Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i can [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Outside the cage the photographer 's saying : ‘ When you jump , spread your arms and legs so I can see you . ’
2 I can see , I 've only got to close my eyes and I can see it all as it was .
3 And I take the view that the Unity Development Plans for Leeds and Bradford do tend to me to suggest that there is the ability to meet an increasing amount of need in within their own areas and that that should be reflected in a continually reducing er export if I can call it that , to North Yorkshire , and this morning we heard from Cleveland that Cleveland are making gallant efforts to er to er retain their economic er viability by retaining their population .
4 Yes , he 's a hypocrite and I can prove it .
5 It got rid of the crap if I can put it that way , sorted out my priorities .
6 ‘ I never 'ave anything to do with trash if I can 'elp it . ’
7 I can remember now you say hypnotist but I ca n't remember what happened in the programme but I can remember him .
8 It has already become fashionable to knock Kylie Minogue but I can take it , ’ she added .
9 I 've had a marvellous clear out — got every single shirt on to the line — and when you take that off you could put it in the bucket so I can get it out tomorrow . ’
10 I need employment to live , and in the hope that I can save my passage home again .
11 BELVILLE : This last of Sally Godfrey is a piece of spite and meanness that I can renounce you my blood for .
12 As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’
13 Maybe next time you 'll wear a pink carnation/ so I can recognise you — hooo !
14 I do n't eat breakfast , just a cup of tea and a bit of toast if I can spare it .
15 I think he 's been drinking in the pub cos I can smell it on his breath .
16 Erm a few comments I 'd like to start with with Cleveland and the erm the idea that there 's there 's there 's there 's no problem whatsoever in accommodating erm the overspill if I can put it that way or the retention within Cleveland .
17 ‘ Well , ’ she said , when she 'd caught enough breath to speak , ‘ I am the keeper of the skylight carnival and I can let you see it .
18 I do n't want you dining in the hall unless I can accompany you , and I 'll be busy at Wolvesey Castle with Simon until this evening . ’
19 I can not remember my first day hunting but I can tell you a normal day of all-day hunting .
20 I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’
21 Sixty seven of the pleadings bundle which are the further and better particulars this year and you can see that er looking back to page sixty six , what the plaintiffs have been asked to state was to give particulars of the change in financial position which had been outlined to Mr on the telephone and er your Lordship will see first of all that in answer eighty little A , there is a reference to er a letter of the twenty seventh of February nineteen ninety two which was a letter from the plaintiff 's solicitors to the defendant 's solicitors which , this is been incorporating in the front or ought to be in the bible , erm I do n't think it has been but there are copies if I can hand your Lordship it was missed out in error I am sorry .
22 I 've been involved in community projects and I can say I enjoy going into schools , but at the end of the day there will always need to be the regulated type of policing of crime and violence .
23 ‘ Not to worry ’ said Alice , ‘ at least my mother will be pleased , but she 'll not be a skater if I can help it . ’
24 ‘ Ask away , oh anxious one , for you are lovelier than an aardvark and I can deny you nothing , ’ said the seal , whisking the waves into a fountain with her mighty tail .
25 I know that from my own experience and I can prove it by reference to an occasion when an area of big fruit trees was sprayed with lime sulphur , a winter spray .
26 ‘ This heavy-duty polythene should do the trick if I can wedge it across the gaps . ’
27 What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’
28 Eunice : We own this place so I can let you in .
29 I try to twist my body so I can jab my left elbow in his face .
30 Well that 's why now I 'm glad when I 'm come on this diet that I can fill his
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