Example sentences of "all i can " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 All I can say to the objectors in both categories is that those who do not see a problem do not have a problem , and they can happily ignore what I have written .
3 In his letter of acceptance he wrote , ‘ I gladly accept and I shall do all I can for you , ’ and he did literally that .
4 And all I can do when there is a woman referee is to accept her .
5 But I ca n't do it — all I can think about is Marie 's face .
6 It 's all dark and all I can see are these metal cages all round .
7 I look all the way round but all I can see are the shapes of the trolleys and the wire fence on both sides .
8 All I can tell you at the moment is that she is on the danger list .
9 All I can say is that the law is the law and its enforcement requires no commendation from me . ’
10 She writes the words : arresting images ( lives that go in circles ‘ like a pigeon on a tyre ’ ) , moments of disturbing lucidity amid inscrutable dream-imagery ( ‘ give me what I want/ And all I can think about is losing it ’ ; ‘ why ca n't you do to my insights/What you do to my insides ? ’ ;
11 I 've come on your wild-goose chase and that 's all I can do for you . ’
12 Only I know what that is — and that 's all I can say . ’
13 Listen , there 's just one hope for you and that 's all I can see … .
14 All I can do is transform what I see into words and tell you what 's going on . ’
15 All I can say is , this is either bullshit , or it 's the biggest story in the history of mankind . ’ .
16 All I can say though is that whatever happens it will be my decision , ’ she said , revealing the determination and single-mindedness that was later to be turned against her .
17 ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works .
18 All I can give you at this stage is fine words when what is needed is action .
19 All I can say is that I recognise the incredible enthusiasm that there is for this sport among a section of the listening public — especially Daily Telegraph readers .
20 ‘ Nothing feels right and all I can do is try and work it out for myself .
21 ‘ I thought a personal appeal to the Brotherhood for a relic for Shaftesbury Abbey would be much better than legal wrangling , and all I can say at present is that negotiations are going very well indeed , ’ said Mrs Rider last night .
22 That 's about all I can tell you . ’
23 Well , I just hope it comes up , that 's all I can say . ’
24 ‘ That 's all I can tell you at the moment , ’ Mould smiled secretively and ran off in the direction of Mr Fractor 's classroom .
25 All I can say to you is that if it is to be good news , it would give me more pleasure than I can say ; and if it is to be bad — I have gone through it , and Anne , and many others , and one does survive and go on , though you think you never will …
26 All I can try to do is to outline what theists have been saying when they talk of God , and to try to offset some popular misconceptions of what they mean .
27 All I can say is I 'm sorry .
28 I did not intend to embarrass you deliberately , and I will do all I can to insure it does n't happen again .
29 Finally he declared : All I can say as an honest person is that this boy is the greatest man now living in the world .
30 As for Wolfgang 's opera all I can tell you is that , to put it shortly , the whole hell of musicians has arisen to prevent the display of a child 's ability .
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