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 .
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