Example sentences of "[noun sg] i can [verb] i " in BNC.
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1 | I said if you said to me , Geoff , I want all the overtime I can get I can get the overtime I 'll go round and I 'll try and or if you say to me well I do n't want the overtime , I 'm quite happy with a flat week then I 'll know what I am but I said you change from day to day , one day you wann it , another day you do n't ! |
2 | ‘ At the moment I can say I wanted to come here and not to America , ’ she smiled . |
3 | Thus , whereas in a face-to-face meeting I can say I 'm Joe Bloggs , on the telephone I must say This is Joe Bloggs or Joe Bloggs is speaking with third person verb agreement ( but see Schegloff , 1979a ) ; in contrast in Tamil we would have to say on the telephone the equivalent of Joe Bloggs am speaking , with first person verb agreement . |
4 | If I cross my hands over my breast I can think I 'm dead and in paradise , but it 's true what they say , you can get too tired to sleep . |
5 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |