Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] i can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I beat him once in the 1988 Olympics and I know I can beat him again . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Because you like me and I like you , and you 're my friend and I know I can trust you . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Anyway you its funny he wanted to insist that my husband should be there and I said I can decide do n't worry . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | But when I think about how I feel for you , it turns me into a Hercules and I feel I can conquer the world . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | BELVILLE : And I to show I can defy your resentment will show you a countenance as intrepid as yours is lovely . |
| 14 | I putted nicely today and I think I can do a lot better over the next three days . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But the one I really want is your Open and I think I can do it . |
| 16 | World No 1 — that 's my aim , and I think I can do it , ’ said Marshall . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Van Gogh was also an epileptic and I think I can understand his passion and sense of isolation . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ The roof seems sound and I think I can force one of the windows and get in . |
| 22 | ‘ And I think I can help you there . ’ |
| 23 | I think Nigel can help me a lot and I think I can help him a lot . |
| 24 | ‘ I am twenty-four , independent , I have my own flat , my own business , and I think I can take care of myself for a couple of weeks on a small , friendly Mediterranean island , thanks very much ! |
| 25 | And I think I can see things a bit more clearly now . |
| 26 | My husband dies in a car crash with his mistress and you think I can forget about it ? ’ |
| 27 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |