Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [subord] i can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This heavy-duty polythene should do the trick if I can wedge it across the gaps . ’ |
| 2 | I 've had a marvellous clear out — got every single shirt on to the line — and when you take that off you could put it in the bucket so I can get it out tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | It got rid of the crap if I can put it that way , sorted out my priorities . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've got another hour before I 'm on , get the cover back on the engine so I can get some sleep . ’ |
| 5 | I think he 's been drinking in the pub cos I can smell it on his breath . |
| 6 | I do n't want you dining in the hall unless I can accompany you , and I 'll be busy at Wolvesey Castle with Simon until this evening . ’ |
| 7 | Erm a few comments I 'd like to start with with Cleveland and the erm the idea that there 's there 's there 's there 's no problem whatsoever in accommodating erm the overspill if I can put it that way or the retention within Cleveland . |
| 8 | At the 14th , the par-5 , which is now the 15th , Jacklin looked at the scoreboard and Lee says to him ‘ Tony , do n't look at the scoreboard because I can beat all of them up there . |
| 9 | Usually I pick the single note and hammer on the chord so I can get a polyrhythmic sort of thing going . |
| 10 | He just ca n't put it forward , so you have to get a book and do it yourself , and then I ask for the syllabus so I can make sure |
| 11 | If I can get hold of the erm the name If I can remember the name . |
| 12 | What you must do is tell Irina to keep him in the clinic till I can come . |
| 13 | I ca n't see it myself , sitting outside , in the shade when I can sit in here and be comfortable . ’ |
| 14 | But ours was , we had the the house the s the scullery if I can describe it and then there was the coal house and then there was a toilet . |
| 15 | If you 're in the market for the product of Citroen 's '70s Maserati connection , you will already know more about the model than I can tell you here . |
| 16 | Grandma used to always say , Oh I know she 's on the bus because I can see her here . |
| 17 | ‘ Will you share a drop with me ? ’ he says , waving the bottle so I can see it . |
| 18 | I 've asked 'em to sell me the land so I can develop it but they wo n't see sense . |
| 19 | I shall get as much out the system as I can mate ! |
| 20 | And I have to practically get permission from the Palace before I can go to the bloody bog in the morning because Her Maj is petrified I 'll put my foot in it again and encourage the republicans . |
| 21 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 22 | This is one of the few occasions in the House when I can say that many hon. Members on both sides of the House told the Government that that would happen if the Government allowed the policy to develop in the way it has . |