Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ As far as I can tell their clubs are doing very well .
2 I can tell our friends in the Box that after next May that will not happen any longer .
3 My husband tries to be sympathetic , but I can tell his patience is running out .
4 I can tell my hon. Friend that local people would not mind losing the south-facing slip roads .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 I can tell my hon. Friend that well over 120,000 teachers exceeded £20,000 a year even before yesterday 's pay increases .
8 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 .
9 I can tell my hon. Friend that 17 of Wolverhampton 's 18 secondary schools have surplus places .
10 And I can tell your Mum
11 I can reassure my hon. Friend that nothing in the Bill will make that sort of rationalisation necessary .
12 I hope I can reassure my hon. Friends that the framework of duties within the Bill does not create such a divide .
13 ‘ Until I can reassure our workers I am a little concerned that Ho might — might not make as many friends as he would otherwise do .
14 Well , I mean I take the view that if we are going to erm have something on the agenda , I can telephone his secretary , I can write to him , anytime , which I 'm quite willing to do , I can not see the point in sending things through the post at twenty five P a time when we shall never see the man , and if he comes here
15 I can confirm my hon. Friend 's last point .
16 I can confirm my hon. Friend 's first point .
17 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 .
18 I can hold my end of the conversation from here , if you 'd like me to . ’
19 I can hold my drink as well as anyone . ’
20 I can hold my own hand thank you came the reply and she did .
21 I can hold my peace .
22 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 .
23 . That 's just the things we do , with the coronary arteries , we do coronary artery by- passes , I can , I can sew like any woman , I can darn your socks , we stick the veins on and we re-establish the the heart going a bit faster .
24 I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’
25 Is there anywhere I can powder my nose ? ( meaning : ‘ I need a toilet ’ )
26 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 .
27 I like writing letters and reading anything I can lay my hands on !
28 I can wash his bottle out in two minutes .
29 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 .
30 ‘ All I have to do is make one phone call to the plant manager and I can blow your cover . ’
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