Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i can [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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31 | So if I can get it going you know it 's , it 's er there you can see look what . |
32 | ‘ I go all over Britain putting the guide together and I can tell you that Liverpool people really are the friendliest , ’ said editor Alisdair Aird . |
33 | Just so long as I can see you . ’ |
34 | For as long as I can remember I have done and been interested in music . |
35 | For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy , clean , friendly place . |
36 | For as long as I can remember it 's been that way . ’ |
37 | For so long as I can recall I have always had kennels and an assortment of dogs to help me in my work . |
38 | So as I can take her for a ride and back . |
39 | I do n't want to throw it away if I can help it . |
40 | I can take it over there for the first service which is free anyway and I can take it back to Swansea for the others ca n't I ? |
41 | As soon as I can do them in my own accent , I 'll be back ’ . |
42 | ‘ As soon as I can spare you , you are to go over there and make the place habitable . |
43 | And he laughed himself as he ended , ‘ But he did n't add , ‘ and the best way you 'll learn it is to travel from one parish to another , and that 's what you 're going to do as soon as I can arrange it . ’ |
44 | " You 'll have the application form in a few days as soon as I can get it processed . " |
45 | Play your cards right and I can get you into the Le Roi René . |
46 | I would n't trust those two any further than I can throw them . |
47 | I think Shakespeare appeals to me more because I can understand it . |
48 | Ever since I can remember I have been going on demonstrations . |
49 | That 's near as I can tell you about it now , it has a special name I know , but er , that 's it . |
50 | ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’ |
51 | ‘ Yes , now that I can see you better , I can say that you are a decidedly pretty girl , even if the cat has eaten your tongue . ’ |
52 | I prefer to have fruit really cos I can eat them with rolls . |
53 | I can remember , we used to have like mints in a bowl , lovely mints did n't we and erm potat , and we used to have the mints just in the bowl and I remember boiled potatoes , you remember erm , you know like , when we , when we were coming like and I can see everything now and I can see me little bowl and everything |
54 | Now if I can put them in here , it 'll stop these falling over , providing they do n't get squashed with them |
55 | I think it 's debatable how selfish people really are , particularly when they see that their are short-term selfishness may in fact create long-term problems for themselves , for their children , for their grandchildren , for er other generations and other peoples , and really as I can see it the green message is one of enlightened self-interest . |
56 | far as I can Have you got a screwdriver ? |
57 | As far as I can remember it has always been a hot one , in that season beloved of medieval lyricists . |
58 | ‘ As far as I can see we can either go for Dersingham or for the man himself . |
59 | ‘ I treat you like a child because as far as I can see you are one . ’ |
60 | ‘ As far as I can see you do n't do anything , you just sit up there . |