Example sentences of "[modal v] i can [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Well the thing is if I arrange it for May I can ring er talk to mum and see if she 'll do it
2 That 's it this is it it 's something that 's unusual because with stuff like I 'll I can see what I 'm aiming for .
3 Well that 's all right I 'll I can provide somebody to run it and
4 Er and I can I can go and er I can
5 Erm , having said that , I think lecturers tend to accumulate these things over time and this is the first year I 've run this course so I do n't have a great stock of things I can I can show you .
6 I can I can blackmail you now .
7 I can do I can I can sort out
8 Erm , I feel good , a feel good factor , er , I can I can change this situation , I can do it .
9 No I can I can move it , I can , yeah .
10 Well I can I can see lots of people just giving up hope and thinking , there 's no way that we 're going to get any better .
11 Yeah , I th I mean , I I can I can see precisely where you 're coming from .
12 Right let's have a look and see if we can yeah I can I can see that 's
13 I can I can see the the trap here .
14 No no I can I can call it again if you want to but .
15 Well I can I can have another try if you want .
16 I can I can have it , but it 's sore if you know what I mean .
17 I can I can hear him talking .
18 He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it !
19 Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ?
20 and you would be f I can I can remember
21 You can , you know I can I can get two balls to almost roll from corner to corner by doing
22 So on Saturday I 'll ask her if she can get them Wednesday for me definitely cos then you can I can get the money off Dad Tuesday you can give it her Wednesday morning , and then I can pick them up Wednesday afternoon when I go over .
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