Example sentences of "[vb base] i can [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do we want somebody who will just do , cos I 've got , I mean I can get somebody just to do that if that 's all you want done , that could be done easily |
| 2 | And I 'm so confident that I believe I can beat anyone — starting with Bowe . |
| 3 | I am entering the RAF and then the Navy because I believe I can contribute something to this country by so doing . |
| 4 | Now I want a top three medal , and I genuinely believe I can get one , ’ he said at the Luton social club where he runs one of the few silat classes in this country — there are less than a hundred active practitoners of the martial art in Britain . |
| 5 | The startled youngster said : ‘ I have n't got a girlfriend , but I reckon I can afford one now . |
| 6 | Still if you do n't want to co-operate with the department , I guess I can rake one up fast enough . ’ |
| 7 | I feel I can beat anyone at the moment . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Because here I feel I can do anything at all . |
| 9 | It sounds ridiculous — it is ridiculous — it 's one of those huge ridiculous facts that one tries to close one 's eyes to , they 're so absurd — and I 'm only mentioning it because it 's two o'clock in the morning , and I feel I can say anything to you . |
| 10 | Taking several samples of firedamp in glass bottles , Sir Humphry returned to London telling Buddle , ‘ I think I can do something for you ’ . |
| 11 | But , ’ I jumped in as he was about to interrupt , ‘ I think I can do something for you . ’ |
| 12 | I think I can do anything , one leg , no legs , one arm tied behind my back . |
| 13 | Well , I could have but then I always think I can do anything , do n't I ? |
| 14 | I think I can smell something burning … ’ |
| 15 | And you 're on the phone for ages and ages talking about A B and C , and all a sudden you think I can smell something burning . |
| 16 | I think I can risk one more , in that case . |
| 17 | ‘ I think I can hear something , ’ she said after a while . |
| 18 | Well I think I can remember something like that then . |