Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [vb infin] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I can confirm those three points .
2 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 . ’
3 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 .
4 I can do all those things .
5 You really think I can do this fucking exhibition , work on all these projects , sit beside you and keep my filthy lesbian hands to myself ? ’
6 ‘ I do n't think I can handle any more shocks , ’ she said with taut bitterness .
7 I can cite several legal precedents .
8 I can change some Swiss francs . ’
9 I can feel this happy feeling bubbling in my tummy .
10 I can feel those dreadful terrors again — visions of blood and death .
11 However , it is only in these areas that I can perceive any major divergence in my account and Bethe 's .
12 ‘ Yes , ’ Simon was saying , ‘ I can manage that stupid bitch , no trouble ! ’
13 I regret I can shed little new light on the mystery of who blew the whistle on the celebrated dressing-room scene after Woodfull was hit .
14 Yeah , it really is stupid having all these left overs , alright as I said before I can make all that kid stuff , but in the end I 've got too much to take over
15 That I can make that prim mouth curve into a delightful smile … ’
16 I can make some revealing comparisons between my constituency and the neighbouring borough .
17 I can use all these peppers up as well .
18 Yeah he just said you did say I can have some more money , I said well yeah .
19 I was able to come back on that and add up the figures perfectly competently , but I can imagine that other people might not have been able to , and
20 I can imagine some other world in which a conference of learned , and totally blind , bat-like creatures is flabbergasted to be told of animals called humans that are actually capable of using the newly discovered inaudible rays called " light " , still the subject of top-secret military development , for finding their way about .
21 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 .
22 For the first time I can imagine some dim trail of obsession , some weird recursive delusion , leading out of this little room , down the spiral stairs , and out to some wildly mischosen destination …
23 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 .
24 now I 've got the mini ones I can play some new chords you see
25 " I think you and I can discuss this another time , uh ? "
26 After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things .
27 Right , the correlation coefficient is given by da da R equals , now we 've already met this , this is your old friend the product , and what we 're gon na do is divide it by N minus one Now if you think , I 'll wait til you 've got that down let's see if I can find this bloody rubber .
28 Do n't even think of moving while I see if I can find some dry firewood . ’
29 But give me a bit of time and I 'm sure I can find some cogent motive to pin on him . ’
30 I can find some other way of paying for it , however . ’
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