Example sentences of "[subord] i can understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always been fascinated by bag ladies who choose to live on the street- I 've come to the point in my life where I can understand what makes them drop out . |
| 2 | Although I can understand why some of my sisters are somewhat depressed by the prospect of a Ministry for Women ( we constitute , after all , more than half the population , a figure which raises the question : is one ministry quite enough ? ) , |
| 3 | ‘ To be honest , at first I did n't have a clue how long I 'd stay , ’ says Bassett , ‘ so I can understand why some locals did n't think I 'd last more than a season or so . |
| 4 | As it is I can hold conversations of about the standard that a three-year-old Parisian can manage ( well , a slightly retarded three-year-old ) so I can understand the problem a young horse has . |
| 5 | I 'm just if I can understand |
| 6 | If I can understand people after twenty five thirty years in sales and marketing listening to people on the phone and knowing how important it is in this then I then that 's fine . |
| 7 | And perhaps if I can understand it more , then |
| 8 | I think Shakespeare appeals to me more because I can understand it . |
| 9 | WELL , BASICALLY , WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND AND INDEED RESPECT YOUR WISH TO SLEEP ALONE IT 'S TEARING ME APART … |
| 10 | And while I can understand certain people saying that yes , smoking irritates my eyes , my nose , and yes , they 're quite right they are entitled to breathe erm u u unsolid air , if yo if you want to put it that |
| 11 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 12 | As far as I can understand she 's made only one friend ; but that would be enough if it 's a good 'un . |
| 13 | As far as I can understand Samson 's Lane is from the school down to Samson 's Farm and probably part of the road down to . |
| 14 | The inquiry you have asked me to undertake is , so far as I can understand , essentially a philosophical one . |
| 15 | There was about ten to fifteen thousand , which the limit on the , the ground limit today is about seventeen to eighteen as I can understand . |
| 16 | As far as I can understand anyway . |
| 17 | Mother was never grasping , ’ denied Meredith , ‘ though I can understand his parents must have thought that . |
| 18 | ‘ So much for a career as a burglar , though I can understand why it might appeal . ’ |