Example sentences of "[adj] [that] i can " in BNC.

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1 Funny that I can always tell what you 're thinking , is n't it ?
2 So high that I can not hear them speak .
3 With limited space , it is unavoidable that I can provide only a summary of the work of a very active Association , but I thought your readers would be interested to know that schools are not being neglected .
4 ‘ I am afraid that I can not venture an opinion as to the length of the weapon , until my examination , ’ he said , withdrawing the probe and wiping it on his apron .
5 I am afraid that I can not agree with you that all rivers should simply be recognized as public rights of way , attractive though that might appear .
6 I am afraid that I can not accept the reasoning which has led subsequent Divisional Courts to limit the ambit of that decision : Benson 's case , the Divisional Court in the present case , and Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Walsh , The Times , 18 December 1991 .
7 I shall certainly convey the sentiments , but I am afraid that I can not promise my hon. Friend an early debate .
8 Having said all that , I am afraid that I can not be as enthusiastic about the Bill as I should like .
9 I am afraid that I can not .
10 In response to R C Sneddon 's letter today , I am afraid that I can not offer any foolproof plan for economic recovery .
11 But not too old that I can not make sure that you never forget .
12 I am sorry that I can not be more helpful .
13 ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’
14 It seems strange that I can spend ten times as much on a Fender product and be provided with none of this !
15 I can imagine him so very clearly , from his photographs , his words , but I do not remember him myself — I should have , I was two years old — it 's strange that I can not remember seeing him bending over my cot , as they say he did , glass of brandy-and-soda in hand .
16 It is strange that I can find no reference to these beans in Peggy Earl 's " Tales of Islay " because it was she who told me that they were sometimes called " fairy eggs " and that some of the more wealthy people had them set in silver mounts to wear round their necks .
17 It is strange that I can find no reference to these beans in Peggy Earl 's " Tales of Islay " because it was she who told me that they were sometimes called " fairy eggs " and that some of the more wealthy people had them set in silver mounts to wear round their necks .
18 The average man may perhaps think it an exaggeration but I do assure you that this is factually so and nights are not now so dark that I can not be completely aware of what is happening around me before , during and after the nets have been set .
19 She looks at me incredulous that I can be so stupid .
20 One objection , however , is so obvious that I can not leave the matter there .
21 ‘ I 'm not sure that I can at the moment , ’ I said apologetically .
22 In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’
23 ‘ I 'll try and guide you back , but I 'm not sure that I can . ’
24 I 'm sure that I can , could , see both him and his spirit-self .
25 I 'm not sure that I can go . ’
26 I am not sure that I can do so , but with even × 7 binoculars they are clear enough .
27 It is clear enough , though large and dim ; any higher magnification shows it well , though even with × 20 I am not at all sure that I can begin to resolve it into stars .
28 I 'm not sure that I can — well — that I 'd be able to — "
29 ‘ I 'm quite sure that I can , ’ Merrill said .
30 I am not sure that I can give the hon. Gentleman the first information that he requested .
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