Example sentences of "be [conj] i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that Wales is much better placed to ride out the worldwide recession than it has been and I can give the hon. Gentleman this pledge : I and my ministerial colleagues will continue to do everything that we can to attract investment to Wales . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's how emotional and intense it can be and I can understand that . |
| 3 | I 'm cos I can see balls in front of me . |
| 4 | I should be quite content , I thought , to live here for ever , smelling the cooking and the lavatory and the dust , looking forward to my two slices of bread at lunch or tea and my Red Cross stew at supper , thinking about all the books I am going to read and how nice it is going to be when I can speak German and Russian fluently ; I only want to be allowed to live , and enjoy the sun when it shines , and wait for it when it goes behind a cloud . |
| 5 | The extra bonus — the thing that makes me truly lucky — is that I can go home to the real friends and neighbours whose tales of burst drain-pipes , complicated recipes and domestic dramas sound every bit as interesting to me when I lack the leisure to enjoy them myself . |
| 6 | What I like is that I can feel the movement and it all gets transmitted to the fingers . |
| 7 | The main thing is that I can do it through official channels . |
| 8 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 9 | My advantage over the rest of the managers is that I can manipulate my time more . |
| 10 | ‘ What I 'm saying is that I can provide something that you can not — a proper family set-up for Kirsty to grow up in . |
| 11 | I am doing this without glasses , and what is so marvellous is that I can play the piano without glasses for the first time for at least 12 years . |
| 12 | ‘ The best thing about the course is that I can work at my own pace . |
| 13 | ‘ That is if I can find the time . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah I can see it 's cos I can see name plate . |
| 15 | Just you ask me where such and such is and I can place it … just like that ! ’ |
| 16 | That 's if I can go out . |
| 17 | That 's if I can get this going . |
| 18 | That 's if I can get on . |
| 19 | So I better 'ave it out , Annie , that 's if I can pawn me lace tablecloth for one an' six , same as you gave me on the watch . ’ |
| 20 | The razor will probably last several shaves — that 's if I can put up with its luminous yellow colour ! ’ |
| 21 | They have a particular appeal , I 'm not sure why — perhaps it 's because I can remember making one at school . |