Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can confirm those three points . |
| 2 | On analysis , I believe I can distinguish three characteristic phases into which , speaking very generally , my work falls : |
| 3 | Another asked for the name of a good travel agent , while a third declared : ‘ I do not think I can bear another five years of Andrew Lloyd Webber ; I 'm off . ’ |
| 4 | I take a furtive and secret pride in the fact that I can do all these things , that I am physically strong , can lift and carry things that defeat other women , wonder with some scorn what it must be like to have to learn to clean a house when adult , not have the ability laid down as part of the growing self . |
| 5 | I can do all those things . |
| 6 | ‘ I can sketch 100 different hats on the spot and they may choose just 10 . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think I can handle any more shocks , ’ she said with taut bitterness . |
| 8 | I can cite several legal precedents . |
| 9 | Cos I can travel three hundred miles on my own at night so you know it just gives me a bit of safeguard . |
| 10 | ‘ I can change some Swiss francs . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I can feel those dreadful terrors again — visions of blood and death . |
| 12 | I can knock fifty thousand miles off the clock in a few minutes with my high-speed electric drill . |
| 13 | I can make some revealing comparisons between my constituency and the neighbouring borough . |
| 14 | I can use all these peppers up as well . |
| 15 | I do n't know how a first-century slave would have taken this directive to regard work as service to Christ ; but I can imagine some twentieth-century slaves thinking such sentiments run sharply against the grain . |
| 16 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
| 17 | now I 've got the mini ones I can play some new chords you see |
| 18 | After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things . |
| 19 | Now , erm , the , even dedicated person though I am , ex-workaholic , erm , there is no way that I can find sixteen uninterrupted hours in one month . |
| 20 | I will bring your letter to the attention of the Parish Council at their meeting next week and do what I can to inform any local residents who may be interested . |
| 21 | Not only do I love the way this guitar looks but I can get some great sounds out of it , too . |
| 22 | I can get some brilliant ideas Lieutenant Pigeon and Telex . ’ |
| 23 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 24 | Then changing the subject completely from milk and children to the necessity for a clean yard , he said , ‘ I know where I can get some broken slabs . |
| 25 | I 'm just seeing if I can get these two shelves out . |
| 26 | I can cook , as it happens — I 've had to do it ever since I left Pinehurst , and I can tackle most ordinary things . |
| 27 | No , I can remember forty five minutes ' worth no problem , oh Tony er Paul get erm a bowl , erm , a dish , a dish , do n't put it ah |
| 28 | ‘ I can promise some heated discussions . ’ |
| 29 | I can see two orange spots of light where Marie and Peter are smoking fags . |
| 30 | I can see all these sparks and flashes — red and blue fireworks going off . |