Example sentences of "i can [verb] something " in BNC.
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1 | I can tell something is wrong and that you 're dying to spoil things for me . |
2 | Taking several samples of firedamp in glass bottles , Sir Humphry returned to London telling Buddle , ‘ I think I can do something for you ’ . |
3 | ‘ If I have a little chance , ’ Karl told me , ‘ I can do something with it . ’ |
4 | But , ’ I jumped in as he was about to interrupt , ‘ I think I can do something for you . ’ |
5 | Run ! at me but the message is n't getting through , there 's something else in the way , something else pulling me back , back to Andy and back to that frozen river bank ; I hear Andy crying out and I can still see him reaching towards me and he 's about to slip away from me again and I ca n't do anything … but I can , this time I can ; I can do something and I will . |
6 | And I can do something , Sergeant . ’ |
7 | " I can adjust the stove , if you like , " said Richard , in relief " I can do something to the regulator . " |
8 | ‘ Just so long as I can do something — no matter what — I wo n't feel so helpless . ’ |
9 | What you 've got to do is actually have some understanding of the needs of a of particular newspapers , radio programmes , television programmes , by studying , look at it , see what it who 's it for , what language do they use , how do they phrase things , what 's their format , and then you can get yourself in the position where you can say , ‘ I can do something like that , I can produce something like that . ’ |
10 | ‘ If I can break something , I break it . |
11 | I think I can smell something burning … ’ |
12 | ‘ I can smell something , ’ Stella said . |
13 | I can smell something funny . |
14 | I can smell something burning . |
15 | And you 're on the phone for ages and ages talking about A B and C , and all a sudden you think I can smell something burning . |
16 | Well I can smell something now . |
17 | I can smell something |
18 | Perhaps I 'll go for a walk in the forest and see if I can sort something out . ’ |
19 | no completely void because you ca n't severe the good from the bad in section fourteen , your Lordship could n't take a blue pencil and , and , and find some words in section fourteen which say erm , you know , I can take out an article eighty five claim or I can allow an article eighty five claim but I can leave something else in |
20 | I can sense something like a vast , artificial intelligence . |
21 | I do not yet know in what form this particular section will be published , whether as a foreword or as an interpolation into the body of my work , but I can begin to see that even here I can make something triumphant out of necessity . |
22 | I am entering the RAF and then the Navy because I believe I can contribute something to this country by so doing . |
23 | I hope so , and if I can contribute something to that culture change I shall be glad to do so . |
24 | ‘ I can prescribe something which will cure the chancre , ’ said the doctor . |
25 | ‘ What I 'm saying is that I can provide something that you can not — a proper family set-up for Kirsty to grow up in . |
26 | It means that , depending on the context , I can communicate something subtly different from what I intended before without us first having to go through the rigmarole of defining new terminology to extend the language . |
27 | ‘ I can play something . |
28 | As a result of your win I can buy something special for your ma . |
29 | What you 've got to do is actually have some understanding of the needs of a of particular newspapers , radio programmes , television programmes , by studying , look at it , see what it who 's it for , what language do they use , how do they phrase things , what 's their format , and then you can get yourself in the position where you can say , ‘ I can do something like that , I can produce something like that . ’ |
30 | It is one thing to claim that by sharing in a dramatic exploration of a theme I can learn something about myself in the process , and quite another to suggest the drama is for me and about me . |