Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ As far as I can tell their clubs are doing very well . |
2 | I can tell him things because he 's not involved , as you and Adams are . ’ |
3 | I guarantee I can tell what kind of actor a person is if I hear them do ‘ Three Blind Mice ’ . ’ |
4 | I can tell you Elsie I have never seen a fish like it . |
5 | I can tell you Chairman that a preferred route will be offered for approval by this committee in January in respect of the east bank |
6 | And whether it did anything else , I can tell you Peter , you 're not the only one that 's made reference to Gillian Sheppard being on the cover of our journal . |
7 | I can tell you Surkov petted with Mrs Thatcher , or at least boasted of having done so ; I would not feel able to confess to it myself . |
8 | You 'd be lost here I can tell you angel , especially given you do n't know how to get from Shepherd 's Bush to Hammersmith without a police escort . |
9 | I can tell our friends in the Box that after next May that will not happen any longer . |
10 | My husband tries to be sympathetic , but I can tell his patience is running out . |
11 | And I can tell your Mum |
12 | ‘ Until I can reassure our workers I am a little concerned that Ho might — might not make as many friends as he would otherwise do . |
13 | Well , I mean I take the view that if we are going to erm have something on the agenda , I can telephone his secretary , I can write to him , anytime , which I 'm quite willing to do , I can not see the point in sending things through the post at twenty five P a time when we shall never see the man , and if he comes here |
14 | I can hold my peace . |
15 | Now , I can hold my liquor as well as the next man , so it is ludicrous to suggest that when I reversed the club van into the tea hut I was under the influence . |
16 | ‘ I can hold my drink as well as anyone . ’ |
17 | I can hold my end of the conversation from here , if you 'd like me to . ’ |
18 | I can realise my stock and pay twenty bob in the pound if I go into voluntary liquidation now , before Masters of Notts gets deeper into trouble . |
19 | . That 's just the things we do , with the coronary arteries , we do coronary artery by- passes , I can , I can sew like any woman , I can darn your socks , we stick the veins on and we re-establish the the heart going a bit faster . |
20 | I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’ |
21 | And I was hoping to cos I can quote you instances where people have trained in the health service , and they 've been told nineteen seventy four seventy five , when you complete your training , you 're not guaranteed a job in this health authority . |
22 | Is there anywhere I can powder my nose ? ( meaning : ‘ I need a toilet ’ ) |
23 | I like writing letters and reading anything I can lay my hands on ! |
24 | There 's no specific area that I can lay my finger on to explain why West Indian kids underachieve … what is inevitable is that a lot of West Indian children particularly the bright ones will do fairly well up to either the beginning or the middle of the fourth year , and for some peculiar reason their progress will fall off towards the end of the fifth year . |
25 | I can wash his bottle out in two minutes . |
26 | Now , Father McGiff told himself , I 'll be able to resume my old evening routine when I can stop my ears to the world outside and listen only to God within me . |
27 | ‘ All I have to do is make one phone call to the plant manager and I can blow your cover . ’ |
28 | I can draw his face and his expressions , but words are all so used , they 've been used about so many other things and people . |
29 | Looking at her hair , I can pretend her face ai n't all hurt and that , and that everything 's OK and that . |
30 | ‘ I just hope I can do her justice . |