Example sentences of "i can [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell my hon. Friend that local people would not mind losing the south-facing slip roads . |
| 2 | I can tell my hon. Friend that there will be a public inquiry into the proposal and that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will announce that formally in due course . |
| 3 | I can tell my hon. Friend that pensioners ' incomes from occupational pensions — for those who have them — rose on average from £13.90 a week in 1979 to £27.70 in 1988 . |
| 4 | I can tell my hon. Friend that well over 120,000 teachers exceeded £20,000 a year even before yesterday 's pay increases . |
| 5 | I can tell my hon. Friend that four out of five of those elderly patients have accepted their check-ups and that nine out of 10 found them useful . |
| 6 | I can tell my hon. Friend that 17 of Wolverhampton 's 18 secondary schools have surplus places . |
| 7 | I can reassure my hon. Friend that nothing in the Bill will make that sort of rationalisation necessary . |
| 8 | I hope I can reassure my hon. Friends that the framework of duties within the Bill does not create such a divide . |
| 9 | I can confirm my hon. Friend 's last point . |
| 10 | I can confirm my hon. Friend 's first point . |
| 11 | Now , I can hold my liquor as well as the next man , so it is ludicrous to suggest that when I reversed the club van into the tea hut I was under the influence . |
| 12 | I can hold my end of the conversation from here , if you 'd like me to . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I can hold my drink as well as anyone . ’ |
| 14 | I can hold my own hand thank you came the reply and she did . |
| 15 | I can hold my peace . |
| 16 | I can realise my stock and pay twenty bob in the pound if I go into voluntary liquidation now , before Masters of Notts gets deeper into trouble . |
| 17 | I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’ |
| 18 | Is there anywhere I can powder my nose ? ( meaning : ‘ I need a toilet ’ ) |
| 19 | There 's no specific area that I can lay my finger on to explain why West Indian kids underachieve … what is inevitable is that a lot of West Indian children particularly the bright ones will do fairly well up to either the beginning or the middle of the fourth year , and for some peculiar reason their progress will fall off towards the end of the fifth year . |
| 20 | I like writing letters and reading anything I can lay my hands on ! |
| 21 | Now , Father McGiff told himself , I 'll be able to resume my old evening routine when I can stop my ears to the world outside and listen only to God within me . |
| 22 | ‘ I can do my regressing when you go fishing , ’ I suggested . |
| 23 | I can do my eyebrows exactly like Linda Evangelista 's . |
| 24 | ‘ Now , ’ he says , ‘ I can do my grieving in peace . |
| 25 | I can do my own sightseeing , really … ’ |
| 26 | I can be a cadet at the local hospital and later on I can do my training in London . ’ |
| 27 | I thought oh I can do my own if I rolls it up |
| 28 | so that I can do my exam . |
| 29 | ‘ Through AR , I can commit my energies to people ’ |
| 30 | weight of guts , I can spread my arms wide |