Example sentences of "i can [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell of many schools and many teachers doing an exciting job under very difficult circumstances : a school set up in abandoned , corrugated iron railway sheds in Ghana with no partitions , hot at midday and unspeakably noisy during rainstorms , yet well equipped with a cheerful co-operative staff , an open plan school , Ghana style ; an overcrowded school in Lesotho where teachers had evolved their own brand of team-teaching , one teacher imparting information to a class of 120 , followed by groupwork where two teachers and a student supervised written work ; a school down the road from them where Class I and 2 teachers who finished teaching at lunchtime had organised afternoon sessions on remedial reading for older children ; another in Francistown , Botswana , in temporary classrooms , with walls made of hessian and children organised into ‘ family groups ’ playing reading and number games under the guidance of older children . |
| 2 | On several of the meres I fish I can tell to within a few minutes when I will get bites . |
| 3 | I can tell by the way people look at him . |
| 4 | I can tell by the way she looks at them . |
| 5 | I am not very sure what 's wrong with her but I can tell by the way they start discussing the weather when I come into the room that it must be Women 's Trouble . |
| 6 | She is upset by the anger in my voice , I can tell by the way she rattles my cup . |
| 7 | I can tell by his face that he has not been successful . |
| 8 | Er , Colonel is erm , doing a very good job over there in trying to make our flesh creep over the whole police situation , but I can tell by some of the remarks that have been erm , given from the body of the chamber that not everybody agrees with him . |
| 9 | I know what you 're doing , I can tell by your face |
| 10 | but , but this , I 'd like to know brother James from this other brother Taylor , and that 's he 's always been er sort of s a strong wave sort of opinionated sort of person , cos he 's changed all that , well I can tell by talking to him last week |
| 11 | Sometimes I can tell from my clothes that my weight has changed , either up or down , but it does n't fill me with panic or even very much interest . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I can tell from your tone something else is terribly wrong . |
| 14 | I can tell from his expression . |
| 15 | I do n't know what I weigh now , but I can tell from the mirror and the clothes that I wear that there is , sadly , more of me than there was . |
| 16 | I have n't any real friends , but I can tell from Madame Rochard and Miss Lucchesi and the other girls whom I see coming and going from lessons . |
| 17 | I can tell from the way you 're sparking at me like a green-eyed cat that there 's nothing you 'd like more . ’ |
| 18 | I can tell from its whiteness , its crispness . |
| 19 | I can tell from Lil 's face , she ca n't decide whether to be diabolically proud of her achievements , or mortally ashamed . |
| 20 | I can tell from what he said that he is a strong supporter of the parents charter , without which those results might not have been fully known . |
| 21 | And I can tell from a half-hour 's converse with him that he 's in good hands . |
| 22 | Nor at home , as far as I can tell from his servants . |
| 23 | And I can confirm ( for the benefit of Glenn , I think it was ) that Howard Wilkinson is not a member either , as far as I can tell from the list . |
| 24 | But I can end with one piece of good news as far as I 'm concerned — the reappointment of Alan Davies and Robert Norster to the coaching positions . |
| 25 | ‘ You know the bad consequence of my laying myself under unnecessary obligation , and you will therefore take care that I only do it for real Friends that I can depend upon , ’ the member of parliament warned . |
| 26 | Please could you tell me something about this fish , such as how large will it get , so that I can prepare for rehousing it ? |
| 27 | I travelled to the plant to collect the guitar and was treated to a comprehensive tour of what I can confirm as an impressive facility of skilled and committed people in every department . |
| 28 | I can confirm as a matter of fact that the Scottish National party did not join the convention , although some distinguished individuals , no doubt at some political disadvantage to themselves , were prepared to do so . |
| 29 | I can confirm to the hon. Gentleman that there have been no serious discussions yet about the location of the European system of central banks . |
| 30 | I can confirm to my hon. Friend that we will not remove the limit and impose an extra 9 per cent . |