Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [pron] can [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 All the drivers are exciting , and people who are stuck in this pattern of behaviour often have an incentive to stay in it — they feel that one day they will succeed , they will finally be perfect , they will at last please everyone ; they will prove that they can get everything done more quickly than everyone else , and they 'll know that they can undertake anything under the most difficult conditions .
2 But erm I real I really enjoyed it and er to me it was interesting work and I do n't know that I can tell you much more about the locks .
3 I do n't know that I can bear it . ’
4 But while I think it intrinsically unlikely that any of my co-habitees , if I my so describe them , should have committed murder , and I know that I did n't , I do n't know that I can help you very much . ’
5 if i I 'll just remember the symbol I wo n't even remember the symbols but I 'll just know that I can work it out if I needed to .
6 They need to know that they can give you your professional , their professional attention they will not make it compulsively , the majority party of what went wrong this is you were no longer the majority party .
7 Bond owners might like to know that they can use her Knitmaster Chunky ribber-carrying cases for their machines — the bags are the perfect size for the Bond Classic .
8 The Government wish that such increases were not happening , but realise that they can do nothing about them .
9 When I say that parents will receive this information , I must make it clear that it will not be available on application to those parents who realise that they can obtain it .
10 One minute they say you ca n't eat , and then they say that you can eat it !
11 People say that I can handle myself , but they have no idea what some of us went through .
12 If he just wants that he can have it .
13 I do think that one can put one 's ideas over rather more forcefully and precisely when one 's present in the flesh , with all one 's conversational resources to hand . ’
14 Now you see I do n't think that you can say I 'm all against national war but , but you 're in favour of a violent revolution
15 Oh yeah I think so , I do n't think that I can make anything of it , I 'll take that box to school because they might be doing a
16 I do n't think that I can send you more than four or five canvases at a time because of the cold .
17 Erm , well it 's just a seminar about planning at the moment , I shall get further information about it on nearer the time , erm , a change in who would pay our , or get our VAT repayment claim from , does n't change an address basically , and er a request from Sam Stewart , whose erm a Counc , er a County Councillor , er something which I really ca n't actually erm help him with , he wants to know the whole of our Parish Council meetings date for nineteen ninety four , but I mean this is something we fix as we go along , so I really do n't think that I can help him by that , and I 'm sending him that , erm
18 Unfortunately , I do not think that I can help you with this particular line of enquiry .
19 He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House .
20 he thinks that he can buy I could buy this standing space because I 'm a businessman and I 've got lots of money .
21 Whenever possible , Mrs. Ayliffe accompanied her husband on his travels and acted as his interpreter , for he steadfastly refused to speak and simultaneously to interpret , maintaining that no-one can do one without detriment to the other .
22 Now he is proving that he can do it here with 55-yard boundaries , and when he is batting with Paul Parker , another incredibly fast man between the wickets , it is going to be very difficult for sides to control them . ’
23 ‘ I realised that you can sell your science by being a good scientist , but that you can also sell your science by having a correct image and by pure professionalism , ’ she says , elegant in a black and cream two piece .
24 He agrees that we can ask what justifies these beliefs ; but to do so would mean that we no longer treated them as having this special status .
25 This is not a call to glorify suffering for its own sake , but to realize that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ , whatever it may be .
26 Chicken , beef , lamb , vegetable and fish stock cubes mean that you can store them in the cupboard for use when you feel like making a pan of soup for the family .
27 Gary 's expert advice , will also ensure that you can maintain your style throughout your wedding day and if required , adapt it for your honeymoon .
28 Housebound and often in severe pain , Mr McTear says that it can take him 30 minutes to recover his breath from the simple act of walking downstairs in the morning .
29 I have a Rule of Life ( No. 74 , actually ) which says that you can work your way out of most situations if you can give yourself enough thinking time .
30 ‘ You know , Charlie my boy , from the way you says that I can tell what you really want is the dirt .
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