Example sentences of "[subord] i can [vb infin] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A room with lots of good natural light , and a large table where I can spread out my things . |
| 2 | ‘ So I have to fail all my GCSEs so I can find out what you knew all the time ? ’ |
| 3 | Still , it 'll help if I can check out my answers against yours — to make sure I 've got them right . |
| 4 | Here in Devon I can obtain a variety of inert rocks without abandoning my conservationist principles , simply by visiting various quarries and asking if I can pick over their rubbish piles . |
| 5 | If you like I 'll ask around back at the church and see if I can find out what 's on offer . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ See if I can find out what the problem is . ’ |
| 7 | If I can find out who is Stavanger 's dentist , perhaps he could be shown the cast . " |
| 8 | Cos I can pick out his stuff or say I do n't like the look of that one and he 'll , he 'll chuck it in the back . |
| 9 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 10 | He 'll be doing that for a day or two , till I can take over my own wavelength completely . |
| 11 | As it is , I have reservations about the application of the user interface in the Windows version , and will have to wait to see what the next version brings before I can make up my mind any more firmly than I can at present . |
| 12 | It was just that I dislike going off half-cocked , talking too much about a project before I can see where it 's leading . ’ |
| 13 | As far as I can make out we 're up to , we 're up to the darts competition |
| 14 | ‘ No — as far as I can make out it was hidden in it . |
| 15 | Well and the fact that it was just their garden , and as far as I can make out it was simply that garden , it would suggest that she 's fallen out with some kids or something like that or somebody and yeah . |
| 16 | as far as I can make out it 's a different Roger to what she knows . |
| 17 | ‘ Far as I can find out they 've let it ride for the moment . |
| 18 | Though I can see why you must find that disappointing … ’ she let her gaze drift over his white trousers and faded T-shirt , the same white trousers and faded T-shirt he 'd been wearing earlier ‘ … after all the trouble you 've gone to changing for me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ So much for a career as a burglar , though I can understand why it might appeal . ’ |