Example sentences of "[adj] be all i can [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This is all I can tell you about the rapid modification process ; it has the effect of diminishing the prominence of events and combinations of events that normally occur together , giving prominence to new associations . |
2 | Actually , this is all I can give you … lightning flashes of highlights … momentary glimpses of specific scenes … mental pictures to be recorded on paper , for posterity . |
3 | And this is all I can write about it . |
4 | ‘ That is all I can tell you , Mr Wycliffe , because it is all there is to tell . |
5 | Meanwhile the warden 's cat , who had been enjoying a light snack in the dustbin , saw Emily , saw the milk , and that is all I can remember , it happened so quickly . |
6 | That is all I can say . ’ |
7 | That is all I can say now . ’ |
8 | ‘ That is all I can say at this stage , as these things take some time to arrange , ’ he said , adding : ‘ There is obviously a fair lot to do and it will take a few months . ’ |
9 | I think really that is all I can say , chair , erm in addition to your comments . |
10 | That 's all I can give you . ’ |
11 | ‘ That 's all I can tell you at the moment , ’ Mould smiled secretively and ran off in the direction of Mr Fractor 's classroom . |
12 | No he says er that , that 's er that 's all I can tell you er that 's , he would n't until eleven o'clock , come . |
13 | ‘ That 's all I can tell you . |
14 | That 's all I can tell you so far . |
15 | That 's all I can tell you . |
16 | Mhm it must be talking erm some other kingdom , that 's all I can suggest , maybe |
17 | I 've come on your wild-goose chase and that 's all I can do for you . ’ |
18 | I was a witness and so on you see and down below and the sergeant said to me , the sergeant came up and said to me , you 'll have to be careful because he said that boy , he was sitting there with his mother , poor woman , all in black and er the em the boy 's employer had got a solicitor on his behalf , you see , and I said well I can only speak through and say what happened , that 's all I can do and er , so of course when I went into the witness box this man came and er asked me all sorts of questions . |
19 | Just make sure he does n't get too close a look at me , that 's all I can do . |
20 | Handing over the tablets , she gave the necessary instructions and added , ‘ That 's all I can do , I 'm afraid . |
21 | Well that 's , that 's well that 's all I can recollect in relation to why we did it the way we did . |
22 | That 's all I can fit in . |
23 | Well , that 's all I can think of at the moment . |
24 | She 's dead , that 's all I can think of . ’ |
25 | That 's all I can think of . |
26 | That 's all I can think of to be honest with you . |
27 | Well it , it must have been heart trouble the earliest memory I have of that is mother sending me with a neighbour out of Street , a Mrs , to tell my Aunt Lucy which was my dad 's sister , who lived in Street house , house was right opposite their gateway , now Aunt Lucy and there was er her family she w married a fella in and her daughter , her son and me uncle was my dad 's brother , I lived in the house with her , but er I remember tagging this Mrs from the Street down to Street along road and past the hospital , then along Walk and I up in Street , and er tagging Mrs and er Mrs had never met Aunt Lucy and er me Aunt Lucy suffered , what in those days they call it white leg , a woman 's complaint she was bedridden and er when we went in she must have asked why we were there , Mrs was a little bit flabbergasted and I blurted it out oh me dad 's dead , and me Aunt Lucy nearly went into hysterics , so that 's , that 's all I can manage I remember about that . |
28 | superb bargain , four nine five or nearest offer that 's all I can find . |
29 | Only I know what that is — and that 's all I can say . ’ |
30 | Well , I just hope it comes up , that 's all I can say . ’ |