Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the cage the photographer 's saying : ‘ When you jump , spread your arms and legs so I can see you . ’ |
| 2 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 3 | ‘ There is no doubt in my mind that I can work with Sir John Hall and the board of directors who , along with everyone else at the club , have been under tremendous pressure because of the club 's present financial position . ’ |
| 4 | Can you write me a story which has words that I can manage . |
| 5 | When relations grew particularly bad he became the child go-between in a household of warring parents : ‘ Ask your father if it would break his heart to change channels so I can watch the news . ’ |
| 6 | And there 's not many presents that I can go out and think that 's it ! |
| 7 | Well that 's right erm but then on the other hand erm there are other avenues in erm the social life of Kuwait the political life of Kuwait that I can offer , and I can contribute and as a matter of fact can affect |
| 8 | I bought a pass for the swimming baths so I can get in for free . |
| 9 | It is , therefore with considerable pleasure that I can report that the Association was able during 1990 to contribute directly more than £250,000 to the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal , and was able to see the income generated by its own Wings Appeal increase by 47% . |
| 10 | So that 's R Z , one Z two , that 's two R's together and then , what I calculate the side B , the square root of sixty minus thirty I , eh this about the hardest figure that I can do in complex numbers , the square root of sixteen , minus thirty I . |
| 11 | ‘ Souness has inherited the biggest mess at Anfield that I can remember and in trying to get himself out of it he has at times become even more bogged down . |
| 12 | All I can say to you is that if it is to be good news , it would give me more pleasure than I can say ; and if it is to be bad — I have gone through it , and Anne , and many others , and one does survive and go on , though you think you never will … |
| 13 | Hockey is a very low game and it 's all in the quads in your upper legs and I can move into the ball without slowing down , where as a bigger guy has to run in and stoop down ’ . |
| 14 | Mansfield and I can go when I come back from me mam 's about three o'clock . |
| 15 | I can see , I 've only got to close my eyes and I can see it all as it was . |
| 16 | It 's so repetitive marking your scale and people just lose concentration and I can do this you know and the next minute you you you 've gone up in twos instead of ones . |
| 17 | And I take the view that the Unity Development Plans for Leeds and Bradford do tend to me to suggest that there is the ability to meet an increasing amount of need in within their own areas and that that should be reflected in a continually reducing er export if I can call it that , to North Yorkshire , and this morning we heard from Cleveland that Cleveland are making gallant efforts to er to er retain their economic er viability by retaining their population . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , of course — I 've got some silver and I can go to the bank tomorrow . ’ |
| 19 | Yes , he 's a hypocrite and I can prove it . |
| 20 | Two days later in what was a completely strange country I found myself doing this audition piece and I can remember very clearly sitting in the antechamber afterwards and the registrar popping her head round the door and saying balefully to a group of us sitting there , ‘ Sorry , none of you ’ . |
| 21 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 22 | Will you ask Steven if I can talk to him please ? |
| 23 | If Edward and I can sort out the secret of the Hermetic Mystery your problems are over . |
| 24 | Well , I think , once he gets established , and once he starts getting work in , I think meself , that work will start , wo n't say rolling in , but I think the work 'll start coming in after about three months and I can get established . |
| 25 | It got rid of the crap if I can put it that way , sorted out my priorities . |
| 26 | Well , I may send a telegram if I can work a few days off at Athens . |
| 27 | ‘ I never 'ave anything to do with trash if I can 'elp it . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ As I told you when we first spoke , ’ Emily said quietly , ‘ I can take your debts on my own books and I can raise enough money to start us off in quite good style . |
| 29 | I can remember now you say hypnotist but I ca n't remember what happened in the programme but I can remember him . |
| 30 | It has already become fashionable to knock Kylie Minogue but I can take it , ’ she added . |