Example sentences of "[noun sg] i can [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a scientist I can not believe it — but I saw it happen with my own eyes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | But in any case I can not marry your son . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ In that case I can only express my gratitude . |
| 7 | In fancy I can almost hear him now , exclaiming ‘ Harp ? |
| 8 | As a Christian I can not accept any teaching that suggests that there is any kind of spirit in plant life . |
| 9 | In my heart I can not accept it . ’ |
| 10 | In my heart I can not put down what happened to our family that day to anything else . |
| 11 | I hate the smell of cigarettes since I 've packed in smoking I can not stand it |
| 12 | Of course I can easily perceive when you have been obliged to form your ideas from stuffed specimens . |
| 13 | But of course I can not leave such a place open to — anyone . ’ |
| 14 | Of course I can not sleep , and my body is feverish with tremors and the shrieking of women 's names . |
| 15 | I say you might — because of course I can not speak with any certainty upon that point — as you might wish to be granted . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Of course I can only say from my own experience . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In all my years at the club I can not remember such a sensational line up of prizes as are on offer here . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | In the middle of working on a difficult piece I can almost feel my ears grow , he said . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | By her next words to Dame Sirith all she says of her feelings towards Wilekin is : ( " Unless you bring me Wilekin I can never laugh nor sing nor be glad . " ) |
| 26 | Mind you , all these youngsters ca n't but you ca n't see , you know normally when I stand at bar I can normally see the door but I ca n't see it . |
| 27 | She spoke great good sense to Mr Ash , whose poetry I can not like , though she professed to like it greatly , which naturally flattered him . |
| 28 | If I misrepresent the subject of war ( but not the concern with love and loss ) in Housman 's poetry I can even fuel my own paranoia about the condition of our planet . |
| 29 | My first dream I can ever remember was on the first day of exams . |
| 30 | As for the speed of the machine I can not comment as lack of time with the machine did not allow us to perform our usual tests . |