Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the more I delve into computers , the more I realise just how negligible my knowledge is , despite reading everything I can about the subject . |
| 2 | Oh I think I 've told you about all that I can about the glen . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've told you all I can about that . ’ |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I have told you all I can about the attack on you . |
| 5 | ‘ I am also anxious to learn as much as I can about AEA , and we are planning a series of visits to the different sites over coming months . |
| 6 | I 've got to find out everything I can about her . |
| 7 | I read up on everything I can about him . |
| 8 | Thank you very much Mr President and as you 've been friendly enough to invite me and given me such a friendly welcome , I , I thought I ought to risk speaking to you as candidly as I can about what is going on in our country and our communities at the moment and whether by the end of the thing I continue your friend is another matter . |
| 9 | I will continue to put all I can into this game for the moment . |
| 10 | I froze not because I am not proud to have worked for my company , and indeed consider myself fortunate to have done so — and not because I do not admire my company and put everything that I can into serving it . |
| 11 | I use them wherever I can as a flattering background for later-flowering plants . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll get something written , ’ she muttered , ‘ but I can post them myself . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah , I can post it to her . |
| 14 | I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably said he thought two o'clock every afternoon I 'll remember what I can of Book of Isaiah you know . |
| 15 | I 'll do all I can To be freed of the |
| 16 | Not being a drinker , I do an obligatory flip round the post-show party , consoling or congratulating and giving what little advice I can to grieving or glowing parents . |
| 17 | ‘ I want to get as high as I am able to , and to contribute as much as I can to the team . |
| 18 | I would still want to be able to see and buy items of equipment , not to do so would be an opportunity wasted , but I can to my machinery stocklist to see most of what I saw at the show . |
| 19 | ‘ I get involved in many different projects and I can to a certain degree prioritise what I want to do . |
| 20 | He says sometimes it 's a pain cos you get up and if I 'm late I 've got to rush around and go as fast as I can to school and you get cold and your fingers start freezing up so it 's not much fun . |
| 21 | right , yeah , but that means there 's gon na be ground on this side , what I want to do is come as close as I can to this path , do n't worry about this |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I can at the moment , ’ I said apologetically . |
| 23 | I run fast as I can at the window , but it still wo n't break . |
| 24 | From a swift glance at the back of a person 's head I can at once estimate the intelligence and sexuality of that person . |
| 25 | ( I can at least remember that I was helpful about the sheep 's wool for her corns , and being willing about errands . |
| 26 | I must have studied her with attention for I find that I can at this moment , however reluctantly , see her face before me as distinctly as though I was still sitting in that coffee bar with a quarter of an inch of the brown dregs left in my cup . |
| 27 | Whilst I can not within the scope of a short book consider what each religion in turn has to say about God , I can at least take note of the religious pluralism of our time . |
| 28 | Now I can at least get the pressure off a little . |
| 29 | If that is so , I can at least understand his anxiety — if not his way of showing it . ’ |
| 30 | I can at least deal with it , I 'm not as pissed off as I was . |