Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] my [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Now , ’ he says , ‘ I can do my grieving in peace . |
| 10 | ‘ I can do my regressing when you go fishing , ’ I suggested . |
| 11 | so that I can do my exam . |
| 12 | I can be a cadet at the local hospital and later on I can do my training in London . ’ |
| 13 | And I can spread my investment . |
| 14 | Dot started to say , ‘ I hope I can bring my Dad down to visit you some day . ’ |
| 15 | Can you recommend some manufacturers of baby carriers so that I can bring my son along too ? |
| 16 | I can love my wife in the usual way and I can love Shinko in the unusual way ! |
| 17 | And a thousand widgets will generate enough profits so I can pay my workforce , and some profit for myself . |
| 18 | I can handle my handle . |
| 19 | I can arrange my work accordingly . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | I can give my experience of life inside . |
| 22 | Flaubert finished Madame Bovary on April 30th , 1856 : there at Croisset , there where I can jab my finger , between two spreading and unknowing sploshes of watercolour . |
| 23 | Some comments on this score have been made above ( in particular , see the final section of the Introduction ) ; for present purposes I can summarise my view of these objectives as follows : |
| 24 | ‘ I can change my mind ! ’ she snapped . |
| 25 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
| 26 | ' I can change my mind if I want to . ’ |
| 27 | Do n't want to ever come back ; can you phone Chambers and tell them I 've perished on a mountain , and then I can change my identity , and disguise myself as one of the locals and no-one will be any the wiser . |
| 28 | That 's the only way I can explain my behaviour . |
| 29 | So I can 'ave my picture in Vanity Fair wearing purple an' yellow tights , an' I do n't look anyfink at all like a sad old queen who 's seen much better days . |
| 30 | And I can move my car round into the garage ? |