Example sentences of "but i can [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Icelandic only runs to ‘ coffee , please , ’ but I can tell the essence of his story from the colour of his face . |
| 2 | But I can tell the Hon. Gentleman that sufficient time will be given to take all such considerations properly into account . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But I can kick the ball without pain now and tackling is no problem , so I am ready . ’ |
| 7 | I can not attempt to answer it here , but I can explain the difficulty . |
| 8 | But I can feel the difference . ’ |
| 9 | But I can create the right conditions for confidence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I can turn the boy into an ordinary thief now . |
| 13 | It was called , I I ca n't remember it opening but I can remember the the Cooperatives Association , not the , it was the . |
| 14 | But I can remember the er a big tub in the floor and everybody sitting and er paring peeling potatoes you know for this . |
| 15 | ‘ But I can see the potential of it . |
| 16 | I 'm against violence but I can see the logicality that people felt they had to fight to win their independence . " |
| 17 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ replied the nurses , ‘ you 're not even three fingers dilated , ’ until one of them , a girl with a lot of red hair , opened Wendy 's legs and looked and screeched , ‘ But I can see the head ! |
| 18 | The entire course , and not least the tees , naturally still need time to settle but I can see the day coming when Westerwood could even stage the Scottish Open , " said Steve . |
| 19 | ’ It is an infringement but I can see the need for it . ’ |
| 20 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |