Example sentences of "i can [verb] [pron] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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1 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
2 | Erm so I c I could n't buy any of what you were telling me and it 's all like a , it was all a smokescreen I was putting up , the accountant , basically I , I was not erm buying anything er and the compressed funding was just blowing my mind because I could n't understa er it was basically giving me an easy option to say I do n't need to do anything cos I can compress my funding at forty five wo n't I , when my business has taken off . |
3 | ‘ I can see you are distressed by the business conducted here , but I can put your mind at rest . |
4 | I can understand your outrage at your sister taking your place ; what I do n't see is why you persist in denying your own relationship with Garry . ’ |
5 | ‘ I can understand your surprise at Mr Drennan askin' for the hand of your daughter . |
6 | In fact , I can describe his manner at that moment no better than the way Miss Kenton puts it in her letter ; it was indeed ‘ as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there ’ . |