Example sentences of "[conj] i can [vb infin] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ You know , Charlie my boy , from the way you says that I can tell what you really want is the dirt . |
| 3 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 4 | I do n't want to be tied , I want to leave my options free so that I can do whatever I want , I do n't need the extra responsibility , I mean I 'd like them but I just , I want my career first . |
| 5 | The argument also assumes ( b ) that I can understand what it is for others to have mental states . |
| 6 | And that 's where these certificates are the only guarantee that I can provide which will actually say well if we get fifteen percent inflation in nineteen ninety seven , they will pay fifteen p percent inflation , plus the three and a half percent three and a quarter percent bonus . |
| 7 | I also know how to get the red-tailed buzzard out of a tree at night , so if it flies off I stay by the tree in which it settles until dark , then I go and fetch sticks and a torch so that I can see what I 'm doing . |
| 8 | I want to be out on a limb with my back to the water so that I can see what the rest of the world is doing . |
| 9 | ‘ If the driver who hit him knows that he hit him , I would urge him to come forward just so that I can know what happened . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll do my make-up first , something fairly neutral so I can choose what to wear later . |
| 11 | The board has the same switches on it as I have on the rack , so if Bryan presses the board they light up for me too , so I can see what he 's got on . |
| 12 | I know where I am now , because I get our money each week and I can control what I spend . |
| 13 | Perhaps I could at least stay until she wakes up and I can explain what 's happening . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 15 | And although the sub-text of my increasing thinness ( which I chose to ignore ) read , ‘ I am doing this because I feel so helpless that not even my own body belongs to me ’ , the apparent text read to me , and increasingly to others , ‘ My body is my own and I can do what I like with it . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm nearly seventeen and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 17 | " But they are powerless to do anything ; this chapel was built for my mural paintings and I can do what I like . " |
| 18 | Sue Parker — mother of Julian , who 's only eighteen , by the way , ’ added Leonora with a wicked little grin , ‘ is keen to go into partnership with her , and I can do what I do just as easily after I 'm married as before . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Ron compared getting Ray to Leeds signing Strach three years ago , and I can see what he means , ’ said McAllister . |
| 20 | Now let me think if I can think what it was . |
| 21 | I feel each letter to see if I can guess which one 's mine . |
| 22 | Let me see if I can guess which one you made , Virginia ? |
| 23 | ‘ I remember seeing pictures of a fish like that at school , but I 'm damned if I can remember what it was , ’ said Yanto , thoughtfully . |
| 24 | No question about it , she had a face , but I 'm buggered if I can remember what it looked like . |
| 25 | Erm see if I can remember what on earth I did with the damn thing . |
| 26 | But I can do what I want , so perhaps it is possible to use one or two frames of a timpani shot to realize a particular moment in the music . |
| 27 | Do n't know but I can remember what happens with the alkali and the acid , you get calcium chloride , er it 's the same . |
| 28 | It had never really occurred to me to put things in those terms but I can see what he meant and to an extent he was partly right . |
| 29 | I was just gon na say you got a purple tint in your hair but I can see what it is now ! |
| 30 | I ca n't really see it but I can see what it |