Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can hold my peace . |
| 2 | Now , I can hold my liquor as well as the next man , so it is ludicrous to suggest that when I reversed the club van into the tea hut I was under the influence . |
| 3 | ‘ I can hold my drink as well as anyone . ’ |
| 4 | I can hold my end of the conversation from here , if you 'd like me to . ’ |
| 5 | I can realise my stock and pay twenty bob in the pound if I go into voluntary liquidation now , before Masters of Notts gets deeper into trouble . |
| 6 | I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’ |
| 7 | Is there anywhere I can powder my nose ? ( meaning : ‘ I need a toilet ’ ) |
| 8 | I like writing letters and reading anything I can lay my hands on ! |
| 9 | There 's no specific area that I can lay my finger on to explain why West Indian kids underachieve … what is inevitable is that a lot of West Indian children particularly the bright ones will do fairly well up to either the beginning or the middle of the fourth year , and for some peculiar reason their progress will fall off towards the end of the fifth year . |
| 10 | Now , Father McGiff told himself , I 'll be able to resume my old evening routine when I can stop my ears to the world outside and listen only to God within me . |
| 11 | ‘ Now , ’ he says , ‘ I can do my grieving in peace . |
| 12 | ‘ I can do my regressing when you go fishing , ’ I suggested . |
| 13 | I can do my eyebrows exactly like Linda Evangelista 's . |
| 14 | so that I can do my exam . |
| 15 | I can be a cadet at the local hospital and later on I can do my training in London . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Through AR , I can commit my energies to people ’ |
| 17 | weight of guts , I can spread my arms wide |
| 18 | And I can spread my investment . |
| 19 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 20 | I can bring my friends if I want . |
| 21 | Dot started to say , ‘ I hope I can bring my Dad down to visit you some day . ’ |
| 22 | Can you recommend some manufacturers of baby carriers so that I can bring my son along too ? |
| 23 | I can love my wife in the usual way and I can love Shinko in the unusual way ! |
| 24 | If I can lift my eyes from pots and pans |
| 25 | And a thousand widgets will generate enough profits so I can pay my workforce , and some profit for myself . |
| 26 | I can handle my handle . |
| 27 | There is an objectivity behind the subjectivity of our preferences which entitles you to recommend to me a dish which you do not choose yourself and which I have hitherto been repelled by , but may come to like if I can forget my prejudices and for the first time attend closely to the flavour . |
| 28 | At school and even now , I can not add or subtract or divide easily , but I can write clear figures — this is drawing ; and I can arrange my figures neatly in line , and one sum next to the other , i.e. design . |
| 29 | I can arrange my work accordingly . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I get mad because you provoke me , ’ she muttered , through clenched teeth , ‘ Leave me alone and you 'll find I can contain my temper quite easily . ’ |