Example sentences of "[conj] i can [vb infin] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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61 If I can lift my eyes from pots and pans
62 I do n't love you , but if I can give you happiness by just promising , then I will — consider — and promise — soon .
63 If I can give my fans enjoyment in some small way , that really makes what I do worthwhile .
64 If I can give my fans enjoyment in some small way , that really makes what I do worthwhile . ’
65 ‘ Mrs Black ses if I can do me letters and me capitals better , I can start joined up writin' soon . ’
66 Sixty seven of the pleadings bundle which are the further and better particulars this year and you can see that er looking back to page sixty six , what the plaintiffs have been asked to state was to give particulars of the change in financial position which had been outlined to Mr on the telephone and er your Lordship will see first of all that in answer eighty little A , there is a reference to er a letter of the twenty seventh of February nineteen ninety two which was a letter from the plaintiff 's solicitors to the defendant 's solicitors which , this is been incorporating in the front or ought to be in the bible , erm I do n't think it has been but there are copies if I can hand your Lordship it was missed out in error I am sorry .
67 If I can navigate my way around Heathrow airport , I can get to downtown Venice . ’
68 I 'M GOING to ask my next door neighbour if I can write his biography .
69 ‘ Well , I do n't have anything scheduled until this afternoon , so I thought I 'd try getting in to see Signor Silvio and see if I can pry my money free of his sticky grasp . ’
70 Now when that 's improved enough , I 'm gon na start asking these councillors and that if I can take their photograph .
71 What I 'm saying sir is to save any inconvenience to the court is that if I can have my committal cos I do n't wan na be stuck up in this part of the country .
72 I ca n't be loony if I can remember my dream , surely ?
73 ‘ Okay , then , I 'll give it a go if you 'll pay for the diesel and if I can see you Saturday night . ’
74 if I can see my face in them you , you might have a tip
75 To say instead , ‘ I hear you better if I can see your face ’ is more positive .
76 So I better 'ave it out , Annie , that 's if I can pawn me lace tablecloth for one an' six , same as you gave me on the watch . ’
77 But if I can put my thinking erm on the floor first , it seems to me that vacant Normal vacancies as Mr has described them , are a function of people moving from one house to another .
78 There is plenty of time for hon. Members to make speeches , and if I can develop my argument a little en route , I shall be happy to do so .
79 Mm , yes , if I can find them Andrew .
80 I shall have to ask around today and see if I can find his owner .
81 if I can find my way there
82 Oh I 'll pick them up if you like , cos I 'm gon na go and see if I can get my shoes
83 Damned if I can get my tongue round it .
84 ‘ But if I can keep my sense of humour , I hope that we will be all right . ’
85 I have good friends , and if I can keep my faculties — if my eyesight behaves itself and my hearing stays good — then I shall be content
86 Until I can reassure our workers I am a little concerned that Ho might — might not make as many friends as he would otherwise do .
87 And I was hoping to cos I can quote you instances where people have trained in the health service , and they 've been told nineteen seventy four seventy five , when you complete your training , you 're not guaranteed a job in this health authority .
88 Erm so I c I could n't buy any of what you were telling me and it 's all like a , it was all a smokescreen I was putting up , the accountant , basically I , I was not erm buying anything er and the compressed funding was just blowing my mind because I could n't understa er it was basically giving me an easy option to say I do n't need to do anything cos I can compress my funding at forty five wo n't I , when my business has taken off .
89 I do n't , I mean , I have n't , I 'm not useless cos I can give you information we have here but I 'm not at that end I ca n't you see
90 My husband tries to be sympathetic , but I can tell his patience is running out .
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