Example sentences of "[adv] [indef pn] i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid we have an emergency , and it 's not something I can handle alone . |
| 2 | ‘ Without knowing what it is I ca n't say — and it 's not something I can rush because the girl wo n't talk if she 's frightened , or she 'll talk but not tell us the truth . |
| 3 | Billy Cobham Band Jazz-rock drumming is not something I can claim to relish , but — setting prejudice aside — Billy Cobham does it better than almost anyone . |
| 4 | Well I , I , I 'll , what I 'll have to do is have a word with the local police on this , cos it 's not something I can deal with tonight . |
| 5 | As someone said before in his starts for Leeds his goals per match are pretty impressive , and he plays his heart out , not something I can say for Dean . |
| 6 | Not nought I can understand why you said nought . |
| 7 | Whilst there is always someone I can go to with a problem , on most occasions I see a case through from start to finish ’ . |
| 8 | But there is a little something I can detect in the atmosphere between those two that might or might not have something to do with the murder of Egan by Place . ’ |
| 9 | If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 10 | No , I ca n't nothing I can do here . |
| 11 | It just ai n't something I can savour or enjoy . |
| 12 | ‘ It is n't something I can put my finger on , Chieh Hsia . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | And from Quotable Women : ‘ I 'll read almost anything I can get my hands on from women 's magazines to Dickens . |
| 15 | Being only 5′ 2½″ tall myself I too feel very strongly about the unfairness of this , but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it except to warn you that in these circumstances you do need to be very accurate in counting calories in order to achieve a good rate of weight loss . |
| 16 | " There 's absolutely nothing I can do . |
| 17 | And that 's frustrating for you and it 's equally frustrating for me because I know there 's absolutely nothing I can do |