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 . ’ |