Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] [pron] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |
| 2 | ‘ Your generation just was n't educated , Pop , but I can tell you I hardly know anyone who does n't read French . |
| 3 | ‘ I can tell you I 've just bought a Peugeot 205 diesel for my son , ’ he smiled . |
| 4 | I can tell you I was feeling very sorry for myself ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've seen all the other sides and I can tell you I 'd honestly rather be at Everton than at any other club . |
| 6 | That way you can tell me you 're all right , I can tell you I 'm all right , and who knows : it might make the son of a bitch edgy . ’ |
| 7 | ROS : Well I can tell you I 'm sick to death of it . |
| 8 | Well I can tell you I went to Cambridge er on er the twenty eighth of December nineteen thirty one . |
| 9 | I can tell you I 've no intention of letting her slip away from me , and I 'll bet my bottom dollar she 's not going , either . |
| 10 | I can tell you I 've seen the video . |
| 11 | I know of anything that is happening down at the rear , I can tell you I have a very keen sense of smell . " |
| 12 | If somebody was interviewed by him and had a bad time , I can tell you I had a bad time , well to me it was a bad time , when I with him and he saw he spoke with me . |
| 13 | I agree , sometimes I can tell you I have witnessed a hunt and on a cold , frosty morning when er about forty or fifty horses are thundering across the ploughed field , it 's enough to p the power of that sight is enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up that 's not what we are against the hunter that came to me and says Eh up lad , I wo n't go drag hunting because I 'm sixty years old , I 've done it all my life and I like the ride , I like to be there I never see a fox killed that 's fact , it 's in the video . |
| 14 | I , I can tell you I , I 've done it , you know . |
| 15 | Places , I can tell you I know somewhere looking at them and I think where do I know you from |
| 16 | ‘ I 've got a bead on him , and as long as I can hold it I 'll have him when he moves . |
| 17 | I can swear it I like okay |
| 18 | ‘ Is there a way I can record what I hear ? ’ |
| 19 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 20 | ‘ Nick says I can do whatever I like ! |
| 21 | I do n't want to be tied , I want to leave my options free so that I can do whatever I want , I do n't need the extra responsibility , I mean I 'd like them but I just , I want my career first . |
| 22 | But erm the doctors have told me really I can do whatever I want to straight away virtually you know , and erm I 'll just give it another week or two weeks before I start practising erm and you know , I 'm very fit now . |
| 23 | I 'm glad he 's gone — I can do what I like , now . ’ |
| 24 | I can do what I like on these pages , and nobody on earth can prevent me . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 27 | And to this she had answered , ‘ I suppose I can do what I like with my own money . ’ |
| 28 | I can do what I like . |
| 29 | I can do what I like . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |