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 .
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