Example sentences of "[noun] i can [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 To both Il Giornale dell'Arte and Christian Bernard I can only say : shame on you .
2 As a scientist I can not believe it — but I saw it happen with my own eyes .
3 For a number of reasons I can not accept Mill 's answer to the question , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is white ? ’
4 She supplies the book 's hasty conclusion after the death at Lydiard Constantine of Philip — a partial picture of one side of the Battersea Grammar School Edward : At this point the people of Abercorran House — even Jessie and Aurelius- and the dogs that stretched out in death like blessedness under the sun , and the pigeons that courted and were courted in the yard and on the roof , all suddenly retreat from me when I come to that Spring in memory ; a haze of ghostly , shimmering silver veils them ; without Philip they are as people in a story whose existence I can not prove .
5 ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined .
6 But in any case I can not marry your son .
7 I 'm making her kick , trying to get her to shake or swat them off , and the last thing I need at this point is for her to panic , in which case I can certainly kiss the whole blessed contract bye-bye .
8 ‘ In that case I can only express my gratitude .
9 In fancy I can almost hear him now , exclaiming ‘ Harp ?
10 As a Christian I can not accept any teaching that suggests that there is any kind of spirit in plant life .
11 In my heart I can not accept it . ’
12 In my heart I can not put down what happened to our family that day to anything else .
13 I hate the smell of cigarettes since I 've packed in smoking I can not stand it
14 Of course I can easily perceive when you have been obliged to form your ideas from stuffed specimens .
15 But of course I can not leave such a place open to — anyone . ’
16 Of course I can not sleep , and my body is feverish with tremors and the shrieking of women 's names .
17 I say you might — because of course I can not speak with any certainty upon that point — as you might wish to be granted .
18 We have of course made it clear that those techs who were piloting er the out of school childcare initiative er will continue er to be funded er along with all other techs from ninety four , five and although of course I can not preempt the tech 's judgement and take a view on that particular scheme , er I can say that funding will continue for techs for that purpose .
19 Of course I can only say from my own experience .
20 If you put your hand up at the side there you can still see it even though you 're looking straight , even though I 'm looking straight ahead Matt I can still see that , try it .
21 In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it !
22 Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say .
23 In all my years at the club I can not remember such a sensational line up of prizes as are on offer here .
24 Nick dances his very own furious fandango in a suit from Hell 's own tailors , and if a steaming set littered with ‘ Jack The Ripper ’ , ‘ The Good Son ’ and ‘ The Mercy Seat ’ is n't your cup of tea I can only offer my sincerest condolences .
25 From this pilot study I can not say yes or no , but what I can say is that this pilot study suggests that it will
26 During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe .
27 But David with with respect but David I can just see people 's eyes glazed over right now .
28 In the middle of working on a difficult piece I can almost feel my ears grow , he said .
29 If one regards the benefit in this light I can not see that the cost incurred in , or in connection with , the provision of the benefit , can properly be held to include the cost incurred , in any event , in providing education to fee paying pupils at the school who were there as a right in return for the fees paid in respect of them .
30 Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion .
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