Example sentences of "[adv] i can [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know then there is no one but me — only I can possibly stop the fountain of blood and minced flesh which my sister will become in those flashing , fluttering blades . |
| 2 | The erm safety on the transport yes I mean I am very happy to say that we will ask the , the staff to look at that and perhaps I can just clarify the meaning of that paragraph ah in four point eight when it says a m a new member of staff it means a new member of staff will be responsible for health and safety not just one person on his own . |
| 3 | So I can just have a quick check and make sure they are okay , but I 'm pretty sure if you think they 're right |
| 4 | Yes , yes , and then Barnsley , so I can still get a bit of a rough . |
| 5 | I think really I can only repeat the County Council 's position here chairman that we we do have sympathy with er the District Council 's position and the particular problems that the District Council have to face . |
| 6 | Now I can scarcely get a comb through it in the morning . |
| 7 | Now I can exactly see the shape and size , the perfect fit , of the loneliness that is approaching . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I can never ring the alarm bell , ’ he thought . |
| 9 | Well I can still get a couple of Christmas presents with that anyway so it does n't matter . |
| 10 | And with this in mind and I 'm I 'm you will notice that I have n't spoken at all and that is quite deliberate on my part but then I can also say the same for many people sitting round here who know quite well that they have n't spoken either . |
| 11 | For example , if I normally doff my cap only to my superiors , but on an occasion doff my cap to an equal , then I can effectively communicate an ironic regard , with either a joking or a hostile intent ( the non-linguistic example is intended to draw attention to the great generality of the phenomenon ; for a study of a particular linguistic practice and the jokes thus made available , see the study of the openings of telephone calls by Schegloff ( 1979a ) ) . |
| 12 | ‘ If you ever find enough human emotion to fall in love then I can only pity the victim from the bottom of my heart , ’ she said savagely , lashing out in her pain like a wounded animal . |
| 13 | Yet I can still detect the presence of a large lorry or bus out of the extreme corner of my eye . |
| 14 | Yet I can perhaps perform a minimal interpretative function by putting together some of these ‘ mutual ’ sonnets which deal with the act of writing poetry , and in which Shakespeare seems more than usually sensitive to the weight of pronouns . |