Example sentences of "i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And Yeo Davis charge a good deal more than we do , I can tell you . |
| 32 | ‘ It seems a lot , but we have employees , I can tell you , below partner level , who would be prepared to mortgage their children to get a partnership here . |
| 33 | As one born a ‘ Cockney ’ I can tell you of the great Catholic priests who lived among the poor of the East End of London — and loved them into the Kingdom of God . |
| 34 | His death is a sin offering , he gives his life for us , he dies for us , but , as far as I can tell , the New Testament never answers this question : To whom is the sin offering given ? |
| 35 | And I can tell you , buddy boy , that he 's Persona non grata with the US vehicle divisions after his comments about the future European trend toward smaller fuel economy vehicles at the EPC meeting . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ I can tell why you 're in here . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ Well , I can tell you what they 've asked for . |
| 38 | You 'll be doing all the washing-up on your own , Keith , I can tell you . |
| 39 | ‘ I can tell you what I 'd do on the last day of my life , ’ he said . |
| 40 | I can tell school you been took poorly again . ’ |
| 41 | I can tell her owt and she 'll believe it ! ’ — Well you ca n't con me . |
| 42 | I can tell them you 're experienced . ’ |
| 43 | I can tell . ’ |
| 44 | I do n't know where he is , I 'll smash his head in when we get home , taking care to use the rolling-pin , then I can tell the judge I was just rolling out the sausage plait when he took me unawares . |
| 45 | ‘ Friends , ’ she continued turning her back on him , ‘ by a miracle the settlement has fallen into our hands and I can tell you that the late Lord Chatwin left everything to his son and heir . ’ |
| 46 | I 'm none too pleased , I can tell you . |
| 47 | ‘ Mrs Shottery has explained , ’ she said , looking away across the room , ‘ I can tell you no more . ’ |
| 48 | He does not believe me , she thought , and I can tell no one , there are no words to convey the fear , the blank fear . |
| 49 | Tammuz looked at his daughter and thought , ‘ Now I can tell her . |
| 50 | Sometimes I can tell from my clothes that my weight has changed , either up or down , but it does n't fill me with panic or even very much interest . |
| 51 | I can tell you quite frankly . |
| 52 | ‘ Then I can tell you the difference between invention and insight . ’ |
| 53 | I can tell you Surkov petted with Mrs Thatcher , or at least boasted of having done so ; I would not feel able to confess to it myself . |
| 54 | Mark says that if it 's a fuel leak I can chuck down a lighted match , but I can tell he 's only joking . |
| 55 | Just in case Sir Denis 's memory is equally defective , I can tell the Thatchers that he was indeed at her side that May afternoon . |
| 56 | However , I can tell you what it is about : Hawking 's work , in the light of the Big Bang that created the universe , to reconcile Einstein 's theory of relativity with quantum mechanics . |
| 57 | If you 're in the market for the product of Citroen 's '70s Maserati connection , you will already know more about the model than I can tell you here . |
| 58 | ‘ I can tell you I 've just bought a Peugeot 205 diesel for my son , ’ he smiled . |
| 59 | That 's about all I can tell you . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ Definitely a few , but it 's not made of feathers , that , sir , I can tell you . ’ |