Example sentences of "i can [verb] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But your experience on , on one thing , I think , was , I can do it five times better than that . |
| 2 | I can do it either way , but the ‘ leg-over ’ style suits Steve because that 's how Tony Hewitt did it . |
| 3 | Similar impressions seem to arise from sentences such as I may leave tomorrow and I can finish it next week . |
| 4 | If I can put it that way . |
| 5 | Erm a few comments I 'd like to start with with Cleveland and the erm the idea that there 's there 's there 's there 's no problem whatsoever in accommodating erm the overspill if I can put it that way or the retention within Cleveland . |
| 6 | Perhaps not quite to the level of the the development that may be appropriate , but but yes , of of the three market towns in in Selby district it 's acknowledged that Tadcaster would have a a less significant role than the other two market towns , if I can put it that way , and yes , there are a number of constraints in Tadcaster , not not the least of which i is an ownership constraint . |
| 7 | Er , we believe that there is a shortfall , if I can put it that way , in quotes , of some seven hundred and fifty thousand in ninety four , ninety five , over what we would otherwise have expected to get if the previous method of distribution er , had been stuck with . |
| 8 | Can I just congratulate er the County Planning Officer on operating in an oasis o of , of if I can put it that way . |
| 9 | So these are all factors in here which er the the Well first of all the general public was provided with a a synopsis of this if I can put it that way in that the en original consultation leaflet included er extracts from this , summaries of it er in the leaflet , er and that set out clearly the differing traffic effects of the outer northern relief road compared with the inner . |
| 10 | It got rid of the crap if I can put it that way , sorted out my priorities . |
| 11 | You mentioned just now about artificial foods , if I can put it that way . |
| 12 | It means a lot of being enjoy being on the wrong side , if I can put it that way . |
| 13 | ‘ I wonder if I can put it another way , ’ said the Thing , and it managed to sound slightly annoyed . |
| 14 | Well the honourable gentleman as always makes er more than a debating point , I think he makes a serious point which er deserves to be answered , erm it is not , if I can put it this way , the intention of these orders er to turn auditors into er snoopers or narks er and to do so I think runs some very serious risks , not only of reducing and undermining the relationship between auditors and their clients , not only of imposing very substantial additional cost burdens on auditors which will have to be borne by companies and ultimately their clients , but also there has an example he 's given I think to be some difference , put it no more than that between public money and private money , even though I acknowledge that were talking here about the trusteeship in some cases of of er d er public deposits and funds . |