Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , perhaps , with this act of treachery I can finally buy my freedom from the burden of buried horror that bound me to Andy twenty years ago , so that — dispossessed of that trespass — I 'm left free to betray him again , now . |
| 2 | ‘ With you in charge at Swift , ’ said Charles , ‘ I can finally relax . ’ |
| 3 | But at any rate I can finally dust my hands and put my jacket on with a clear conscience . |
| 4 | This Southern Capital especially , the seat of — I can barely bring myself to utter the name — Amun , the False One , the Pretender . |
| 5 | The second is a refraction of the truth so wicked in its appeal to natural and real concerns that I can barely sit in my chair and type this . |
| 6 | Throw it I can barely lift it . |
| 7 | Look , I 'm furious , I can barely contain my rage , every gram of flesh I have is quivering with anger . |
| 8 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
| 9 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 10 | I can barely keep my eyes open . |
| 11 | That seems such ages ago , I can barely remember it . |
| 12 | As an academic critic and university teacher specializing in modern literature and literary theory , I spend much or my time these days reading books and articles that I can barely understand and that cause my wife ( a graduate with a good honours degree in English language and literature ) to utter loud cries of pain and nausea if her eye happens to fall on them . |
| 13 | I ca n't remember off hand but I can soon tell you . |
| 14 | I can soon break it . |
| 15 | He said oh I do n't mind cleaning he said but , he 's like Derek , I mean I , ooh I can soon clean well he 's a good , you know , cleaner I mean the bath , whenever he , blimey if ever he cleans the bath it looks ten times better than when I I do it . |
| 16 | I can soon pick up on the current contacts , get a good team together . ’ |
| 17 | But it wo n't matter — I 'm sure I can soon find friends . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I can scarcely stir out of my house ’ , he told his political masters in Whitehall , ‘ on account of public creditors waiting to demand payment of what is due to them . ’ |
| 19 | I sincerely wish you many happy returns of the season which I can scarcely realise as the winter of England , so odd does it seem to have the thermometer at 99 on Xmas day . |
| 20 | ‘ They are so grotesque I can scarcely bring myself to touch them , ’ says Carey . |
| 21 | Because they are white I had not occasion to exercise any choice of colours , but I can scarcely knit everything in white . |
| 22 | I can scarcely write the four words without going to pieces , and watching it actually makes me lose weight . |
| 23 | Mind you , travel was very much an academic thing for me until the television programme and even now I can scarcely say I am a travelled person . |
| 24 | Her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying . |
| 25 | ‘ I can scarcely breathe . ’ |
| 26 | I can scarcely believe the King is dead and think it just a rumour . |
| 27 | Well , well , well , I can scarcely believe it . |
| 28 | Well , we got through it all , I can scarcely believe that I came through all that and thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of it , and was not in the least bit sea-sick . |
| 29 | ‘ I can scarcely believe I 've lived in Cornwall for all these years and have n't seen any of this before ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's dated July 15th — just over a year ago — and he writes : ‘ Today father told me something about himself which I can scarcely believe . |