Example sentences of "[adj] i can [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Are n't I playing high status in that I can tell you who you are ? |
2 | Of that I can assure you . ’ |
3 | This I can tell you is a great relief . |
4 | Oh it 's this I can hear I thought I could I thought I could hear something . |
5 | The cheapest I can buy them for my dinner is £2.50 per half hundredweight bag . |
6 | Erm the cheapest I can get them is about two hundred pounds , the fastest I can get them is forty-eight-hour delivery . |
7 | How much I can give you |
8 | There 's not much I can teach him about riding , as you see . |
9 | I 'm proud that in the last two years under my administration we have not had one compulsory redundancy , and it 's not easy I can assure you . |
10 | Those are both white I can assure you . |
11 | left in an oasis for all these I can show you it 's also having I 've some nice red carnations which I shall They 're er not fringe fringed are they ? |
12 | Good I can read it now . |
13 | Near enough That 's ooh in the oven and the steak 's done If it 's late I can grill it then you have it when you want it . |
14 | ‘ All I can give you at this stage is fine words when what is needed is action . |
15 | Actually , this is all I can give you … lightning flashes of highlights … momentary glimpses of specific scenes … mental pictures to be recorded on paper , for posterity . |
16 | That 's all I can give you . ’ |
17 | Think about all I can give you . ’ |
18 | How much are you smoking ? ’ and I said ‘ About a gram ’ and he said : ‘ Well , all I can advise you is to go out and buy a gram of heroin and just wean yourself off . ’ |
19 | All I can tell you with certainty is that I , for one , have no self , and that I am unwilling or unable to perpetrate upon myself the joke of a self . |
20 | ‘ All I can tell you at the moment is that she is on the danger list . |
21 | That 's about all I can tell you . ’ |
22 | ‘ That 's all I can tell you at the moment , ’ Mould smiled secretively and ran off in the direction of Mr Fractor 's classroom . |
23 | As for Wolfgang 's opera all I can tell you is that , to put it shortly , the whole hell of musicians has arisen to prevent the display of a child 's ability . |
24 | ‘ We talked about football but all he wanted to talk about was sex , ’ she said , before adding , ‘ I hear he 's not been scoring many goals recently and that 's why he left Arsenal , but all I can tell you is he certainly scored a hat-trick with me that night . ’ |
25 | ‘ That , ’ said Lady Agnes , rising to her feet , ‘ is all I can tell you because that is all I know . |
26 | All I can tell you about him is that he was an ensign flying a Catalina aircraft in England thirty-two years ago . ’ |
27 | This is all I can tell you about the rapid modification process ; it has the effect of diminishing the prominence of events and combinations of events that normally occur together , giving prominence to new associations . |
28 | All I can tell you is that much will change , rapidly and dramatically , and that once you get over the shock you 'll discover everything has worked out for the better . |
29 | That 's about all I can tell you . |
30 | ‘ That is all I can tell you , Mr Wycliffe , because it is all there is to tell . |