Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , perhaps , with this act of treachery I can finally buy my freedom from the burden of buried horror that bound me to Andy twenty years ago , so that — dispossessed of that trespass — I 'm left free to betray him again , now . |
| 2 | Look , I 'm furious , I can barely contain my rage , every gram of flesh I have is quivering with anger . |
| 3 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 4 | I said I get a lot of enquiries from frustrated knitters on this point and I can well understand their frustration . |
| 5 | I can also get my hair cut , do some gardening , go to an art exhibition — things that just got squeezed out altogether beforehand . |
| 6 | ‘ The early evening is my best time of day ; I can also play my type of music — Harry Connick Jnr to Oleta Adams to Jesus Jones . |
| 7 | I can just remember m I can just picture my grandma she was . |
| 8 | The success of the scheme erm , has enabled erm , some sale of places to other local authorities , and if I can just draw your attention to a slight error on page three , there is reference to Powys in two lines , and if you would delete please Powys one , placed in Staffordshire , er , it should read Powys two , placed by Staffordshire . |
| 9 | Well if I can just draw your attention to that figure now , just concentrate on that figure |
| 10 | If I can just quote our experience er on this , erm |
| 11 | If I can just get my client out of harm 's way for a day or two this whole problem should resolve itself . |
| 12 | I can just hear your voice answering the phone , as if I 've been to the shop for some ciggies and I 'm back late . |
| 13 | File it alongside ‘ I 'll put you in motion pictures ’ , ‘ I could immortalise you in paint ’ , ‘ I can just see your neck in marble ’ , etc , etc . |
| 14 | if I can just have your attention for a moment |
| 15 | I bet you laughed I can just imagine your face . |
| 16 | So I can just take my folder , sir . |
| 17 | Well I could I could er I could probably take on that task if you wish , cos it 's easy enough to actually write letters to people , cos I can just ask my secretary to do that . |
| 18 | ‘ No , Mr Binkworthy , I can truthfully put your mind at ease on that score . ’ |
| 19 | I keep on thinking that I can even smell her perfume . |
| 20 | She was gorgeous , I can even remember her name — Irene Farron . |
| 21 | ‘ The hole in my hat is so I can easily scratch my head ! ’ |
| 22 | I am thin but I can hardly move my bulk , I go round and round numbly under the ice of the North Pole . |
| 23 | I CAN hardly believe my three-year-old is so bossy . |
| 24 | I can hardly believe my luck ! ‘ |
| 25 | My little red RYA Level 1 Certificate does n't mean I can now start my solo circumnavigation of the world , but I like to think it 's a step in the right direction . |
| 26 | I can now contemplate my experience , my discovery , of how total pure love can be , in all its atoms , converted into total pure hate . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a veil and I can then weave my hair through it . |
| 28 | I can only explain my reluctance , honestly , to the fact that up to now I was n't ready — the views expressed might be too ‘ militant ’ , lesbian-orientated and ‘ anarchist ’ for the type of feminism I was espousing . |
| 29 | HAVING just struggled through a copy of the Maastricht Treaty I can only scratch my head that anyone would wish to sign it . |
| 30 | I can only admire her courage . |