Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A towel that I 've put over the radiator to get warm so I can wrap it cosily round myself and hug myself dry . |
| 2 | I can wrap myself in a cloak or something . ’ |
| 3 | I 'll have to you 've got ta give me chance to buy papa and grandma 's grandpa 's and I can wrap them up and give them to them at the golden wedding or ca n't I ? |
| 4 | ‘ Now I can carve her again , ’ Michael said with satisfaction , when the customer had gone . |
| 5 | All I can tell you with certainty is that I , for one , have no self , and that I am unwilling or unable to perpetrate upon myself the joke of a self . |
| 6 | And I can tell you why . |
| 7 | Sir William and her Ladyship have been noticing things , I can tell you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , we 'd never have called France ‘ gallant ’ , I can tell you . |
| 9 | ‘ Anything that I can tell you , Inspector , I will , but my acquaintanceship with Mrs Iverson in the event was brief . ’ |
| 10 | I can tell when he is having a hypo because he gets disorientated and confused . |
| 11 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |
| 12 | But Mr Bullock said : ‘ I can tell you that the name belongs to us . ’ |
| 13 | My Icelandic only runs to ‘ coffee , please , ’ but I can tell the essence of his story from the colour of his face . |
| 14 | She was a nasty mess , I can tell you . |
| 15 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
| 16 | ‘ Set me back , I can tell you . |
| 17 | It 's not funny , I can tell you , trying to tell a sick woman her daughter 's dead when she keeps insisting she 's alive and in Germany . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I can tell you the precise date , if you like . |
| 19 | She was in a bit of a way , I can tell you . |
| 20 | They 're all dead keen on getting this fridge , I can tell you . ’ |
| 21 | And I felt bloody , I can tell you . ’ |
| 22 | I can tell by the way people look at him . |
| 23 | Summat 's up with Marie — I can tell . |
| 24 | I can tell by the way she looks at them . |
| 25 | I can tell Fräulein Silber that I 'll be staying with her next week then ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ All I can tell you at the moment is that she is on the danger list . |
| 27 | I can tell what they are walking on , maybe ; perhaps whether they are going upstairs or downstairs . |
| 28 | In fact , nobody anywhere — as far as I can tell — has questioned any aspect of this nonsense . |
| 29 | I mean , let's face it , I 'm in a no-win Situation , and quite honestly , I 'm so stuffed up to here with the whole Stupid mess that , I can tell you , I 've just Got a good mind to take the quick way out . |
| 30 | The area organiser responded : ‘ It 's a local rule , and I can tell you now that the committee will reject your application unless you 're in a union . ’ |