Example sentences of "i can see [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan will you sit up so I can see whether you 're in or out . |
| 2 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 3 | Even I can see that he should have been implacable . ’ |
| 4 | Ahead I can see that Odd-Knut has stopped and is off his sledge . |
| 5 | If you 're unhappy with your face , I can see that you might be tempted . |
| 6 | I mean , I can see that he upset you about something . ’ |
| 7 | More importantly , I can see that I am very effectively disposing of all the apparent or alleged similarities between Daniel Miller and myself . |
| 8 | I can see that I will have to get away from this stinking city with its endless acres of asphalted rumour , its tenements of whores and pimps , its traffic in misery and its festering suburbs of ding-dong doorbelled malice . |
| 9 | When I say that I can see , I mean that I can identify the three-dimensional shapes of objects , and their relative positions : thus , I can see that there is a chair standing in front of a table with a pile of books on it . |
| 10 | Even I can see that Mr Kinnock knows nothing about economics ; as little as did Sir Alec Douglas-Home , who at least never had the temerity to pretend that he did . |
| 11 | For instance , I can see that writing this book is a function of my job and as such is part of the responsibility of earning a living , but it is also an escape for me , a kind of haven to which I can take refuge from the hundred and one pressures that impinge on the practical business of living . |
| 12 | I can see that now , even though I had no idea at the beginning where it might all lead me . |
| 13 | I can see that people must have thought we were being very mysterious then , that we were a bit of a mystery , that The Bar was a very strange place ; but it never seemed that way to us . |
| 14 | I do n't know who you 're looking for and I do n't want to know but even I can see that whoever it is he wo n't be overjoyed to see you … ’ |
| 15 | Then I turn over and put my face under the water , and I can see that they 're all floating just under the surface of the water . |
| 16 | I can see that , given the right man , the job has immense possibilities . |
| 17 | I can see that the interest in the past is because it was an era of good music and change , which I do n't really see now . |
| 18 | ‘ I can see that , but I do n't think there was ever anything that was obviously not playable by a human ! |
| 19 | ‘ I can see that it 's tough for Hemi ’ , he said of the Newbridge back-row forward . |
| 20 | I can see that this would have given you a problem finding a rhyme for ‘ by ’ , but you should have tried a bit harder . |
| 21 | While I can see that the woman you wrote about may well have deserved what she got — your report says the little girl was badly bruised — I do think we have to be wary of going to extremes . |
| 22 | But I can see that you are bewildered , and I know why . |
| 23 | Looking back I can see that the fall of the tree and the resulting fear were symbolising my anxiety lest the squire should come and catch us raiding his walnut tree . |
| 24 | Looking back I can see that I was somewhat raw material that could benefit from such provision . |
| 25 | ‘ I can see that , ’ D'Arcy murmured as he knelt and gently prised Ahn 's hand away from the wound . |
| 26 | With hindsight I can see that I was already predisposed , given the right circumstances , to become anorexic . |
| 27 | In retrospect I can see that this implication can be drawn from the envelope , and I only wish I had realised it at the time . |
| 28 | I can see that I 'm going to have to expel as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend . ’ |
| 29 | But I can see that their motorboat has been damaged . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Already I go into houses , particularly in the winter , and I can see that some people do not realise how dangerous the cold is . ’ |