Example sentences of "[conj] i can [vb infin] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They were good to me , too , and I recall young John Thwaites being sent down to our farm one Christmas with such a big rosy red apple that I can close my eyes and still see it now . |
| 32 | Well they 're selling them cheaper than I can supply my customers . |
| 33 | That 's not too troublesome for me because my wife has an account ( with a different bank ) , so I can sign my cheques over to her . |
| 34 | Please help me up onto your knee so I can pull your hair and punch you in the mouth . " |
| 35 | ‘ So I can feel your pulse , ’ he said impatiently . |
| 36 | Does anybody know the FM frequencies for Radio Leeds and Radio Aire , so I can tune my car into them permanently . |
| 37 | You 'd better tell me all about your dad , so I can keep my end up . ’ |
| 38 | I get stuck in a crowd of people coming out the tube and I have to stand on tiptoe so I can keep my eye on her . |
| 39 | ‘ So I can tie her hands . ’ |
| 40 | I like looking in shop windows so I can take my time if I 'm on my own . |
| 41 | But he added : ‘ I am not just trying to play now so I can force my way into the Cup final team . |
| 42 | ‘ Please unlock the boot , so I can get my bag out . ’ |
| 43 | Follow me , for I can give you beauty and I can give you joy , and all the delights and all the pleasures of the world … |
| 44 | ‘ I 'm over eighteen , Patsy , ’ Ellie replied , ‘ and I can wear my hair as I want . ’ |
| 45 | And I can tell your Mum |
| 46 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 47 | And I can spread my investment . |
| 48 | ‘ I 've seen my room and I can make my way to it if you 'll draw me a simple map ! ’ |
| 49 | ‘ All I have to do is make one phone call to the plant manager and I can blow your cover . ’ |
| 50 | At school and even now , I can not add or subtract or divide easily , but I can write clear figures — this is drawing ; and I can arrange my figures neatly in line , and one sum next to the other , i.e. design . |
| 51 | And I can move my car round into the garage ? |
| 52 | And she said so many chairs are so deep that my legs are dangling , she said whereas this one , it 's so comfortable and I can get my feet on the floor . |
| 53 | ‘ Harry you are not to go near that cottage not even of going near it — and I can read your thoughts by now . |
| 54 | And I can see her teeth … she 's laughing . ’ |
| 55 | And I can see your tape moving so that 's why I said it . |
| 56 | As he gestures , his robe slips and I can see his penis , which is inky black and purplish towards the ( circumcized ) tip . |
| 57 | Whereas at the time it was a thin old wicket — you know , ‘ Madness are a bit thick and they do come out with some bollocks sometimes , so I do n't know if I can throw my weight behind them ’ . ’ |
| 58 | For example , in discussing his plan to publish Der Freitheitsucher shortly after the First World War he wrote to Benjamin R. Tucker ( in English , for Tucker did not read German ) : ‘ The prices for printing and paper here are abominable , and I am not sure yet , if I can fulfill my plan . |
| 59 | I have an Amstrad PC2086 with a VGA monitor.The mouse cursor does not appear in VGA mode although the mouse still works if I can guess its position . |
| 60 | There is an objectivity behind the subjectivity of our preferences which entitles you to recommend to me a dish which you do not choose yourself and which I have hitherto been repelled by , but may come to like if I can forget my prejudices and for the first time attend closely to the flavour . |