Example sentences of "[verb] and i can " in BNC.

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1 I get to work and I can concentrate , ’ Linda said .
2 way to work And I can raise a smile , Frankly ,
3 Yet , equally , right close up in front of the cab the sound is muffled and I can not hear myself accurately .
4 You can tell me the things I need to know and I can go away .
5 That 's alright , play with it , there 's no point in saying anything to them Bev it 's now got to be proven and I say , if I can get it done and I can get it sent off , then they will point me in the right direction wo n't they ?
6 In his head , as in mine , the unending private minute is being written and I can read it , I discover , almost as clearly as my own .
7 I 've er , thank you , I 've never seen a fox hunt erm I 've er I think once er , once I got along to Cutts Close where the Boxing Day meet occurs and I can well accept that this Boxing Day meet draws a larger crowd of people from Oakham than any other activity through the year .
8 You know , I 'm easy going and I can cope with that , and get on and do the job with whatever it is that 's got to be done .
9 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 ?
10 I can touch and I can see
11 my heart starts racing and I can feel the pulses in my neck and like my throat 's constricting .
12 If you did end up as a German , however , you still played to win and I can remember a kind of perverse pleasure in being determined to win , even though I was a German , which was something of a contradiction .
13 I must be absolutely free to work as I like and I can not compose in public .
14 It was completely contrary to Lord Darlington 's natural tendencies to take such public stances as he came to do and I can say with conviction that his lordship was persuaded to overcome his more retiring side only through a deep sense of moral duty .
15 I said it 's okay I just erm you know , I do n't I 'll probably , I 'm fine on my own , I 've got things to do and I can watch T V and I
16 Mebbe for the Oxford game that should be the other way round ( ‘ I can read and I can write but I ca n't drive a tractor ’ ) ?
17 I can read and I can write but I ca n't tie a shoelace
18 these are recommendations from a joint working party D of E of the erm local authority association and they are to almost unbelievable for us to consider and I can only assume that the that we must remember that this is really a response to what I call Heseltine 's last squeeze which was the idea of executive mayors and so in a sense lip service which has to be paid somewhere along those lines but it does recommend that we think seriously about cabinet govern government about single party committees and I ca n't imagine how anybody in their right minds would argue now that the cabinet government when they see what cabinet government leads to in Westminster and what de facto cabinet government leads to in majority ruled councils up and down the country erm , there is of course a I think a misleading er er brownie point the idea of relaxing restrictions on members allowances but members must realise why that is in there .
19 She replied , ‘ Oh no , I was never allowed to cry and I can not relieve myself ’ .
20 I can assure you that I did and I can assure you that I have already thanked him on behalf of the Council , shook his hand and said how well he done it , but if you 'd like a letter to go to say how well he done it , then I 'll send a letter telling him how well he done it .
21 She 's very muddly and disorganized and I can see so clearly where she falls wrong … when I lived at home it was always a bit of a nightmare because I was always trying to get things straight .
22 It does n't matter what you think , it 's what people round here think and I can tell you now that you could get yourself into serious trouble . ’
23 Now in nineteen er nineteen fifteen , the the of course the War 'd started and I can remember this so well because the day after me birthday er there was a raid , a Zeppelin raid on and I saw this Zeppelin and that day the thirty first of January nineteen fifteen when this raid was , I wen I went to work at six in the morning and I finished work at quarter to nine at night .
24 He was a very volatile character when playing and I can only hope that age has quietened him down .
25 At the same time , the United Nations is clearly contemplating the circumstances in which a peace-keeping force might be sent and I can well conceive of circumstances in which , in order to underpin a peace , a peace-keeping force should be in place .
26 ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained .
27 He said you go up and lay in your bedroom he said and I can send her up when she comes in .
28 I 've replaced both gauges and the voltage stabiliser with DO effect and I can see no reason for this problem .
29 Anyway the next day Brocklesby is berthing and I can see the captain pointing at me , my hem was showing my petticoat was showing my hat off and afterwards I said to him erm what was so funny oh he said I was telling the Queen about you having those weeds for the rehearsal yesterday and she thought it was terribly funny
30 And so er they had to go to the workhouse you see and I can see it now in this er this cobbled street and this er cab er drawn by a horse of course , hansom cab .
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