Example sentences of "and i can [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was already aware that Ian had recently lost an argument with a South Uist bend resulting in a change in vehicle and I can impart to all past and future travellers to the Uists who depend on Ian for transport that journeys are now much more sedate than they used to be . |
| 2 | I mean I get phone calls everyday all day long from VETS who are saying I 've got this prickly ball , what the hell do I do with it , you see , and I can explain to them how to try and unroll a hedgehog and then what to do when you get inside the hedgehog . |
| 3 | I 'm going to smoke too much , I 'm going to smoke too much , I 'm going to drink too much , I 'm not going to do enough exercise , I 'm going to put on too much weight , I 'm going to stress myself too much , and I can talk to you five days about those conditions . |
| 4 | He he said you 're one person I can talk to , you listen to me and I can talk to you and er he did n't want to worry you at that time but for him , he did n't think he was suitable . |
| 5 | From this I derive a great sense of security , and I can stand on my own without worrying about the critics or the art establishment . |
| 6 | And I can speak for myself thank you very much . |
| 7 | I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles . |
| 8 | You know , I 'm easy going and I can cope with that , and get on and do the job with whatever it is that 's got to be done . |
| 9 | Yet , if the correct remedy is chosen ( usually by a skilful and sensitive therapist ) , the healing effect can be remarkable — and I can testify to this . |
| 10 | And I can testify to that . |
| 11 | I have seen the cluster cases in a village on the front line in Croatia and I can testify to their British markings . |
| 12 | As an adult in Panama I have stepped aside and contemplated the New World equivalent of the driver ants that I had feared as a child in Africa , flowing by me like a crackling river , and I can testify to the strangeness and wonder . |
| 13 | Within seconds it stops and I can tell from the direction of the line that the bait is lying in the thick of the roots . |
| 14 | And I can tell from a half-hour 's converse with him that he 's in good hands . |
| 15 | Er I 've been able just this week to set up a little er programme at er at work whereby er I have a list of all the newspapers and T Vs and radio stations on a file , and I can tap in a press release , press the button and it would fax them all one after the other , to the various interested bodies . |
| 16 | On the Monday , after making one mistake by phoning the Evening Standard — and I can sympathize with your reasons for that mistake ; after all , it was a heaven-sent opportunity to assert your father 's continued existence — anyway , after that you get a train back to London … |
| 17 | Having read through the er N Y N Y six and N Y seven , I 've got to acknowledge that it 's er far from easy to draw up a unified strategy for employment land in North Yorkshire and I can sympathize with the County Council er in their difficulties with the methodology and I think that they 've adopted a very fair minded approach to this , they 've er highlighted weaknesses wherever they occur , erm and I think that will be very obvious . |
| 18 | I 've no idea whether Europe is going to work , no one has , and I can think of huge historical reasons why it wo n't . |
| 19 | On the basis of her understanding , it appears that any artist in the USA who uses the conventions of the mass media in such a way as to produce a critique of the media ( and I can think of a good many ) is veritably a ‘ quasi-situationist ’ . |
| 20 | This is a subject to which more thought should be given , and I can think of no better organisation to pursue it than your own . |
| 21 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 22 | And I can think of no finer tribute than that . |
| 23 | And , while she was still digesting that piece of information , he added , ‘ And I can think of dozens of things I 'd like to do , beginning with a kiss and ending — ’ He broke off and gave a faint grin . |
| 24 | Er and I can think of erm nothing better than to leave you with this slide er which I think sums up where we 're coming from today and what we 'd like you to take away from today . |
| 25 | Now in those circumstances , and I can think of a number of schools where that works very well , the governing body is a very powerful force , for links out from the school into the outside world , not only into business and industry , but also into the L E A , and it 's actually quite a lot of schools quite like to have a County Councillor on their governing body because it gives them an in to the L E A at a policy-making , or an individual decision-making level . |
| 26 | A bit more rest and I can think about some gentle training . |
| 27 | At least there are the ghosts of meanings in there and I can dream in the space between electrons . |
| 28 | Hockey is a very low game and it 's all in the quads in your upper legs and I can move into the ball without slowing down , where as a bigger guy has to run in and stoop down ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , of course — I 've got some silver and I can go to the bank tomorrow . ’ |
| 30 | I says , You get them coupled up and I can rely on you to get them right you see . |