Example sentences of "[adv] i can [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Erm perhaps I can invite my colleague from the office of management and budgets to speak to that one .
2 GUIL : Perhaps I can use my influence .
3 So I can 'ave my picture in Vanity Fair wearing purple an' yellow tights , an' I do n't look anyfink at all like a sad old queen who 's seen much better days .
4 And a thousand widgets will generate enough profits so I can pay my workforce , and some profit for myself .
5 I need to get myself back on my feet and forget all this and get it all sorted out and so I can live my life again .
6 I know keep , I picked everything up so I can get my lamp on , I , after I put the lamp on
7 ‘ Please would you move so I can get my car out . ’
8 So I can colour my hair to fill in the gap .
9 If I shift in my harness and lean nervously backwards I can see my partner creeping nearer on a wall of loosely compacted rubble , brushing and blowing the sand from the holds as he swings upwards .
10 No I w are you , you do do n't suppose you 're , well still I can use my pass ca n't I ?
11 Now I can look my butcher in the face .
12 Well I can put my hair in myself .
13 ‘ Perhaps when I get back to London I 'll invest in a pet , a dog , or maybe a cat , and then I can pour my heart out whenever I want to . ’
14 Do n't want to ever come back ; can you phone Chambers and tell them I 've perished on a mountain , and then I can change my identity , and disguise myself as one of the locals and no-one will be any the wiser .
15 I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’
16 Is there anywhere I can powder my nose ? ( meaning : ‘ I need a toilet ’ )
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