Example sentences of "i can [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think to myself that I can serve in opposition , make my case and perhaps win the next election , so I accept the result . |
| 2 | Well that 's , that 's well that 's all I can recollect in relation to why we did it the way we did . |
| 3 | ‘ There is not a lot I can do in relation to the Rumbelows League Cup semi-final with Manchester United . |
| 4 | I can conduct in front of the mirror , but if I was conducting an orchestra and something went wrong I could not put it back on the rails again . ’ |
| 5 | I can stand in front of the screen , I can look at the simulations , I can stop them whenever I want to stop them and look at them , it gives me ideas about how the buildings might have looked at that time and it gives me a whole range of variations as to as to what can be done in terms of their reconstructions . |
| 6 | If you are a Duannian , or know anyone else who is , please write to me , so that I can communicate in time for Reunion 1991 . |
| 7 | Nowhere in particular I just want it to be the weekend so I can lie in bed . |
| 8 | Now I am up to something like State 4 ( ‘ Raises dust and loose paper ’ ) , according to the only reference to the original scale that I can find in Registry , or perhaps 5 ( ‘ Small trees in leaf begin to sway ’ ) it seems to me that States 4 and 5 is where I mostly am . |
| 9 | ‘ I can get in touch with Bob at his flat , ’ Paula said , reaching for her phone . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm thinkin' of buildin' me a shed where I can work in peace , ’ he added , sucking his bleeding finger . |
| 11 | Mr May broke down in tears as he added : ‘ This is the saddest day I can remember in football . ’ |
| 12 | No , I can ring in work and say I 'm not going in this afternoon , er , I mean , but it is , it is , er , self discipline exercised by members when we do talk about issues on the agenda . |
| 13 | But Mike wo n't be losing touch with his beloved Everton : ‘ I 'll still get the Football Echo sent out to me , so I can keep in touch with Everton . |
| 14 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 15 | I am not taking an easy road and that I risk not being understood by many fellow countrymen , " he wrote , " but this is the only road I can follow in conscience . |