Example sentences of "[conj] i can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I make a place for myself where I can watch them both out of the corner of my eye while I read . |
| 2 | Flaubert finished Madame Bovary on April 30th , 1856 : there at Croisset , there where I can jab my finger , between two spreading and unknowing sploshes of watercolour . |
| 3 | I need them written down , where I can touch them . |
| 4 | Have you any idea where I can find her ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Where I can find you . ’ |
| 6 | That will stop you walking round the streets and put you where I can find you , thought Coffin . |
| 7 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 8 | I 've always been fascinated by bag ladies who choose to live on the street- I 've come to the point in my life where I can understand what makes them drop out . |
| 9 | My medlar will be planted where I can see its pure white blossom in spring and watch its autumn leaves turn crimson . |
| 10 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 11 | ‘ All of you get out where I can see you , ’ shouted Hitch . |
| 12 | I merely want to keep you where I can see you while I dress more in accordance with entertaining an unexpected caller . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
| 14 | Do you know what it is , and where I can get one ? |
| 15 | ‘ I can drag you or I can carry you — except that it would probably kill me . ’ |
| 16 | " If you have other inquiries you wish to make I 'm sure that he or I can satisfy you . |
| 17 | Er I can put it in , in a bottle or I can give you tablets . |
| 18 | You can come quietly — or I can make you ’ |
| 19 | You can come quietly or I can make you . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I can either trust you and allow you to take charge of the whole business , or I can decide you 're not to be trusted and take charge of things myself . |
| 21 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 22 | Or I can charge you — withholding information , conspiracy , being an accomplice , possession of heroin , indecent exposure : anything that comes to mind , really . ’ |
| 23 | When I go abroad on holiday , I think : I 'm here for two weeks , I can either sit here fully dressed for a whole fortnight , or I can take my leg off and jump in the pool . |
| 24 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
| 25 | I can not possibly explain to a lay audience the techniques I used to study these genes — although I can tell you they involved the use of a type of radio microscope , and considerable extremely complex computer work — the programming alone involved almost a year 's work . |
| 26 | Nor just the pleasures of the table , although I can promise you that the chef here is superb . |
| 27 | And there is a sense in which this applies , but although I can appreciate his point that seeking a good reputation may well dominate the practical order , if it were also to dominate the activities I have designated ‘ second-order ’ then it makes nonsense of the possibility of ‘ disinterestedness ’ , enjoying something for its own sake . |
| 28 | There is an old-fashioned quality to these performances which leaves me wishing for something just a little less well-upholstered , although I can imagine anyone coming to Bach for the first time with this recording could well come away with the impression that old LEAVES is quite simply the ‘ bizz ’ , and I for one would not wish to argue with that ! |
| 29 | I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older . |
| 30 | Although I can see your frustration re : franky boy |