Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i can [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know them , I mean I can sit and have a conversation , I know their hobbies and what have you , |
| 2 | but I mean I can see that for he 's got , he 's doing exactly the same , literally a capital K in the middle of joined writing |
| 3 | I mean I can see that a lot of people I mean I think that we should thank our men and women who were in the Gulf , of course we should , erm I 'm questioning only the way that we 've chosen to do it , by a victory parade . |
| 4 | Well I do n't think actually , I mean I can remember and I do n't quite understand what 's going on here , keeps swapping and changing and I do n't understand it . |
| 5 | So erm I I , I mean I can understand that we have a a specific need to er address the member of who signs what cheques but I think the matter of cash is covered by two , the chief executive is answerable to a board for financial matters . |
| 6 | I hope I can stay and be useful . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I know I can win if everything goes right , ’ Jackson said before arriving in Barcelona , ‘ and it is time the Americans moved over . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , for me , I reckon I can run and swim , and make out on the shooting if I put my mind to it , but the riding — well — I do n't know about the riding . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , well I think I can reassure that it is the latter . |
| 10 | ‘ I think I can explain that : he was frightened . ’ |
| 11 | But one thing I think I can do and do well is a guitar solo . |
| 12 | ‘ Ca n't speak for the food , that 's Kay 's department , but I think I can promise that the tipple will be up to par . ’ |
| 13 | I think I can claim that the whole last part is bound to make an impact on our musical public ; at least , if I compare it with what has been said recently on the same problem by Hanslick and others … |
| 14 | I think I can say that during my career most of the things I 've decided ought to be done , I 've got done , but I 've done them in very different ways to other people and sometimes I 've been criticised for not going out and grabbing the headlines . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Having lived through the case in considerable detail since the writ was delivered in 1989 , nearly seven years after the audit report in question was signed off , I think I can say that there are some better grounds for believing that the result is good for the profession than are implied in your brief summary . |
| 17 | But I think I can say that each machine has paid for itself , one way or another . |
| 18 | But I think I can say that there are n't going to be any nude scenes between you and Caduta . |
| 19 | But I think I can say that we have never betrayed the trust that you have reposed in us … |
| 20 | I think I 'd like to start by making a few general points , er and then er it will be a matter for for others to be somewhat more specific , I I I think I can say that the issue of a new settlement of a new settlement in Greater York is is a fairly unique situation , because we have agreement between the development industry and the County Council , and that 's something of a rarity , but also we have mild support from the Department of the Environment , and as Mr Davis has already said , that is backed by public support . |
| 21 | I said I can imagine if you were doing this project yeah , like they 'd like get this tape yeah of you and Honey having |
| 22 | What makes you think I can cook as well as get stroppy about words ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If you register I can pass as your wife … ’ |
| 24 | But erm you know , ah you know , she 's , you know I can understand that actually , she 's being quite sensible about it , she said , there 's nothing else I wan na do and I might as well do something I enjoy . |