Example sentences of "can [verb] [adv] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROBBIE I can stay where I am now , with a friend in Glasgow , he wo n't mind . |
| 2 | Since these are not people I can buy off I only have one option . |
| 3 | I can study anywhere I like in Europe for two years . ’ |
| 4 | I can dress how I like and do what I like . |
| 5 | Well I do n't think I can feel like I suppose that were Victoria was n't it , ringing nine nine nine they forgot to ask |
| 6 | Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do . |
| 7 | Oh that was there for years , donkey 's years when , I can remember when I was at school , going to school and it was still there quite a number of years after I left school . |
| 8 | Well I can remember when I went Was in the water at the start , there was You could see a lot of boats coming in alongside the platform . |
| 9 | Yeah I can remember when I was about er seven or eight years old I had a a Hornby train which is almost identical , except it was red , I go I think some other people had one as well . |
| 10 | People will stand there and they will clutch something , you see their knuckles are white you know and these sort of things erm or they 'll have their notes you know here , and let's be honest about it yeah I can remember when I started training I think you know you used to cling to your notes a three feet flipchart , you know what ca n't you see ? |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Dean and Scott all that 's right , I can remember when I had you that 's all the names that were in fashion , but now it is Joshua |
| 13 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 14 | The standard water-injected exhaust system is n't too bad , but my bunk is right next to what noise there is and , therefore , you can understand why I am keen on initiating improvements . |
| 15 | But sometimes it can sound too I know this did n't happen |
| 16 | But now you can see why I 'm in no hurry to contact London . |
| 17 | So you can see why I was open-minded about the faith healer . |
| 18 | ‘ You can see why I remember so little . ’ |
| 19 | The plane 's path goes behind the big trees — now you can see why I needed the white areas of the trees actor to be transparent , so you can see through them . |
| 20 | ‘ At times like this , ’ Bridget said sharply , ‘ I can see why I gave you the push after six weeks . |
| 21 | And I think you can see why I call it pessimistic because , basically it says in the Anglican prayer book , there is no good in us , what 's in us is , is bad , in the sense of anti-social egoistic , and if people are going to cooperate and if there 's gon na be social order , then as it were , it has to be imposed on them . |
| 22 | You can see why I was in such a bad mood Saturday cos if I 'd drunk that much Friday night you can imagine what sort of a hang over I had . |
| 23 | I can see now I was mistaken and I 'm sorry I ever thought it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You can see how I am , but the parts you can not see are even better . ’ |
| 25 | I can decide how I am going to act , stick to my guns , and ignore the consequences . |
| 26 | Not very early , you can sleep in I 've got ta go to Waitrose to pick up the stuff . |
| 27 | And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like . |
| 28 | ‘ When she put out a few signals that she — well , fancied me , you can guess how I felt . |
| 29 | If I want nothing but to prepare the best Chinese meal I can manage then I should just follow John 's instructions . |
| 30 | Oh well you you can manage then I think |