Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] i can [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I want to show I can succeed at a bigger club in the future and fulfil my footballing ambitions .
2 that and then , you know like if I get inundated I can let Jim do some .
3 I like to think I can do what she does , but perhaps not as well .
4 ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can .
5 I also give a guarantee that it is n't just a one off situation , meeting we all go away and forget about what we 've said I can assure you that wo n't happen minutes have been taken and and what 's been said this evening that will be conveyed to the management committee meeting the board meeting and I think we need to look very clearly at a very closely what 's been said and respond to what 's been said and I think that it 's been suggested also raised this evening about having a further meeting to report back and say erm this has been said this is our response .
6 They 've said I can record a s an upcoming seminar that 's on Wednesday .
7 ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff .
8 Yes , oh yes , that 's one thing I 've got I can remember .
9 ‘ I 've found I can discover a great deal more by simply walking in , ’ he returned grimly .
10 I 've learnt I can trust you . ’
11 Luckily some friends of mine , who are in Georgia at the moment , have said I can stay in their flat for a couple of nights .
12 ‘ I think I have proved I can play on all surfaces , ’ he says .
13 If you refuse to co-operate I can force you to pay me the money you owe me .
14 you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part .
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