Example sentences of "that [pers pn] can [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just feel sometimes that I can throw a rock into a pool , and watch the ripples create a certain amount of discussion . ’ |
| 2 | These people never realize that I can stand a row better than any of them , he thought . |
| 3 | I like to know that I can paint a hand or fingernail in great detail , almost photographically in contrast to areas of detail . |
| 4 | I am hoping this will improve my grasp of the key issues so that I can make a more direct contribution on this front in future . |
| 5 | Nenna thought : I 'm pleased for him to see that I can make a proper job of something . |
| 6 | Yes , thought Dyson , at that I can feel a pricking behind the lids of my eyes ! |
| 7 | I have to prove that I can do a better job than the lads already in the side . ’ |
| 8 | But we hope so , but I do n't I 'm not facetious enough to think that I can change a personality in a person , but what we 're trying to do is make him feel a loving and a commitment , that we are providing him with the best we can . |
| 9 | It is only with the help of adult hindsight and historical analysis that I can detect a period charged with political tension , of doomed innocence in waiting . |
| 10 | It is only when I realise how fragile my life as a human being is , by becoming aware of its limits , that I can become a fully free person . |
| 11 | ‘ I am saying that I can produce a printed Sherlock Holmes story by Conan Doyle which contains the words ‘ Elementary , my dear Watson . ’ |
| 12 | I tell them I am making a good living , that I can support a child , that I want a baby more than anything , but they refuse . ’ |
| 13 | First , I would like you to drive me to Taunton , so that I can catch a train back to London , in order to be at the Variety Theatre this evening for — among other things — a performance of The Hooded Owl . ’ |
| 14 | It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape . |
| 15 | Next morning over breakfast I decide to go back into Þingeyri to catch a plane back to Ísafjöđ3ur in the hope that I can get a boat or bus from there . |
| 16 | I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him . |
| 17 | I find now that I can take a little comfort for acting beyond my authority and without Don Bennett 's knowledge of what I was doing . |
| 18 | I still hope that I can tie a deal up next week . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She 's having a short stay in hospital at the moment so that I can have a holiday . |
| 20 | It 's about 1½ ″ below my shoulders and I am trying to grow it so that I can have a style that 's cut straight across the bottom . |
| 21 | And they told me that I can have a job back there any time I want . ’ |
| 22 | yes , well is there any more you want to say on that , is er , er , er , subject to Mr as you say of course , erm I just simply wanted to know erm so that I can have a , a , a look , erm at what on one view , erm might be the , the case , it might clear be the conclusion that you er incorrect in or partially incorrect or I was unable to answer all the questions er at this stage |
| 23 | One that she can play a tune on . |
| 24 | Breathes there a woman with soul so dead that she can take a trip round Bath 's exhilarating architecture without wanting to take home ‘ a touch of the Georgians ’ — even if it 's only a silver spoon ? |
| 25 | It has been argued that you can identify a person 's class according to his dress , manner of speech , address , attitude to education , leisure habits etc . |
| 26 | Tony always says that you can tell a happy motorcyclist by the flies on his teeth . |
| 27 | His latest joke is that you can tell a happy musher by the dog shit on his teeth . |
| 28 | ‘ Camilla believes that you can tell a great deal about a nation by its lavatory habits . ’ |
| 29 | Once you know that you can manifest a parking space whenever you need it , you will be open to making the ‘ impossible ’ happen . |
| 30 | To cut a long story short , the discovery of the sixties was that you can measure a range of attitudes to each of a group of competing brands , and get a clear , coherent pattern of differences between them : what is more , you can repeat the process at intervals , and monitor changes in these attitudes . |