Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] i can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I take the view that the Unity Development Plans for Leeds and Bradford do tend to me to suggest that there is the ability to meet an increasing amount of need in within their own areas and that that should be reflected in a continually reducing er export if I can call it that , to North Yorkshire , and this morning we heard from Cleveland that Cleveland are making gallant efforts to er to er retain their economic er viability by retaining their population . |
| 2 | It got rid of the crap if I can put it that way , sorted out my priorities . |
| 3 | ‘ I never 'ave anything to do with trash if I can 'elp it . ’ |
| 4 | I 've had a marvellous clear out — got every single shirt on to the line — and when you take that off you could put it in the bucket so I can get it out tomorrow . ’ |
| 5 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
| 6 | Maybe next time you 'll wear a pink carnation/ so I can recognise you — hooo ! |
| 7 | I do n't eat breakfast , just a cup of tea and a bit of toast if I can spare it . |
| 8 | I think he 's been drinking in the pub cos I can smell it on his breath . |
| 9 | Erm a few comments I 'd like to start with with Cleveland and the erm the idea that there 's there 's there 's there 's no problem whatsoever in accommodating erm the overspill if I can put it that way or the retention within Cleveland . |
| 10 | I do n't want you dining in the hall unless I can accompany you , and I 'll be busy at Wolvesey Castle with Simon until this evening . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Not to worry ’ said Alice , ‘ at least my mother will be pleased , but she 'll not be a skater if I can help it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This heavy-duty polythene should do the trick if I can wedge it across the gaps . ’ |
| 13 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 14 | Eunice : We own this place so I can let you in . |
| 15 | I try to twist my body so I can jab my left elbow in his face . |
| 16 | ‘ She gives a quick squirt so I can smell it , then finds a nice , easy chair till she hears me coming . ’ |
| 17 | Now , Father McGiff told himself , I 'll be able to resume my old evening routine when I can stop my ears to the world outside and listen only to God within me . |
| 18 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 19 | Nest of perverts , so they tell me , I wo n't have 'em in my service if I can help it . |
| 20 | I do n't much want to be a charge on charity if I can avoid it . " |
| 21 | ‘ I brought them over yesterday and George let me have a couple of boxes for the night but I do n't want to leave them over another night if I can help it . |
| 22 | I get stuck in a crowd of people coming out the tube and I have to stand on tiptoe so I can keep my eye on her . |
| 23 | I 'm watching it on television so I can tell you what happens . ’ |
| 24 | There are ways in which Sylvia still feels implicated in the abuse : she talks of ’ my sexual relationship with my father ’ ; ’ sharing a house and a crime ’ ; and ’ forgiving my father so I can forgive myself ’ . |
| 25 | And certainly we have kept the amou the amount of administration down to a bear minimum if I can show you . |
| 26 | Canoeing is new to me , so I am having canoe handling lessons at a local swimming pool and the local Bridgend Venture Scouts have very kindly offered to lend me a buoyancy aid , spray-deck and helmet until I can afford my own . |
| 27 | I 'm being honest er Rod if I can earn myself twenty five thirty thousand I 'm not I 'm not looking for you know fortunes . |
| 28 | Yeah no he was just saying that head office they 'll dictate to them like anybody else so he said I 've got to have erm the mortgage up to date for a start before I can consider anything . |
| 29 | I run into the arms of Andy 's parents walking with the dogs near the ornamental ponds and it seems like an age before I can tell them what 's happened because my voice wo n't work and I can see the fear in their eyes and they 're asking , ‘ Where is Andrew ? |
| 30 | 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 . |