Example sentences of "[noun] i can [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I can get three or four dishes into the freezer I can do a dinner party without worrying about being home in time to cook . ’ |
| 2 | As I walk round the croft I can feel a strange sensation in my stomach , a feeling not unlike fear , and I now know that she is dead . |
| 3 | In my neighbourhood I can hear a sampling of Spanish , Portuguese , Chinese , Urdu , Polish , Italian and West Indian English when I take my children across the street to the park . |
| 4 | And remember , if we need an urgent op I can fly a patient to Sanderstown in under the hour . |
| 5 | Here in Devon I can obtain a variety of inert rocks without abandoning my conservationist principles , simply by visiting various quarries and asking if I can pick over their rubbish piles . |
| 6 | For those of you who think self-employed actually means well I can crawl out of bed at elevenish , work till fourish , that 's three days a week because the other two days I can have a couple of rounds of golf , Thursday and Friday , those of you who think that 's what self-employed means , are gon na fail . |
| 7 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 8 | My personal observations I can make a comment on , for example , the cultural area . |
| 9 | When I know how a lustful man may feel towards his neighbour 's pretty young wife I can understand a leer , but if asked what it means there is nothing I can say . |
| 10 | The 44-year-old Prince lamented the generation gap but joked that ‘ even at my advanced age I can make a muddle ’ . |
| 11 | For example I can see a good case for a local headmaster being a member of the authority , representing educational concerns or for some representations say from significant ethnic groups within the area , but these can be identified and appointed by the authorities themselves , whose local knowledge will lead to far more accurate selection than Whitehall or Whitehall inspired sources . |
| 12 | And that 's the only way I can see a way through this , thinking okay they 've got this ideology , they 've tried it twice and it still has n't worked . |
| 13 | And anyway I can get them in the sale if I choose to fight my way up to London I can get a Liberty tie for about twelve pounds . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's no doubt I can learn a lot about racing from Alain and I will be looking forward to that opportunity — but I have to say also that I am aiming to be my own man . ’ |
| 15 | It just depends where we 're going cos I do n't know what we 're doing yet So I 'd and the woman 's coming round tonight so I 'll just , sort of , say to her if I can keep it over the weekend I can do a lot more so otherwise I 'll feel a bit bad |
| 16 | they 'd better share the police and if it comes to the crunch I can get a farm yard for the birthday |
| 17 | In this regard I can boast a kind of virtue , in that I do not gamble . |
| 18 | ‘ I just know that next time I can do a lot better , ’ she confesses . |
| 19 | It 's the only time I can get a break from my family . |