Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] [Wh det] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I can tell what they are walking on , maybe ; perhaps whether they are going upstairs or downstairs . |
2 | ‘ You know , Charlie my boy , from the way you says that I can tell what you really want is the dirt . |
3 | I can drink what she drank , inhale |
4 | Well I can , I can confirm what my honourable friend says . |
5 | Perhaps I can confirm what he said by reference to one statistic . |
6 | ‘ Is there a way I can record what I hear ? ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ Nick says I can do whatever I like ! |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | I like to think I can do what she does , but perhaps not as well . |
12 | But you can do what I ca n't do , I can do what you ca n't do . |
13 | I 'm glad he 's gone — I can do what I like , now . ’ |
14 | I can do what I like on these pages , and nobody on earth can prevent me . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’ |
17 | And to this she had answered , ‘ I suppose I can do what I like with my own money . ’ |
18 | I can do what I like . |
19 | I can do what I like . ’ |
20 | 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 . ’ |
21 | I 'm nearly seventeen and I can do what I like . ’ |
22 | " But they are powerless to do anything ; this chapel was built for my mural paintings and I can do what I like . " |
23 | ‘ He said to me , ‘ Look , you black bastard , I can do what I bloody well like ’ , ’ Roberts says . |
24 | ‘ I can do what I like , and I intend to stay with you , unless you object . |
25 | " I can do what I bloody like . |
26 | 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 . ’ |
27 | And er I thought I can do what I did at forty , and I did it , but look what I 've got now . |
28 | I paint my nails , I do what I wa I can do what I wan na do . |
29 | ‘ I can guess what you want , but it wo n't take a couple of hours . ’ |
30 | ‘ I can guess what you have in mind , ’ he said drily . |