Example sentences of "i can understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a world I can understand , Jeff — not this place . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , I can understand you not wanting to go into a hostel , but from what you 're saying , a flat 's the sort of thing you want , is n't it ? ’ |
| 3 | Now I can understand why travellers rave about its obviousness . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's how emotional and intense it can be and I can understand that . |
| 5 | Within this creed appear supportive rational arguments but also agnostic admissions , such as ‘ I can understand little about that mind ’ and ‘ I do not know what ‘ divine ’ means ’ . |
| 6 | My perception of God is real and I can understand that for her he is n't . |
| 7 | I can understand the caution in the light of the Hillsborough disaster , but the charges per officer are outrageous . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But I can understand how you feel . ’ |
| 9 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 10 | I can understand so well what women feel when they are subjected to a male-dominated society — an almost intolerable urge to scream at those smirking , swanking Don Juans who think no woman can resist them . |
| 11 | I mean , I can understand it , honestly . |
| 12 | ‘ I can understand that , ’ says Friday , ‘ cos Irish people are into a more communal thing . |
| 13 | ‘ But I can understand people wanting to know . |
| 14 | That 's the only poem by Yeats I can understand . ’ |
| 15 | I think I can understand why he chose the 18th century . |
| 16 | Mr Barton , whose last job , ironically , was caretaker manager of Portsmouth , added : ‘ I can understand the pressure Graeme is under after the season he has had . |
| 17 | Although I can understand why some of my sisters are somewhat depressed by the prospect of a Ministry for Women ( we constitute , after all , more than half the population , a figure which raises the question : is one ministry quite enough ? ) , |
| 18 | I wear a personal stereo so I do n't hear their comments , but since I sweat a lot when I 'm running I can understand that they do not like it when I get too close . |
| 19 | I CAN understand why Barry Hearn is claiming that a rematch between Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn would be the ‘ biggest fight in Britain since the war ’ . |
| 20 | I can understand why Neil Kinnock might think so , but I am more optimistic . |
| 21 | I can understand your not feeling hungry , but you must force yourself . |
| 22 | At least that 's the way it is with me , if I can see something in operation I can understand it far more quickly than when someone tries to describe it ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I can understand that , Mrs Wilson . |
| 24 | ‘ I can understand your surprise at Mr Drennan askin' for the hand of your daughter . |
| 25 | Did n't happen any town that I knew of except London and I can understand why they did it in London — very expensive place for a young detective to make a shape — cost too much money keeping in front of your job there . |
| 26 | She was talking very softly and I yelled at her ‘ Do please talk so that I can understand you ’ in a very irritated voice . |
| 27 | I do not of course condone those riots , but I can understand them . |
| 28 | ‘ I can understand your reluctance to talk about what 's happened but you ca n't just push it to one side . |
| 29 | All I can understand from that is that it must be a universal image . |
| 30 | I can understand that the reasoning behind this deviation is wholly fashion-based . |