Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pron] can [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay well we 're in a really bad situation , I mean we can achieve something at least and perhaps oh perhaps communism does n't work after all , they just seem to be doubting their own beliefs and what they 've read . |
| 2 | Do we want somebody who will just do , cos I 've got , I mean I can get somebody just to do that if that 's all you want done , that could be done easily |
| 3 | but erm , I mean you can get everything there on Sunday you 've really no need to cook , cook at all , I mean you could go over there and have a meal for about two pounds fifty |
| 4 | We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic . |
| 5 | I mean you can imagine somebody saying , well it 'll last me out , I 'm not bothered . |
| 6 | I I mean you can put anything in there really . |
| 7 | And I hope you can do something for this little lad here . |
| 8 | I hope you can , I hope you can do something with it , because being truthful I just , it 's just |
| 9 | ‘ I hope someone can do something for him . |
| 10 | The startled youngster said : ‘ I have n't got a girlfriend , but I reckon I can afford one now . |
| 11 | She is a great believer in persistence : ‘ I believe anyone can do anything if they really want to enough . |
| 12 | And I 'm so confident that I believe I can beat anyone — starting with Bowe . |
| 13 | I am entering the RAF and then the Navy because I believe I can contribute something to this country by so doing . |
| 14 | Still if you do n't want to co-operate with the department , I guess I can rake one up fast enough . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Because here I feel I can do anything at all . |
| 16 | I feel I can beat anyone at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | It sounds ridiculous — it is ridiculous — it 's one of those huge ridiculous facts that one tries to close one 's eyes to , they 're so absurd — and I 'm only mentioning it because it 's two o'clock in the morning , and I feel I can say anything to you . |
| 18 | ‘ I bet he can explain everything . |
| 19 | " Why , I think we can do something about that , " said the little girl . |
| 20 | I think you can have anybody anyway . |
| 21 | ‘ I think you can trust everyone here . |
| 22 | Taking several samples of firedamp in glass bottles , Sir Humphry returned to London telling Buddle , ‘ I think I can do something for you ’ . |
| 23 | But , ’ I jumped in as he was about to interrupt , ‘ I think I can do something for you . ’ |
| 24 | I think I can do anything , one leg , no legs , one arm tied behind my back . |
| 25 | I think I can smell something burning … ’ |
| 26 | I think I can risk one more , in that case . |
| 27 | Well I think I can remember something like that then . |
| 28 | ‘ I think I can hear something , ’ she said after a while . |