Example sentences of "i can [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I can do with a man of spirit about me . |
| 32 | ‘ Well , of course , anything I can do for the poor girl — ’ she began . |
| 33 | ‘ Anything else I can do for the moment ? ’ |
| 34 | Oi think of a project for me that I can do for the next seven weeks . |
| 35 | ‘ But I 've made it with United and now I want the chance to show what I can do at the highest level of all . ’ |
| 36 | I do n't claim any great originality or depth , but it is the best I can do at the moment . |
| 37 | The best I can do as a manager is a combination of threatening , cajoling and being nice to everyone who can help to give my act the best possible shot . |
| 38 | One of my greatest frustrations is having to tell my electors , in correspondence and personally , that there is nothing I can do about a proposal because a decision has already been taken somewhere else — albeit by ministers , one of whom is a Member of the House — that there is nothing that anyone can do because the decision has been taken outside these shores , so there is no point in writing to me . |
| 39 | ‘ I have it serviced when I can do without a car for the day , ’ he says . |
| 40 | Anyway , if I am to maintain my hectic schedule of conquests , I can do without the interference of these guys taking up the time and energy of foxy babes with mere talk . |
| 41 | You see , I find paragraph end markers to be useful , but I can do without the rest of the clutter . |
| 42 | ‘ I can do in a day what she does in a week , ’ she said , shaking her duster out of the window on to the roses below . |
| 43 | ‘ Is there anything I can do in the kitchen ? ’ |
| 44 | ‘ And one thing I can do in the dark , ’ he said , ‘ behind my own back while I keep the peace . |
| 45 | Hunt , who broke an ankle at the start of this season , said : ‘ This is a good opportunity for me to show what I can do after a bit of a difficult time . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ I had one season in the old First Division with Portsmouth and it 's great to get another opportunity to show what I can do against the best in the country . |
| 47 | And what I hope that I can do before the end of the lecture is convince you that channels pay play an important role , not just in conventional excitable tissues such as nerve and muscle , but also in a wide variety of cells and membranes . |
| 48 | For instance the project will assess children 's understanding of the following situation : at a pedestrian crossing I can rely on the motorist stopping if I know that he has seen me , but I can not rely on it if I know that he has not seen me . |
| 49 | ‘ Perhaps I can rely upon the Merkuts , for they can not yet aspire to the throne . |
| 50 | My nightmare is trying to concentrate on a guest while really wondering at what point I can break off the conversation to same some dish or saucepan from being welded to the oven forever . |
| 51 | but he said , a Ford he said , I can break into a Ford without breaking any windows and start the ignition |
| 52 | Let's seen how many buttons I can press on the video and radio ! |
| 53 | I can sleep on a couch if they have n't twin beds … ’ |
| 54 | I can sleep on the outside and he can sleep a against the wall . |
| 55 | Sal continued working as a waitress in a cafe on the Commercial Road , but Charlie knew she could n't wait to find someone willing to marry her — whatever physical shape he was in — just as long as I can sleep in a room of my own , she explained . |
| 56 | I can sit outside the little shed and see the church tower of old Hampstead Church . |
| 57 | Do you want to go and get your aeroplane , cos I can sit at the table and colour with one hand , and make aeroplanes with the other . |
| 58 | I can sit in the warm and sip their hot froth of a brew for maybe the best part of an hour with any luck . |
| 59 | I can sit in the smoking section with you ? |
| 60 | I can bring along the statements of these people who 've said all sorts of things , you can you know put down at once but they 're not put down . |