Example sentences of "[vb base] i can [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I can move it and I can make i but I , I do n't |
| 2 | Well I mean I can assure them that the , the National Rivers Authority in the Thames region is monitoring rivers on a daily basis throughout the year and that we would hope to deal with pollution incidents as they occur , and we would hope with our monitoring and the pressure we put on third parties to er actually over the years , to improve things from what they are at the moment and to make things better . |
| 3 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 4 | I mean I can give it to you to take it in tomorrow morning |
| 5 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
| 6 | well no , I mean I can conceive it quite well |
| 7 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 8 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 9 | I mean I can tell you . |
| 10 | in some ways to though , I mean I can understand I think people , some people |
| 11 | I mean I can understand it in this day and age , people trying |
| 12 | I take I mean I can take them but I 'm not too fond of taking tablets |
| 13 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
| 14 | I mean I can help you a certain , a certain amount , |
| 15 | ‘ I expect I can make him understand , ’ she replied . |
| 16 | Right then , yes , I expect I can fit you — sure , July 17th will be just perfect — I 'll just cancel my holiday and postpone the opening … no , I 'll just write it in , no , no thank you . |
| 17 | Yeah say I can do it Wednesday nights , apart from that , you know it 's too bad sort of thing ! |
| 18 | ‘ I hope I can carry it off , ’ Loretta said anxiously . |
| 19 | I hope I can answer them . |
| 20 | I only hope I can make it . ’ |
| 21 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 22 | Then I panic and think ‘ Eeh , I hope I can do it . ’ |
| 23 | At least I hope I can find it again . ’ |
| 24 | Now , men , I hope I can trust you all to do your work well for me . |
| 25 | I hope I can see you again . ’ |
| 26 | Yeah I hope I can get it chest of drawers , even if it 's rough I 'll paint it . |
| 27 | Cause I can remember him saying before he used to drive round to spy . |
| 28 | Look I can do it . |
| 29 | ‘ As far as the clothing is concerned , it 's all in the reports , but to save you time I can tell you more or less what we found and it is n't a great deal . |
| 30 | Oh if you like I can put it through her door |