Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can confirm that stories about meetings at the party-political level are pure invention . |
| 2 | I can confirm that Friday 5 February 1993 will be treated as special leave . |
| 3 | ‘ I can confirm that Major Anthony Dryland has been requested to resign his commission for misconduct by the Army board , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 4 | I can confirm that Community Councils are already included in the Structure Plan mailing list , together with the Queensferry Association . |
| 5 | ‘ I can appreciate that conditions were frustrating , with the high winds and the small greens , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ I can imagine that Aubrey might be indiscreet , but not that you — of all people — would celebrate the fact in your morning orisons ! ’ |
| 7 | I can imagine that Tom would find it funny . |
| 8 | I shall also do all that I can to ensure that brewers behave responsibly towards their tenants . |
| 9 | ‘ At this juncture , I am unable to comment further on Newman 's assertions , but I can reveal that Hide 's name has been linked very seriously with Bowe , ’ he admitted . |
| 10 | I can argue that Greenfield does not make this explicit because she is taking for granted conventions that she herself has learnt in the western education system and which she expects her readers to share . |
| 11 | I can report that things are going well . |
| 12 | ‘ Since we last fought in 1987 I can report that Darlington is in better shape , ’ he told more than 100 members of the Darlington Conservative Association at his adoption meeting . |
| 13 | For example , I can say that Jones is behaving just like Smith did , and we now know that Smith behaved as he did because he had feelings of being persecuted , so it is possible that Jones has feelings of being persecuted , too . |
| 14 | I can say that truth , friendship and the statute of limitations have a common root in time . |
| 15 | I can say that security at the Skinnergate branch is under review because of this . ’ |
| 16 | But I can say that John Aldridge will not be leaving here for under £1million . ’ |
| 17 | Looking specifically at the two areas in Hambledon , erm I would point out a Mr appears to make a distinction between the two areas , now I 'm not sure on what basis Mr does that , or whether he has undertaken some detailed landscape assessment , but I can say that Hambledon has commissioned a detailed landscape appraisal for its district wide local plan , which did n't show a distinction erm generally across that area . |
| 18 | I can see that England would be anathema to Fairfax . |
| 19 | Like all the other uses of see + to infinitive denoting inference , the sentence above can be paraphrased by means of a that- clause : ( 53 ) It might be soon , for I can see that Mrs Bonner is breaking visibly . |
| 20 | Ahead I can see that Odd-Knut has stopped and is off his sledge . |
| 21 | ‘ Now I can see that things are growing difficult for you , Hilary , with people dying in foreign countries . |
| 22 | I can see that happiness is waiting for you , if you really want it . |
| 23 | Batty , who watched Blackburn 's disappointing goalless home League Cup draw with third division Shrewsbury Tuesday night , added : ‘ I have enjoyed eight good years at Leeds but I can see that Blackburn intend to go places . |
| 24 | ‘ Although it was partly an ego thing , I can see that Simon probably did love me — in his way . ’ |
| 25 | I can see that people must have thought we were being very mysterious then , that we were a bit of a mystery , that The Bar was a very strange place ; but it never seemed that way to us . |
| 26 | Even I can see that Mr Kinnock knows nothing about economics ; as little as did Sir Alec Douglas-Home , who at least never had the temerity to pretend that he did . |
| 27 | Although age has made its inroads , I can see that Fairfax has the mark of a man who is attractive to women . |
| 28 | Of the other stars in Pisces , Theta and Omicron ( each 4.3 ) have K-type spectra ; I can see that Omicron is slightly off-white , but I have never been able to see any colour at all in Theta . |
| 29 | After long and entertaining research ( that 's hours sitting watching the story unfold and telling everyone that this really was work ) I can divulge that Johnny has a long-distance girlfriend , fishes an awful lot , is taken water-skiing by sharks , enjoys parties on passing cruisers , is invaded by ancient midget pirates , and is a very clean living , regular bathing type of guy . |
| 30 | putting it on the table If you do n't do that , I can guarantee that Bill , Bill is gon na play silly buggers . |