Example sentences of "[pron] i can [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | You have a second to whom I can present the note ? ’ |
2 | Although , erm you know , I I can remember the time when I have not been a , quite enjoyed having bread and butter and chips . |
3 | In initiating my original purchase I incur an obligation to make a payment in money , but I in turn have to have a source from which I can acquire the money in the first place , and this will , directly or indirectly , put me into at least a temporary relationship with a great variety of people , including the reader who purchased this book from a bookstall and paid out money , some small fraction of which will eventually find its way back to myself . |
4 | Another piece of equipment I use is my boots , my shoes , my trousers , my clever truncheon pocket , it 's a long thin pocket which I can put the truncheon in and it hides away . |
5 | It will take a while , I 'm afraid , but I 'll do everything I can to persuade the family that they should meet you . ’ |
6 | I promise I 'll do everything I can to help the rest of you — ‘ |
7 | ‘ I could not help recalling , ’ Sir Maurice Hankey , the Cabinet Secretary , wrote in his diary in September , ‘ that on the last day of Parliament Mr. Baldwin had walked across the yard outside [ the House of Commons ] and had said ‘ I will do everything I can to help the Government in making economies , but I will not enter a Coalition Government . ' |
8 | If you 've got something I can put the water in I 'll go and see if I can get some for you , ’ Maggie offered . |
9 | I want to do what I can to open the gateways , ’ he told New Scientist . |
10 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
11 | ‘ Still , he thought , I must do what I can to protect the lady , to whom I owe so much , and whom I have certainly , for better , for worse , released from sleep and silence . |