Example sentences of "[conj] i can [vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Want to get a 900 number , where people can call and get a message , where I can talk with them . |
2 | It 's any that I can talk over it . |
3 | That I can talk about it ? |
4 | Especially now that I can talk to you about Chris . |
5 | I 'd like to feel that I can rely on you for help . ’ |
6 | Is there anything else that I can do for her cos she says she is in quite a lot of discomfort at the moment . |
7 | Er , you there 's no offend that I can cover with you , I 'm just having a wee chat with you on it in general terms on it , but I mean I could fill pages and pages |
8 | You and Osman , you and the Fry , though you have told me of your perfect freedom and exchange of ideas etc. were never freer than Edward and I. Sometimes I wonder that I can speak to him as I do , never before having known a boy , and having only you at times to ‘ let out , on . |
9 | It 's not the only thing you need to do , there are some other things that I can say to you now that you might recognise . |
10 | She says ; It is something there that I can see of her , something I would not have had if she had not existed . |
11 | Many of the Dublin deaf have a smattering of BSL and can talk to me better than I can talk to them . |
12 | ‘ Which is more than I can say about you ! ’ |
13 | I thrive on people telling me that so I can react to it . |
14 | ‘ I 'm no genius , so I can do without it . ’ |
15 | I mean I get phone calls everyday all day long from VETS who are saying I 've got this prickly ball , what the hell do I do with it , you see , and I can explain to them how to try and unroll a hedgehog and then what to do when you get inside the hedgehog . |
16 | I 'm going to smoke too much , I 'm going to smoke too much , I 'm going to drink too much , I 'm not going to do enough exercise , I 'm going to put on too much weight , I 'm going to stress myself too much , and I can talk to you five days about those conditions . |
17 | He he said you 're one person I can talk to , you listen to me and I can talk to you and er he did n't want to worry you at that time but for him , he did n't think he was suitable . |
18 | I says , You get them coupled up and I can rely on you to get them right you see . |
19 | And you and I can look at her and look at others and say well , we 're not like that we 're exactly the same as that ! |
20 | ‘ She must come to London — where we can get the best medical advice , and I can look after her . ’ |
21 | and I can work on it . |
22 | Can I say that , when I was interviewed for the job of er , Director , or I was asked along with other applicants , to put forward a er paper presenting my issues and concerns , and I can say to you , equal opportunities was a key one there . |
23 | Men like you and I can learn from them . |
24 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
25 | Chair , if I can , if I can speak to it from a financial point of view , this is the scheme where we have been successful in bidding for the European Rural Development Fund grants . |
26 | ( a ) ‘ If I can talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to be delayed . |
27 | Will you ask Steven if I can talk to him please ? |
28 | ‘ And perhaps an occasional meal or two , if I can stretch to it . ’ |
29 | If I can lie with her once , thought Fergus , if I can taste the sweetness , if I can possess her just once , she will be forever mine … |
30 | Well my brother was in the Artillery and I thought well it be nice if I can get with him but that did n't work out that way . |