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

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1 Replace cookers , instal new deep freeze units , streamline all the worksurfaces , here you are , you wo n't get it done any cheaper than that I can promise you .
2 I mean in so I I come here today with a petition that I presented that also talks about proposing to abolish the merger , I mean this is a move just one step away from that but I still feel in what was proposed at the last full council meeting and I would express my views to the officers that in light of what has been suggested today is actually implemented to the wording as it stands because the joint working party that had been er written up previously never did meet although if I can inform it was only the officers who actually met up and I hope that in light of all the working group and the two heads of centres covering for each other would be implicitly applied .
3 What I 'm saying sir is to save any inconvenience to the court is that if I can have my committal cos I do n't wan na be stuck up in this part of the country .
4 Now when that 's improved enough , I 'm gon na start asking these councillors and that if I can take their photograph .
5 The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in .
6 Do you know what it is , and where I can get one ?
7 And that I can guarantee you . ’
8 I intend to make my home here in this town , and if I can do anything to ensure that the people here are treated fairly I shall do it .
9 But if you are well , and if I can make you smile , I need nothing more to make me happy .
10 I hope so , and if I can contribute something to that culture change I shall be glad to do so .
11 ‘ I need two new players to make the team more competitive and if I can get them we will be .
12 And if I can mend it .
13 ‘ Okay , then , I 'll give it a go if you 'll pay for the diesel and if I can see you Saturday night . ’
14 I have good friends , and if I can keep my faculties — if my eyesight behaves itself and my hearing stays good — then I shall be content
15 There is plenty of time for hon. Members to make speeches , and if I can develop my argument a little en route , I shall be happy to do so .
16 I 'll have to phone Nick tonight to see if the Captain has a phone number now rather than just an address cos if I can phone him it 'll be a lot easier .
17 I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older .
18 And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake .
19 I do not think that it is wisdom that is required but if I can do anything , I will .
20 But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground .
21 I do n't love you , but if I can give you happiness by just promising , then I will — consider — and promise — soon .
22 I do it if I really have to , but if I can avoid it I chicken out , and I had too much lately . ’
23 But if I can get it to Andernesse somehow , she thought , then surely it 'll be safe and everything will stop … ’
24 ‘ Ribalta is hard to hit , but if I can catch him I will knock him out . ’
25 But if I can keep my sense of humour , I hope that we will be all right . ’
26 But if I can find it
27 But if I can put my thinking erm on the floor first , it seems to me that vacant Normal vacancies as Mr has described them , are a function of people moving from one house to another .
28 But before I can turn it , the door opens .
29 But when I can see he 's not looking , I do so .
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