Example sentences of "i can [verb] to be " in BNC.

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1 I can pretend to be your uncle David .
2 Except Tony says I can return to being Security manager .
3 Unless I can manage to be off sick again .
4 I can begin to be a real father to my girls and prepare for the day when I 'll be a grandfather to their children .
5 Then , one week , the quietest woman in the group said : ‘ This is the only place where I can afford to be honest , ’ and somehow it seemed the healing process had begun .
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