Example sentences of "[pron] i can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the girl dances close to me I can smell her perfume and all that has gone before is completely forgotten ; the slit trenches , the mosquitoes , the wounded and my dead comrades . |
| 2 | That came as a great surprise to me I can tell you . |
| 3 | So I thought well I 'll carry one of these for when I 'm going out in my car to which , you know , and if somebody does come up to me I can use it in a positive manner while in a split second time for me , hopefully beca , cos of my range of work |
| 4 | Yes my aunt was Mrs David , and goodness me I can remember her having the laces pulled in . |
| 5 | Well I got to work all day and I 'm still oh do you think , want me I can get you two I 'll write you a list , . |
| 6 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 7 | Nothing I can do you for ? |
| 8 | " If she knows , them there 's nothing I can tell her , but the truth , " he said lightly , desperately hoping it would n't come to that . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm afraid there is nothing I can tell you . |
| 10 | ‘ There is nothing I can tell you , Officer , ’ said Iris in her stilted French , ‘ but my friend has something that may interest you . ’ |
| 11 | Against : almost nothing I can put my finger on , except that it 's a darned expensive guitar and I expected it to justify its price by being inspiring — which , for all of us who tried it , it somehow failed to be . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , physically there 's nothing I can put my finger on . |
| 13 | It is a terrible , solitary kind of life , whereby I can not for instance have people with whom I can discuss my writing , unless I leave the country and meet people like Bessie Head , who died , or Buchi Emecheta and Ama Ata Aidoo . |
| 14 | I mean normally I do n't bother with the tokens , I mean I Anyway I paid the cheque and I said to Peter I said oh by the way what about me tokens for me for me toy I said if I get a free one of them I can give it to give it to the grandchildren . |
| 15 | Ooh great a , a lot of politic this is what I say they were , when I think of them I can remember them , even as , as a young girl and you know remember them they were all very , very er they were only just the average working woman er I do n't think , we had got , there again we 'd got an extremely good , they 'd got an extremely good secretary , a well-educated woman erm and er the whole family was involved and it was one of their family was went on to be an M P . |
| 16 | Well , I have n't got a fax here but I I can send you one because I certainly know my delegates would n't want to book at er mm . |
| 17 | The s working at the centre I I can tell you that one of the especially being the activities officer which is what I am , one of the biggest problems with the centre , is not being able to put things on , it 's getting people to be interested in them . |
| 18 | Right I can I I can tell you . |
| 19 | No , I I I can remember what it 's like actually . |
| 20 | I suppose it 's erm in in that sense erm er I I I I can see what you 're , this , I do n't think that 's a factor in in in the , in the erm in in the fact that these wars are short . |
| 21 | What we would advocate , as indeed Mr Smith did earlier , is that there should be a a global figure for Greater York , and a reduction , in an appropriate reduction in the requirement for each district , and I believe that anticipating you might ask me what that is what that reduction should be , erm I I can say it must be related to the ca capacity , of that district within Greater York . |
| 22 | I I can write it but when I is what quick ? |
| 23 | so er , I I can ask her anyway . |
| 24 | But , when we think of him today , which I can assure you we do , we think of those left behind . |
| 25 | But as I say , and then er , the other one which I can tell you was , which is absolute disaster ! |
| 26 | That is a good point on which I can give my hon. Friend not only a specific example , but an assurance . |
| 27 | an Amstrad , f for which I can give you my letterhead and formatting and you can then write letters for me . |
| 28 | ‘ I have a sum of money put by , which I can give you , ’ he said quickly . |
| 29 | But today 's date even that does n't apply because you you 're category 's above the level at which I can give you advice . |
| 30 | Twelve thou , you see , I 'm just wondering whether I should quote on a C I F basis which I can do you see , on the basis of , this if I add it up . |