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Example sentences of "i can [verb] something " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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 .