Example sentences of "[pron] can imagine " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can imagine you in a tennis dress . |
| 2 | Undergraduates of moderate ability do not much like being asked to choose between differing judgements on the same text ; I can imagine them becoming confused and resentful if they were asked to choose between different critical approaches and all their attendant ideological baggage . |
| 3 | It began : ‘ I can imagine a wise and well-informed man , quite aloof from any political party , saying to our little gathering : ‘ The Country and the Empire are in three tangles , which the ordinary process of disputation followed by a General Election in this country can not unravel . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I can imagine . ’ |
| 5 | I can imagine looking like this , having this image , until I 'm forty . |
| 6 | You know , the most fertile image I can imagine is Ilona standing next to a Bavarian cow . ’ |
| 7 | I can imagine the mordant amusement with which Sir Ian watched the poll tax legislation of a government with which he had little sympathy being hissed off the statute book amid public disorder to the alarm of its erstwhile supporters . |
| 8 | ‘ I can imagine that Aubrey might be indiscreet , but not that you — of all people — would celebrate the fact in your morning orisons ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I can imagine , it must be intuitive , like discovery in mathematics . |
| 10 | I can imagine a novel that is as tricksy , as alienated and as writerly as those of , say , Alain Robbe-Grillet while also providing the staid satisfactions of pace , plot and humour with which we associate , say , Jane Austen . |
| 11 | I can imagine the headlines . |
| 12 | ‘ I can imagine . |
| 13 | I can imagine you turning right in one of the lanes around here , and me going straight on into some duck pond or other . ’ |
| 14 | I can imagine members of each of these fraternities getting something out of some parts of the book — and , by serendipitous sampling , discovering interesting titbits . |
| 15 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |
| 16 | In the long term , I can imagine using the same factories if we use the same platform and fit many of the same parts . |
| 17 | Our gentle driving had resulted in 15.6mpg — about what I was expecting — but also a maximum touring range of 300 miles , which I can imagine some owners quibbling with . |
| 18 | I CAN IMAGINE THE INDIGNANT HOWLS OF protest as collectors all over the country now run to their shelves to gather together a clutch of beloved performances . |
| 19 | There is an old-fashioned quality to these performances which leaves me wishing for something just a little less well-upholstered , although I can imagine anyone coming to Bach for the first time with this recording could well come away with the impression that old LEAVES is quite simply the ‘ bizz ’ , and I for one would not wish to argue with that ! |
| 20 | I can imagine that there may be some listeners who fill find the earlier movements just a shade self-effacing , despite the exceptional playing standards , typically glowing Philips recording , and exemplary foresight and structural awareness . |
| 21 | I can imagine that there will be those who fill find his rendering of the main theme 's final return somewhat cloying , but by this time I was already far to engrossed to worry unduly . |
| 22 | I can imagine what 's going through your minds at this point . |
| 23 | ‘ I can imagine that , ’ said Catriona , and she saw the local , dark and quiet and fairly empty , and Forgue in his donkey jacket and tartan scarf listening to an old man talk about mining in Calgary . |
| 24 | I can imagine ending my days in a lovely Georgian house in the Paragon or Cornwallis Crescent , gazing at this wonderful view . ’ |
| 25 | I haven 's seen the film but I can imagine that it would be a great advantage to be shown the highly symbolic garden and to breathe the house 's atmosphere of sunny perversity . |
| 26 | ‘ And I can imagine , ’ I said , seeing resignation more than indignation now in her face , ‘ that Bambi Lorrimore took no notice , that Mercer hurried to help you up and apologize , and Mrs Young enquired if you were hurt . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The only reason I can imagine is — again , going back to the management and the bottom line — that he went into the Vegas thing . |
| 28 | When I watch a gay video I can imagine myself as any or all of the participants , or just sit back and enjoy being a voyeur . |
| 29 | I can imagine how desperate she must be feeling . |
| 30 | I can imagine the rise in colour and temperature of the ‘ faithful swain' when meeting such a display of cool indifference . |