Example sentences of "[vb base] that i can [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | as if this were not enough , I now realise that I can no longer give Jacob children . |
2 | The instructions say that I can not enter the building after 11 o'clock this morning . |
3 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |
4 | I regret that I can not participate in the production on your track but will follow its release with interest . ’ |
5 | I regret that I can not quote the Minister exactly , but I am sure that he will tell me if my paraphrase is inaccurate . |
6 | I regret that I can not spell out part by part and line by line exactly what I want to achieve . |
7 | ‘ So you see , I am happy , yet I regret that I can no longer be of any assistance to you , ’ Ybreska murmured , ‘ deferentially . |
8 | I accept that I ca n't marry you now that I 'm poor . |
9 | I accept that I ca n't . ’ |
10 | ‘ Well , you know that I ca n't tell you things like that . |
11 | It did n't occur to you that we go away from here to be private , that our holidays are our own affair , that it might humiliate me to have Edwin Lorrimer know that I ca n't afford to take you to Venice , even on a ten-day package tour . |
12 | When I asked her things like that , she did n't want to tell me on other occasions , she said I know that I ca n't tell you . |
13 | I know that I can not endure alone . |
14 | You well know that I can not dispense with first-hand evidence . ’ |
15 | Personally I am strongly committed to a primitive Christianity , but I know that I can not return to the total world-view of the primitive church . |
16 | ‘ I 'd go back , to Europe , because I know that I can not be traced . ’ |
17 | I tell you this because I know that I can not expect trust if I do not give it . |
18 | I have always looked after it because I know that I can not afford another one . ’ |
19 | The reason that I put code four , is if I just put labels on the list , I know that I can not complete that task today . |
20 | Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer questions from readers through the medium of this column . |
21 | Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer all questions from readers through the medium of this column . |
22 | Now I find that I ca n't get all the data held in those hundreds of files . |
23 | ‘ Fear that you might leave Czechoslovakia without first returning to your hotel , ’ he replied , then grinned wryly as he added , ‘ For the first time in my life I find that I ca n't think logically — for why would you take a train to Mariánské Láznë to leave Czechoslovakia , when you could more easily take a plane from Prague ? |
24 | cos if I find that I ca n't find something , I 'll just have to look like |
25 | Sufferers from Chemical Dependency say " I have tried repeatedly to give up but I find that I can not . |
26 | At the moment I find that I can just afford my fortnightly twenty-minute flights , but in eighteen months time , when I reach the age of seventy , I wonder if I shall be able to afford £130 per year for the ‘ privilege ’ of flying ? |
27 | There is an imbalance , and I feel that I ca n't allow it to go on . |
28 | I feel that I can not allow this statement to pass without due comment . |
29 | I now admit that I can not tell the difference — but to hell with it , the sauce is so good ! |
30 | Unfortunately , limits of space dictate that I can not discuss all of the essays in the book . |