Example sentences of "i can [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I am thirty-five years old , and married to a traditional observant Jew and living in one of London 's most Jewish areas , I can laugh at the mistaken ideas I had . |
| 2 | We work well together , I respect him as a professional , I can laugh at his jokes and I can even accept that his genius probably entitles him to live by a set of standards most of us do n't even recognise as standards — but that 's it ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Matilda , so far as I can gather at this early stage , is also a kind of mathematical genius . |
| 4 | But all I can do at this moment in time is tell you where I stand today . |
| 5 | ‘ But I 've made it with United and now I want the chance to show what I can do at the highest level of all . ’ |
| 6 | The woman said , more to herself than to him , ‘ How many things do you think I can do at once . |
| 7 | I do n't claim any great originality or depth , but it is the best I can do at the moment . |
| 8 | I can do at two fifteen if you like . |
| 9 | And at least I can sleep at night . ’ |
| 10 | Do you want to go and get your aeroplane , cos I can sit at the table and colour with one hand , and make aeroplanes with the other . |
| 11 | I felt angry and humiliated at the time of the argument but I can guess at how he must have felt . |
| 12 | I can handle at most five colours and I recognise that I am no colourist . ’ |
| 13 | I can stand at the back . |
| 14 | Since it is inevitable , I wish I could come to terms with it , but I find the only way I can cope at present is to avoid thinking about it . |
| 15 | ‘ Do you know a suitable hotel I can stay at ? ’ she asked . |
| 16 | Furthermore , he was by far the more colourful character : a delightful rascal is perhaps the best description I can offer at this stage . |
| 17 | If I was with someone else I 'd have to talk to them or hurry to keep up with them , but this way I can go at my own speed . |
| 18 | I know but I can go at night as well . |
| 19 | Right that 's just determined to the level at which I can go at this stage then . |
| 20 | Well I , well I , I mean I 've had to do my homework , before I come on this meeting for you , and I , and if I can start at the back and work forwards we have got enough money . |
| 21 | Some days when I attend a day meeting I can start at 5am and finish at 9pm including travel . |
| 22 | I can pull away in all but top , which I can engage at walking speed , consequently cruising is very thrashy . |
| 23 | I can rest at home and that 's where I 'm going . ’ |
| 24 | I want to show I can succeed at a bigger club in the future and fulfil my footballing ambitions . |
| 25 | I can leave at the new |
| 26 | On these occasions I choose food I can pick at nonchalantly , such as fish or a delicate starter . |
| 27 | Having seen the Shias in the refugee camps in south Iran and in south-east Iraq , I can understand at last how it is possible to ignore such appalling things . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's things I can look at . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I can look at my name and draw it . |
| 30 | ‘ But there is nothing intrinsically wrong with Diana 's chart , whereas I can look at Charles 's chart and say I think there is something that prevents him from making the throne . |