Example sentences of "i can [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know what you 're doing , I can tell by your face |
| 2 | I can tell by his face that he has not been successful . |
| 3 | I can tell from its whiteness , its crispness . |
| 4 | I can tell from your tone something else is terribly wrong . |
| 5 | Sometimes I can tell from my clothes that my weight has changed , either up or down , but it does n't fill me with panic or even very much interest . |
| 6 | I can tell from his expression . |
| 7 | Nor at home , as far as I can tell from his servants . |
| 8 | I can confirm to my hon. Friend that we will not remove the limit and impose an extra 9 per cent . |
| 9 | Something I can tuck underneath my arm and use to get about with . ’ |
| 10 | I can care about my patients , and I sincerely hope that you will make it possible for my patients when their diagnosis is made , to have that knowledge that financially , he has a great tomorrow . |
| 11 | I can sympathise with your problem Ms. Taylor . |
| 12 | So , now that we know what both of these terms entail , I can continue with your full understanding . |
| 13 | I know I can improve on my acting by taking on more demanding roles , performances that are more difficult than playing Charlene day in day out . |
| 14 | We work well together , I respect him as a professional , I can laugh at his jokes and I can even accept that his genius probably entitles him to live by a set of standards most of us do n't even recognise as standards — but that 's it ! ’ |
| 15 | Perhaps I can intrude into my own column again at this point to reinforce the message . |
| 16 | The only light I use at night is a small torch which I can grip in my mouth while using both hands to bait up , sharpen or change hooks , or make any other adjustments to my tackle . |
| 17 | Having worked closely with Roger Chorley in the Royal Geographical Society during the past three years , I can attest to his tremendous energy , initiative and perception . |
| 18 | I know of many clusters which I can resolve with my × 20 binoculars , but not with × 12 or lower . |
| 19 | ‘ As far as I can gather from my limited field work they seem to be produced on every possible and impossible occasion . |
| 20 | But from what I can gather from his scrawls you 're doing a good job . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You will be vexed to hear that some of the birds said to be in your last package from Sydney were missing : by what I can gather from your list they formed the whole of one of the smaller packages . |
| 22 | All the vibrato I want I can do with my left hand fingers and I despise the sound of dive bombs and squeals . |
| 23 | The plain fact of the matter is , there is nothing I can do for your wife . ’ |
| 24 | In my capacity as my own analyst I feel that the least I can do for my patient , and my readers , is precisely to ‘ let the case material speak for itself ’ . |
| 25 | I can do without her occasional cute and annoying Joni Mitchell vocal mannerisms while a line like ‘ in the down of a feathered heart in flight ’ is too florid by far . |
| 26 | ‘ In that case , ’ he said spitefully , ‘ I can do without your assistance on how I should manage my affairs . |
| 27 | I can do without your carping first thing . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I know I can rely upon your discretion , mum 's the word , ’ his constituency chairman continued , ‘ but all the publicity she has been getting has gone to her head . |
| 29 | I can sleep in their tent and go into the forbidden zone with them tomorrow . |
| 30 | As a member of the West Yorkshire Society 's Club , which was formed in September last year , I can testify to its role in raising morale and the efficacy of one 's personal presentation ; and there is one particular aspect which I feel must be placed on record . |