Example sentences of "[pers pn] can be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On both counts , I can be reasonably certain that death occurred around ten o'clock last night . ’ |
| 2 | I can be reasonably precise about the date and time of the occurrence , it was at the Ramsey hostel and the time was 11.30pm in late July 1967 and I think it was a Wednesday . |
| 3 | ‘ I can be pretty sure you 'll have enough to drink , but is there anything in your fridge ? ’ |
| 4 | But then I can be equally gentle . |
| 5 | I can be perfectly nice and polite and people believe , ‘ Oh , he forgot everything ’ . |
| 6 | She is still in my mind and so I can be totally accurate in recording my responses and in describing what took place . |
| 7 | Now I can be quite sure I had not intended this pleasing symmetry . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's precisely because of my age that I can be quite sure there wo n't be any other job coming my way if I lose this one . |
| 9 | I can be quite certain because he broke the chain some time ago and my own maid replaced it . |
| 10 | Well , I played around a bit in my time but now I 've settled down I can be quite prudish , ’ Sue confesses . |
| 11 | Sometimes I can be quite bright . |
| 12 | — is this someone with whom I can be really honest ? |
| 13 | I can be really decisive sometimes . |
| 14 | Sometimes I can be really happy . |
| 15 | erm , I can be there two days , two and a half days beforehand |
| 16 | Radio operator Paul , who is serving with the Second Battalion Royal Irish Regiment , said : ‘ Gillian is the perfect bride I only hope I can be as good a husband . ’ |
| 17 | I can be as upset as I like , I suppose ? ’ |
| 18 | I can be terribly innocent in some things . |
| 19 | Just just er just so I can be absolutely sure about that I think I 'm say I 'm asking the same thing that the senior inspector 's just asked . |
| 20 | She looks at me incredulous that I can be so stupid . |
| 21 | That 's 'ow I can be so sure , you see . |
| 22 | That 's 'ow I can be so certain about the expression on 'is face . |
| 23 | I 'm not , City Council , I 'm not sure that I can be more specific about we need to see some reference and some |
| 24 | It made me look at myself again with a more critical eye and say yes , I can be more positive and look to the future with renewed optimism . |
| 25 | And I fail to see why someone with such an inventive , lively mind as yours can be so dog-in-the-manger about updating things in the office . |
| 26 | In fact , she will have to carve her own niche when she gets there and discover where she can be most useful at Dalek Hospital , where the unit is based , without treading on anyone else 's toes . |
| 27 | ‘ She is n't boring , but she can be awfully tiresome . |
| 28 | She can be exhilaratingly dismissive , as when she lauds Hanif Kureishi for not writing like Penelope Fitzgerald . |
| 29 | But then , for someone who trades in tricks of the eye , she can be pretty unobservant . |
| 30 | She can be so vindictive in what she says . |