Example sentences of "[coord] i can [vb infin] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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1 | I know where I am now , because I get our money each week and I can control what I spend . |
2 | Perhaps I could at least stay until she wakes up and I can explain what 's happening . ’ |
3 | I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’ |
4 | 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 . ’ |
5 | I 'm nearly seventeen and I can do what I like . ’ |
6 | " But they are powerless to do anything ; this chapel was built for my mural paintings and I can do what I like . " |
7 | 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 . ’ |
8 | ‘ Ron compared getting Ray to Leeds signing Strach three years ago , and I can see what he means , ’ said McAllister . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | I was just gon na say you got a purple tint in your hair but I can see what it is now ! |
13 | I ca n't really see it but I can see what it |