Example sentences of "[adv] i can [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Fourthly , fourthly I can tell him that prescription charges will raise nearly three hundred million pounds in the forthcoming year . |
2 | Perhaps I can blame it all on the gin ( please , I was drunk , I did n't know what I was doing , it was n't my fault , etc. ) but I doubt it . |
3 | Perhaps I can give you some of the background to this particular matter . |
4 | Perhaps I can remember what each individual achieved without looking at any written work . |
5 | laid out so I can pull it all together . |
6 | Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . |
7 | The sooner you 're on income support again I can sign you up to one of these green forms , so I can give you some advice on that . |
8 | Sit down so I can fasten you all in . |
9 | Mm , yeah , well , there again , if I leave early I can take it all in my stride ca n't I ? |
10 | Well I can tell you that |
11 | Well I can give you some names to start with ! |
12 | If it 's just a cough to go with the cold then there 's nothing they can do anyway , but if it 's an asthmatic cough then I can give him some erm Ventolin . |
13 | And then I can give you this . |
14 | I have to stare at it very hard , Miss Honey , very very hard , and then I can feel it all happening behind my eyes , and my eyes get hot just as though they were burning but I do n't mind that in the least , and Miss Honey … |
15 | Cos if I 've got her letter then I can copy it all down perfectly . |
16 | I hope we can wipe off the smiles in a fortnight — then I can get my own back ! |
17 | Every now and then I can see it all so clearly ; a nice log fire and a little round table with a tablecloth , and hot toast with great slabs of butter , and crumpets with honey all oozing out of the little holes , and a china cup with steaming tea — ’ |
18 | Er yes okay I can give you that , yes . |