Example sentences of "can i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I can I would like to nominate my father Peter Collinge . |
| 2 | erm , I , well I ca n't commit myself to going down to that to , I mean if it 's , if I can I 'll give you a ring because with Cherry being off as well it 's , I mean it 's gon na be unfair if I start , cos I 've been so much |
| 3 | without actually dealing with as and an order close , if I can I 'll cover the multitude of things , right Now what would you say if somebody said I wan na look at aluminium windows |
| 4 | Just tell your old godfather , and if I can I 'll help . |
| 5 | I went outside quietly and found a length of driftwood of the appropriate shape , came back to the Bunker , caught the snake by the neck with the piece of wood and bundled it into the first rusty can I could find which still had a lid . |
| 6 | Er and I can I can go and er I can |
| 7 | Erm , having said that , I think lecturers tend to accumulate these things over time and this is the first year I 've run this course so I do n't have a great stock of things I can I can show you . |
| 8 | I can I can blackmail you now . |
| 9 | I can do I can I can sort out |
| 10 | Erm , I feel good , a feel good factor , er , I can I can change this situation , I can do it . |
| 11 | No I can I can move it , I can , yeah . |
| 12 | Well I can I can see lots of people just giving up hope and thinking , there 's no way that we 're going to get any better . |
| 13 | Yeah , I th I mean , I I can I can see precisely where you 're coming from . |
| 14 | Right let's have a look and see if we can yeah I can I can see that 's |
| 15 | I can I can see the the trap here . |
| 16 | No no I can I can call it again if you want to but . |
| 17 | Well I can I can have another try if you want . |
| 18 | I can I can have it , but it 's sore if you know what I mean . |
| 19 | I can I can hear him talking . |
| 20 | He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it ! |
| 21 | Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ? |
| 22 | and you would be f I can I can remember |
| 23 | You can , you know I can I can get two balls to almost roll from corner to corner by doing |
| 24 | So on Saturday I 'll ask her if she can get them Wednesday for me definitely cos then you can I can get the money off Dad Tuesday you can give it her Wednesday morning , and then I can pick them up Wednesday afternoon when I go over . |
| 25 | As soon as I can I will tell you when this might be so that we can fix up a time . |
| 26 | I promise you that I will continue to listen and where I can I will do my best to respond to the wishes of the ideals of and the aspirations of this movement that I hold so dear . |