Example sentences of "can say i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 2 | Indeed , I can say I am in agreement with those who say that the ability to draw up a good staff plan is the cornerstone of any decent butler 's skills . |
| 3 | ‘ You can say I 'm not pleased by a long long way . ’ |
| 4 | Tomorrow you can say I 'm your wife . |
| 5 | ‘ I think I can say I 'm a tolerant man , ’ he said , not without a trace of smugness . |
| 6 | Now you see I do n't think that you can say I 'm all against national war but , but you 're in favour of a violent revolution |
| 7 | I can say I 'm visiting a friend . ’ |
| 8 | The other way of looking at it is you can say I 'm going to count you start from nought and you count along that way until you get to this number , so I 'd go nought minus one , minus two , minus three . |
| 9 | Thus , whereas in a face-to-face meeting I can say I 'm Joe Bloggs , on the telephone I must say This is Joe Bloggs or Joe Bloggs is speaking with third person verb agreement ( but see Schegloff , 1979a ) ; in contrast in Tamil we would have to say on the telephone the equivalent of Joe Bloggs am speaking , with first person verb agreement . |