Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking as one of them , I can tell this person that I am a single mother , not from choice , but because my baby 's father scarpered as soon as I told him I was pregnant . |
| 2 | As a works convenor , I work along twenty shop stewards , and I can tell this Congress that the message that they 've given to me from the people from the people that have elected them , is that they 're sick and tired of the perpetual bleating of the T U C about how they have to abide by the laws , when the only laws that are there are the laws that are bringing this movement down . |
| 3 | As one of his constituents , I can confirm this view . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not sure how long I can continue this way right now , ’ he muttered shakily . |
| 5 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 6 | So you 're quite happy with that , one hundred , two hundred , three hundred , four hundred , five hundred , six hundred oh I can do this standing on my head , right and you s you stop concentrating so much , and you 've gone up to , so that should be a seven hundred |
| 7 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 8 | I tell you I can break this bond , and maybe I will this time and leave you to starve , and maybe I wo n't , maybe I 'll leave that pleasure for another time . |
| 9 | Erm , I feel good , a feel good factor , er , I can I can change this situation , I can do it . |
| 10 | I can set this cruise control to any speed I want and it drives without me having to touch the accelerator . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not sure I can manage this swim now ’ , said my dad . |
| 12 | Repeat phrases such as ‘ I can cope ’ , ‘ I can think rationally ’ and ‘ I can manage this situation . ’ |
| 13 | I can nurse this cockroach juice for hours . ’ |
| 14 | I can make this engine more efficient — there is a method of recondensing the steam so that it can be re-used — and I can design a firebox which will burn the fuel down to ash . |
| 15 | Perhaps I can use this information to turn Stapleton 's wife against him … ’ |
| 16 | However , if I can use this example . |
| 17 | So that I can put this sort of stuff somewhere frigging else . |
| 18 | If I can finish three-three I can win this tournament . ’ |
| 19 | Whoever you meet , whoever you speak to , whoever you write to , ask yourself : " Is there any way I can help this person ? " |
| 20 | But it is included in the deposit plan of the greenbelt by the County Council , that 's greenbelt land , so I think bearing in mind what the the panel said the other day , I can accept this discussion that for the time being we assume that is in the greenbelt . |
| 21 | Well I can imagine this Hayley not being very good with the little ones . |
| 22 | Though I can run this machine half speed I have to be meticulous with the timing . |
| 23 | So I can recommend this book only to someone who has little knowledge of green issues and the science involved . |
| 24 | A coalition was formed in June 1757 in which Pitt ran the war , and justified his claim ‘ I know that I can save this country , and I know that no other man can ’ , while the Duke of Newcastle made sure that the majority in the House of Commons realized that their business was to vote money for Pitt 's military operations without too much fuss . |
| 25 | As far as I can ascertain this notation still applies to some brands of wool , but when we come to synthetics , things are a bit different . |
| 26 | And then she said , ‘ Look , there 's no way I can get this case and that bass hamper up them steps , full as they are , I 'll have to tie the stuff in bundles an' put them on the cart . |
| 27 | If I can get this equity investment , I 'm on my way to my next hotel . |
| 28 | ‘ Tom , dear , by the time I 've asked you to pass something , and you 've said what and where is it and did n't I mean the other one , I can get this oven done and the baby born I should think . ’ |
| 29 | Because there is this impasse between what the officers wanted to do and what the residents find acceptable the only way I can get this matter resolved is for the council to refer the possible closure to the committee so that the committee can consider all the facts er in the light of the advice of the officers erm and I therefore beg to move this . |
| 30 | Right well I 'm going home without you then because I ca n't put I ca n't there 's no way I can push this buggy with you walking on my toes Bryony . |