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

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1 Is there any way that I can start these running automatically when I get into Windows ?
2 Although I was brisk at the beginning about the philosophical attitudes of AI workers , I owe the reader some small sample of them , that I can refer back to later .
3 My students see that I can manage to get to work every day , and I think they would feel guilty if they did not turn up too . ’
4 The nearest description of the text that I can manage is that it is kindly didactic .
5 Can you write me a story which has words that I can manage .
6 I mean I suppose it means that I can drink and they can drive .
7 I would like to fit a built-in dual-fuel hob in my kitchen so that I can cook with both gas and electricity .
8 I leap outside into the snow , stand ankle deep in the snow and strain frantically at the same time trying to remember which direction I am pointing so that I can give instructions about where not to get the snow for tomorrow 's tea .
9 Now , I want the best for you , the best that I can give you , because in a way you belong to me now , and Ben there . ’
10 Now about getting physical activity , I , I ca n't say that I can give your a er er a foolproof method because it will depend upon you .
11 ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’
12 The only guarantee that I can give is that there will not be a Tory Government after the 1992 election .
13 The most comforting assurance that I can give the hon. Gentleman , which I am sure that he will welcome , is that the results of the study will be made public .
14 I am not sure that I can give the hon. Gentleman the first information that he requested .
15 The best answer that I can give him is that the fact that Mr. Thorpe had available to him the escape route of appealing to a health authority elsewhere in the country meant that the process was not carried to its conclusion in north Devon .
16 If I should miss any , I shall write to the hon. Members concerned as soon as possible — if possible , before the commencement of the Committee stage so that any information that I can give may be used in Committee .
17 Er , Chairman the , the only advice that I can give Dr on that point is to say that the county council is not letting them down er the funding for major road schemes is provided by central government and we make a contribution towards it but if central government do not give us permission to go ahead with the race road scheme in terms of a grant , then in fact it will not go ahead and in that situation they may be let down , that is their judgement and that should be reflected in the way they vote at parliamentary elections .
18 My Lords , I I 'm not sure that I can give an absolute answer to that , it would be wrong for me to , to guess .
19 When I said to you earlier erm there 's several ways in which you can help me now the main way you can help me is erm is er the way I do , the way I prefer to do business is by personal recommendations and you 've seen the service that I can give you , you 've seen , we 've been through your , your personal situation , your financial situation , have you found that of benefit ?
20 If I 'm if I I am in luxurious position of saying that I can fit you in to some of these companies .
21 ‘ Put your head close so that I can whisper .
22 ‘ Three hundred roubles , it is all that I can spare . ’
23 In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’
24 I shift myself a stair higher , so that I can reach up and stroke my son 's head .
25 That I can talk about it ?
26 In one way life for me is difficult under these circumstances because , as I said , there 's no one really that I can talk to .
27 I have my family who always help me , and some very good friends that I can talk to and discuss problems that I have .
28 Not that I can talk — I 've got almost as many spots as Phil .
29 Especially now that I can talk to you about Chris .
30 Not , ’ said Hilary , stroking his chin , with a quizzical , self-mocking smile on his face , ‘ that I can talk . ’
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