Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the very thing that was supposed to wake them up , the noise of the alarm bell , was turned in the dream into a wishful of now I can go on sleeping , okay there 's a bell , but it 's Sunday morning , you know , the bells are ringing , the church bells are ringing , I can go on sleeping , so they went on sleeping and they were late for the exam . |
| 2 | And it gives a rudimentary account of how I can do this . |
| 3 | I am interested in leaving a bequest to RAFA and would like to obtain further details of how I can help . |
| 4 | May I appeal to anybody who might have information , or might know of where I can find information , on Alton in this period . |
| 5 | I had five shots of local anaesthetic , and after about 10 minutes the surgeon pulled out this wriggling black larva and everyone burst into applause , but the photographer said , ‘ Oh , I missed that , can you put it back in so I can take a shot ? ’ |
| 6 | From here I can watch |
| 7 | Well from here I can see all sorts of bits so I suggest if you get |
| 8 | There 's nothing in here I can chuck away . |
| 9 | I would n't exactly fit in here I can see . |
| 10 | ‘ From there I can get a bus to Sligo Town , in County Sligo , up in the north of the province of Connaught . ’ |
| 11 | Otherwise it get 's sore , but then every time I walk in there I can see every joint a lot better . |
| 12 | It ends with a space for the respondent 's name and address , saying : ‘ Yes ! please send me details on how I can foster an orphan elephant . ’ |
| 13 | Do you have any suggestions on how I can get them to budge ? |
| 14 | That 's coming to then I can start to look in more detail |
| 15 | At once I can see Annexe B , Summerchild 's list of possible members of the Unit , as clearly as if it had just come out of the porridge oats box . |
| 16 | I think they should get rid of the stigma in condoms , cos what frightens me is that in about ten years time my daughter will come and maybe ask if she can go on the pill and at least I can tell her no , use a condom there 's less chance of sexually transmitted diseases , but it 's my sons they wo n't come and ask . |
| 17 | ‘ But at least I can go outside today . |
| 18 | I admit that life certainly is n't perfect at the moment , but at least I can cope with it . |
| 19 | But if I 'm going to let myself be bored to death , at least I can do it right here in the comfort of the hotel . |
| 20 | And at least I can sleep at night . ’ |
| 21 | At least I can cover mine . |
| 22 | At least I can walk an' see . |
| 23 | ‘ On that at least I can set your friends ’ minds at rest . |
| 24 | ‘ At least I can watch the telly as I train — although it 's hard breaking the racing routine of having breakfast at lunchtime and your main meal at tea time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Now at least I can retire with some money , ’ said Alex , a BR worker for 46 years . |
| 26 | the whatsernames , so at least I can know whether to go home and come back |
| 27 | ‘ Just make sure , ’ she continued imperiously , ‘ that you only work until five o'clock , so that at least I can have some privacy in the evenings . ’ |
| 28 | So I said well you know , I ca n't just wind it up over the next six months , I said er what I wan na do I said is erm I got ta carry it on for that transit for that Orion till I finished anyway so it 's got ta go another year so I said well what I 'm feeling about doing I said is er just sort of keeping a finger in the pie I said , he said , if I 'd said tomorrow , if I had finished the whole the tomorrow I 've got ta buy a car I can buy it finance so I 'm gon na get no tax relief on the H P I get no depreciation no nothing like that I said so at least if I still self employed I can if I have the sort of two or three vehicles or whatever three , four , five vehicles but I said at least I can have some erm and I can then sort of they would be more utilised , where as I said at the moment we got more vehicles than we really need to keep full capacity so he said yeah , yeah fair enough then . |
| 29 | I felt bloody awful this week , but erm at least I can run around a bit , come on Henry bally down , bally down , sit , good boy , go charging off up there and if you throw it , you wo n't see where it goes it 's so dark . |
| 30 | At least I can buy one . |