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 . |