Example sentences of "[subord] i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I need is an introduction to a new house , where I can meet these fresh delightful creatures . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm sick of Portraits and wish very much to take my viol-da-gamba and walk off to some sweet village , where I can paint landskips and enjoy the fag-end of life in quietness and ease . |
| 3 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 4 | ‘ A room with lots of good natural light , and a large table where I can spread out my things . |
| 5 | I have reached a stage where I can watch television , as long as the programme does n't require too much attention , and knit at the same time . ’ |
| 6 | And I make a place for myself where I can watch them both out of the corner of my eye while I read . |
| 7 | There 's nowhere else with such a great choice of books , nowhere where I can trawl through such a selection |
| 8 | Want to get a 900 number , where people can call and get a message , where I can talk with them . |
| 9 | ‘ Now you listen to me — if I ca n't have a chalet I must have a room where I can talk to Silas privately . |
| 10 | Flaubert finished Madame Bovary on April 30th , 1856 : there at Croisset , there where I can jab my finger , between two spreading and unknowing sploshes of watercolour . |
| 11 | BELVILLE : I will not sue meanly where I can command . |
| 12 | I am going to ask Daddy to take me back home where I can go to work . |
| 13 | ‘ If I cry , he gets so angry that I ca n't bear it ’ , said another , ‘ and I go away and find somewhere by myself where I can go on crying ’ . |
| 14 | I need them written down , where I can touch them . |
| 15 | For my own part , having a little woodland garden , this is one of the two plants which I am forever poking in where I can find a place for another . |
| 16 | ‘ Where I can find you . ’ |
| 17 | That will stop you walking round the streets and put you where I can find you , thought Coffin . |
| 18 | Have you any idea where I can find her ? ’ |
| 19 | For I have come to rest in Rainbow 's wing-mirror , where I can keep all three players in this drama within my sights . |
| 20 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 21 | By the way , is there somewhere where I can freshen up ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm thinkin' of buildin' me a shed where I can work in peace , ’ he added , sucking his bleeding finger . |
| 23 | However I am not sure where I can obtain information about the relevant countries , especially their laws and regulations concerning visitors . |
| 24 | ‘ I wonder if you might tell us of a local hostelry where I can purchase a good dinner ? |
| 25 | Since then I have done something I should have done in the first place : found a gap in the rushes only ten yards downstream where I can heave into the fish without pulling them into more weed . |
| 26 | I 've always been fascinated by bag ladies who choose to live on the street- I 've come to the point in my life where I can understand what makes them drop out . |
| 27 | My medlar will be planted where I can see its pure white blossom in spring and watch its autumn leaves turn crimson . |
| 28 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 29 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |
| 30 | I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller . |