Example sentences of "[subord] i can [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not want to play games in colour on my TV , I can do household accounts with a piece of paper and a pencil , I can learn languages easier from a book and a tape recorder , if I want information I can look it up and read it far faster than I can get it from a screen and I can turn back with a nip of the finger and read it again . |
| 2 | ‘ Ring Sam , ’ suggested Tim , ‘ and tell her to get her arse over here so I can tell her about the window . ’ |
| 3 | Please send me a subscription so I can cancel it in disgust . |
| 4 | Feeling slightly vexed I decided that all those readers too lazy to write in will be receiving personal visits , so I can introduce them to my favourite topic : ‘ Pain , and how ( and where ! ) to inflict it ’ . |
| 5 | So what we have , if I can paint it like this , is a development programme which does n't just rely on Oxfordshire Social Services putting cash into it , because there are , if we manage this process properly , other people who we can encourage to bring money into Oxfordshire , but the key thing that 'll only do it is if they 're confident that they 're dealing with a competent organization and somebody that they trust and they have some form of credibility . |
| 6 | Well , if I can check it on the plan , it 's , the plan actually shows half the site , there 's the central slide way way coming down through the development site , all that occupies , all one side of the slide way . |
| 7 | Oh I had one bloody customer see if I can quote him to a complete relocate , it was only a bloody er systems , probably no taller than that speaker |
| 8 | I have been sent to ask you whether , if I can arrange it with the captain , you would consent to look after them . |
| 9 | If I can give them to him , then perhaps he will leave you out of all this . |
| 10 | Let's see if I can do it for you . |
| 11 | I hope so , and if I can contribute something to that culture change I shall be glad to do so . |
| 12 | If I can lever myself by hanging on to this … . |
| 13 | So , if we start off with one of the string patches , I 'll see if I can guide you through the editing process . |
| 14 | If I can cut it without cutting me hand off . |
| 15 | ‘ This heavy-duty polythene should do the trick if I can wedge it across the gaps . ’ |
| 16 | Erm see if I can remember what on earth I did with the damn thing . |
| 17 | ‘ Poor Bernard , I must see if I can sew it for him . |
| 18 | At least that 's the way it is with me , if I can see something in operation I can understand it far more quickly than when someone tries to describe it ’ |
| 19 | I if I can ask you to home in on that five thousand pound figure , once you reach five thousand pound on any assignment you get another fifteen percent bonus . |
| 20 | If I can suit you to the Company needs , I know that will be best all round . |
| 21 | Fair enough , well if I can help him in any way by talking to him , it 's not a case of who wins and who loses , we all lose . |
| 22 | If I can help you in any way , can I help you do the dishes ? |
| 23 | Now if I can put them in here , it 'll stop these falling over , providing they do n't get squashed with them |
| 24 | ‘ Here I am facing Liverpool in my first game as a fully-fledged Coventry player , so if I can put one over them , it will be the end of a perfect week . ’ |
| 25 | Secondly , I get another dollop of money , if I can put it like this , for Home Care right across the county . |
| 26 | We both argued that the levels of er housing development in Craven , Harrogate and to a lesser extent perhaps Amblet Hambleton should not be constrained , so as to reduce erm the the steady trickle if I can describe it as that of migration from the West Yorkshire conurbation to those areas , in perhaps er l looking at the different proposal for the new settlement which might be located in the Leeds York corridor . |
| 27 | I says that to Mrs she said I 'll see if I can afford one before Christmas . |
| 28 | Let's see if they 're go in this I wonder if I can balance them on top of the on top of the potatoes . |
| 29 | Takes a dozen a year off me if I can find them for him . |
| 30 | Oh , see if I can find something to er |