Example sentences of "but i can [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Single motif procedures vary according to your machine , but I can do a very easy one on my Silver Reed machine by setting the machine to weaving , using an appropriate punchcard and moving the single motif cams in and out to make a big woven moon on a plain background . |
| 2 | ‘ But I can do an ad for a few thousand , then show them the sales figures . |
| 3 | My Icelandic only runs to ‘ coffee , please , ’ but I can tell the essence of his story from the colour of his face . |
| 4 | But I can tell the Hon. Gentleman that sufficient time will be given to take all such considerations properly into account . |
| 5 | Unlike the Labour party and the Militant Tendency we tend not to have card-carrying women , but I can tell the hon. Lady , although I was not asked this question , that precisely 50 per cent . |
| 6 | At present , other matters are proceeding , but I can tell the hon. Gentleman — I am grateful to him for seeking clarification — that in respect of a further order for type 23s , I expect that to be at a broadly similar interval comparing this with the previous order that was placed . |
| 7 | ‘ I must keep the water out of the boat , ’ I thought , ‘ but I can row a little in the smooth places . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't as yet sell many of my paintings , but I can make a sort of living by using my knowledge of furniture and china . |
| 9 | The other element is that the county 's are so dangerous , and that 's actually quite unusual , they 're so dangerous that we consider they present a risk and it has to be me that considers it presents a risk to life , and I can either restrict the use of premises , but I can prohibit the use entirely . |
| 10 | But I can kick the ball without pain now and tackling is no problem , so I am ready . ’ |
| 11 | I can not attempt to answer it here , but I can explain the difficulty . |
| 12 | But I can feel the difference . ’ |
| 13 | But I can create the right conditions for confidence . |
| 14 | As I , as I said earlier the new boy , the rather elderly new boy but I can assure the Professor if I were a hundred years old I 'd still be younger than 'im . |
| 15 | Erm no , but I can leave a message ca n't I ? |
| 16 | The match finished with a few variations on ‘ Boring Boring Ipswich ’ and ‘ I ca n't read and I ca n't write but I can drive a tractor/taxi ’ . |
| 17 | But I can have a lot of fun before they catch up with me , if they ever do . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't change my past , ’ he says , ‘ but I can have a damn good try at the future . |
| 19 | But no , but I can have a |
| 20 | I ca n't barn dance but I can have a jolly good bash at it . |
| 21 | But I can find a spokesman for you , if you like . ’ |
| 22 | Stravinsky himself upgraded quite a few of his own tempo indications , Nagano more so — there is a case for regarding Eumolpus 's solo at fig 118 ( track 2 , 8′41″ ) as too extreme : quaver=84 is the marking , Stravinsky is at about 100 , Nagano at about 125 — but I can find no evidence of undue haste . |
| 23 | But I can find no middle course . |
| 24 | ‘ But I can promise the fans I 'll be going out against Middlesbrough to make sure we get a win and put a smile back on the place . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But I can turn the boy into an ordinary thief now . |
| 26 | She never said anything about it when I went up there for my last leave , and she 's never written about it since , but I can imagine a little of what she felt . |
| 27 | ‘ But I can take a train . |
| 28 | It was called , I I ca n't remember it opening but I can remember the the Cooperatives Association , not the , it was the . |
| 29 | But I can remember the er a big tub in the floor and everybody sitting and er paring peeling potatoes you know for this . |
| 30 | ‘ But I can see no connection between their presence and the lady 's death . ’ |