Example sentences of "[conj] i can [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can cover the front of the house , or I can cover the back . |
| 2 | I never actually experienced the drama of dealing with any lack of moral fibre ( LMF ) cases , although I can imagine the difficulty faced by a CO who is trying to run a squadron in wartime if suddenly he was confronted with a case of LMF . |
| 3 | Although I can see the sense of it , I feel very rejected . |
| 4 | I must admit to preferring bitches myself , although I can see the appeal of a dog . |
| 5 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I sometimes think you only invite me so that I can pay the bill . ’ |
| 7 | What I like is that I can feel the movement and it all gets transmitted to the fingers . |
| 8 | ‘ At least I proved to myself that I can do the business . ’ |
| 9 | By this I do n't mean that I can cure the patient , but that I can cope with the situation . |
| 10 | So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption . |
| 11 | Nisodemus said unto them , Do you doubt that I can stop the power of Order ? ii . |
| 12 | And if people mention obstructions I 'll make sure I find out exactly what they mean so that I can identify the threshold of the runway correctly . |
| 13 | In summer it is not so dense but that I can find the blackbird wherever it sings among its branches and not in Winter so agile but that its changing patterns are conspicuous against the sky , its sound an appreciable susurration using the harp strings of the wind . |
| 14 | Could you tell me so that I can find the statement . |
| 15 | I hope that I can catch the attention of the Secretary of State . |
| 16 | I ca n't follow every step of the action , but the flat is so small that I can hear the whole voiceover , even with the water running . |
| 17 | So that I can say the fire 's burning . |
| 18 | I hope that I can approach the issue as a fighter for my constituents ' interests while at the same time recognising the broader issues . |
| 19 | First , it is not clear what it would mean to say that I can see the map in my head . |
| 20 | So I said that instead of our leaving tomorrow or Sunday it might be best to wait until Monday so that I can see the bank manager at Gullshaven ; I want to make sure that Fru Gertlinger and Fru Børre are paid regularly . |
| 21 | I am the driver and pusher but have had a hip replacement which restricts the distance that I can push the wheelchair . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | How do I encounter God in such a way that I can call the meeting sacramental ? |
| 24 | I guess I wanta play polo better so I can beat the shit out of them on the field . ’ |
| 25 | It is n't really stealing , she reassured herself : I live here so I can eat the food . |
| 26 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 27 | When relations grew particularly bad he became the child go-between in a household of warring parents : ‘ Ask your father if it would break his heart to change channels so I can watch the news . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I play a lot of hockey as well and that 's all bending down , so I can approach the ball much more fluently than a bigger guy . |
| 29 | As it is I can hold conversations of about the standard that a three-year-old Parisian can manage ( well , a slightly retarded three-year-old ) so I can understand the problem a young horse has . |
| 30 | Slattery 's the travel people , have given me an open ticket , so I can cross the water any day I feel like . |