me to say at least two or three or four weeks you know er because I 'd put the situation I had no tools , no nothing and erm I er had a look at it and I thought what I could do , and I says I can let you have them in a week . |
15 | Anyway you its funny he wanted to insist that my husband should be there and I said I can decide do n't worry . |
16 | I said I 'll go round the back and I said I can get in through that window for ya , I said well I 'll have to force it , what d' ya mean force it ? |
17 | It is water-soluble so you can smudge lines together ( often with a finger ) and I find I can go over and over many times before the painting becomes ‘ muddy ’ . |
18 | But when I think about how I feel for you , it turns me into a Hercules and I feel I can conquer the world . ’ |
19 | It sounds ridiculous — it is ridiculous — it 's one of those huge ridiculous facts that one tries to close one 's eyes to , they 're so absurd — and I 'm only mentioning it because it 's two o'clock in the morning , and I feel I can say anything to you . |
20 | BELVILLE : And I to show I can defy your resentment will show you a countenance as intrepid as yours is lovely . |
21 | I putted nicely today and I think I can do a lot better over the next three days . ’ |
22 | ‘ But the one I really want is your Open and I think I can do it . |
23 | World No 1 — that 's my aim , and I think I can do it , ’ said Marshall . |
24 | Your asking me as chairman of the board and I think I can speak to the board I think that the theatre has actually managed very well . |
25 | You are without exception the rudest man it has ever been my misfortune to share a restaurant with ; and I think I can speak for all the others present when I say that . ’ |
26 | Van Gogh was also an epileptic and I think I can understand his passion and sense of isolation . ’ |
27 | I come now to the Roll of Honour ; and I think I can say that we can boast as remarkable a list of names as any school in the country . |
28 | ‘ The roof seems sound and I think I can force one of the windows and get in . |
29 | ‘ And I think I can help you there . ’ |
30 | I think Nigel can help me a lot and I think I can help him a lot . |