Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Then she said , ‘ I can scarcely believe that two young people so obviously in love with each other could be so utterly foolish . |
| 3 | I can well understand that many older and less confident people feel comfortable and unthreatened in such places . |
| 4 | I can well understand that the political and governing classes are unhappy to see citizens associating freely in each other 's homes , in pubs and private clubs . |
| 5 | I 've er , thank you , I 've never seen a fox hunt erm I 've er I think once er , once I got along to Cutts Close where the Boxing Day meet occurs and I can well accept that this Boxing Day meet draws a larger crowd of people from Oakham than any other activity through the year . |
| 6 | I can well believe that when he now catches this distinctive smell when passing Indian or Pakistani restaurants a nausea returns to him — it is , so to speak , the cuisine of shame . |
| 7 | I can well believe that at home I was going through some such process for many years before I became anorexic , as well as during the course of the disease itself . |
| 8 | I can well believe that many Labour supporters changed their minds on polling day after being terrified by newspaper ads warning how much extra tax they would pay under Kinnock ? |
| 9 | I can well believe that he has always been in favour of a social charter in Europe , but he has never before asked us to be in Europe enjoying its disadvantages . |
| 10 | I can well imagine that you were protesting that there are behaviours ( like aggression ) which you simply can not ignore . |
| 11 | He is surrounded by a cast of variously eccentric characters , from her beefcake boyfriend ( I can well imagine that Kevin Kline stole the show in that part ) to his secretly fanatic prospective sponsor ( Imogene Coca , relishing every word of ‘ Repent ’ ) . |
| 12 | ‘ I can well imagine that somebody like you would strike a woman . |
| 13 | ‘ I can well imagine that you do not wish to leave here until you have proof . |
| 14 | I can also confirm that the section 4 scheme is not being suspended in Wales . |
| 15 | I can also confirm that £300 is available to enable John Bowers , of the Leeds Business School , to continue pursuing his critical examination of the economic justification of the barrage scheme on our behalf . |
| 16 | I can also confirm that the site shown for the station car park extension is acceptable . |
| 17 | I can also confirm that it is for the TAVRAs and for the local people to determine the most appropriate location for the individual company headquarters . |
| 18 | I can also confirm that this is indeed the most luxurious Range Rover to date . |
| 19 | I can also acknowledge that there must have been many women like her , all over Glasgow ; that there were then in the early 1900s when she was marrying and becoming a mother ; that there were later . |
| 20 | I can also reveal that he is forever scratching his head and his backside ( must be all that sand and dried salt ) , and builds some mean sand castles . |
| 21 | I can also appreciate that not all the statistics requested necessarily will be to hand but hope you can provide as much information as possible . |
| 22 | ‘ I can just see that Kim Bassinger falling for you , ’ I told him . |
| 23 | Huh , I can just see that coming off |
| 24 | I can just say that I 've clocked it , even though I can I just I ca n't clock it yeah I can just say I could cos I know how it end . |
| 25 | I can not feel that I am truly mistress here , while your mother is in residence . |
| 26 | Yet I can not feel that Adam was to blame . |
| 27 | I can not feel that we had been negligent , had we been dealing with another man . |
| 28 | All I can now remember of questions and answers is writing a three-hour essay on ‘ Security ’ , and I can not think that it was very good . |
| 29 | Such is 67 : The detail in much of this poem remains enigmatic , but here as in 68 I can not think that the references to false ornament and cosmetics ( including wigs made of hair taken from the scalp of corpses ) are favourable to the Friend , who seems to be encouraging corruption by his own example or presence in this milieu . |
| 30 | I can not think that this is right . |