Example sentences of "[det] i can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 2 | However , I think Steven Micklewright has summed up our concerns very ably , and there is little I can add at present . |
| 3 | ‘ Master Taplow , ’ he whispered , ‘ there is very little I can do for you except make sure the gaoler gives you your wine , pray for your speedy death and that in Purgatory Christ will have mercy on your soul . ’ |
| 4 | However , there seems to be very little I can do with it . |
| 5 | There is little I can say . |
| 6 | Until you have indicated that , there is little I can do . ’ |
| 7 | Lewis said : ‘ I was n't at Yarmouth and there is little I can say . |
| 8 | At the very least I can find the keynote speaker at each one and chase him . |
| 9 | I suppose it 's something to be grateful for that I can do anything useful for you , so stop worrying . |
| 10 | It gives me a tremendous advantage in that I can moor the punt about 15yds back from the top of the shelf , in the shallower water , out of sight of the bream . |
| 11 | I may possibly be able to greatly increase that distance but of that I can not speak with certainty . ’ |
| 12 | Sub-text : ‘ I 'm in a stronger position in that I can feel sorry for you , and you are vulnerable . |
| 13 | Are n't I playing high status in that I can tell you who you are ? |
| 14 | And like that I can feel John around here … |
| 15 | Well , now there 's a place not many escape from … well , there is n't anyone that has that I can think of offhand . |
| 16 | Whether there is anything in that I can not say , but one of the golden rules of banking , ‘ once bitten , twice shy ’ , seems to be waived for Czechoslovaks . |
| 17 | And then there 's That I can understand . |
| 18 | Not really no , none that I can think of . |
| 19 | Old Kaspar replies : ’ Why that I can not tell , ' said he , But' t was a famous victory . ' ’ |
| 20 | Of that I can assure you . ’ |
| 21 | Well some of it erm with some of it is , I mean it 's like the taxation side and , and things like that I can understand quite easily because I 'm used to dealing in that but when it comes |
| 22 | And there were never any fights that I had that I can remember between men and women or anything like that . |
| 23 | She really has this er attitude which I can not understand because erm a a as I think it was Al Reeve said , you know , erm some people ca n't bear children , we ca n't , but we like them but if you have actually borne children , you are in other words a mother , you 've got ta have a attitude , not only to children in general but to your children in particular , which is very very difficult for er a male to understand and a non-father , it 's gon na be very very difficult cos I personally do n't have any children at all and therefore it is very very difficult for me to even comprehend but given that I can erm I can sympathize with something I do not comprehend it must be monumentally difficult for her |
| 24 | Who 's that I can hear ? |
| 25 | But erm there 's only one day that erm , he does that I can go anyway . |
| 26 | but then , on the other hand , I 'm not the sort of person who , I mean , if it 's something like that I can ask people , but I 've got friends who are quite cheeky , who will ask things , I mean , like if somebody does something for me , I 'm like , are you sure , are you sure , you do n't mind , and like , I 'm like over the top the other way . |
| 27 | ‘ With this I can buy anything I like as long as it 's food from suppliers approved by the Home Office , ’ Lamb says . |
| 28 | This I can answer exactly . |
| 29 | Yes indeed , I mean many argue that in fact a law was n't required , and that the common law , as it 's developed and grown and , for example , in the Quinlan case , says that the withdrawal of treatment , the withholding of consent to treatment , is entirely lawful ; and some might argue that , by giving a law like this , which is rather narrowly drawn , you 've taken away a lot ; in other words , a doctor will feel , this I can do , but the other I ca n't do . |
| 30 | This I can tell you is a great relief . |