Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] i can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I want to show I can succeed at a bigger club in the future and fulfil my footballing ambitions . |
2 | We was I said look I can read a bloody clock as well you can , I said I wa walking behind you down the , you went in the canteen and when I went past it was one minute past quarter to ! |
3 | I like to think I can do what she does , but perhaps not as well . |
4 | that and then , you know like if I get inundated I can let Jim do some . |
5 | ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can . |
6 | But it , it did n't worry me and I liked to think I can go about my daily life and not be frightened , and I am not gon na be frightened to go out at night . |
7 | ‘ I 've found I can discover a great deal more by simply walking in , ’ he returned grimly . |
8 | I 've learnt I can trust you . ’ |
9 | Yes , oh yes , that 's one thing I 've got I can remember . |
10 | you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part . |
11 | ‘ I think I have proved I can play on all surfaces , ’ he says . |