Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i can [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
| 2 | I feel each letter to see if I can guess which one 's mine . |
| 3 | He then continues to say ‘ This is a game to see if I can make you say ‘ sixteen ’ within sixty seconds ' . |
| 4 | I 'm gon na put that one on to see if I can get me score down . |
| 5 | I do it ( a little ) to see if I can get him drunk and careless , but so far he wo n't touch it . |
| 6 | I stare into the TV picture to see if I can see anyone moving in my flat . |
| 7 | There is an objectivity behind the subjectivity of our preferences which entitles you to recommend to me a dish which you do not choose yourself and which I have hitherto been repelled by , but may come to like if I can forget my prejudices and for the first time attend closely to the flavour . |
| 8 | I 've now come to realise that physically Will is no longer around , although I still like to think that I can feel his presence in other ways |
| 9 | I mean I 'm , I 'm , I 'm only going on the fact that I I tend to do everything on the cheap so I tend to get if I can find somebody who does photocopying I can do it then we 'll do it . |
| 10 | My own health is suffering and my daughter tells me to stop but I can see it causing a family row . |
| 11 | However hard it is , however cosy you are in your chair , you must just say , ‘ I 'm going to stretch my legs ’ or ‘ I 'm going to walk down the passage just to show that I can do it ! . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't know about you , but if I had to sort of pass something on to somebody else to check , if I can see somebody scribbling on it , I , I , I , I feel quite edgy , I hate it , I like to feel that I can do it and I can do it well and that other people do n't need to have to amend it . |