Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell what they are walking on , maybe ; perhaps whether they are going upstairs or downstairs . |
| 2 | I guarantee I can tell what kind of actor a person is if I hear them do ‘ Three Blind Mice ’ . ’ |
| 3 | I can tell what 's going to happen before it happens . |
| 4 | ‘ You know , Charlie my boy , from the way you says that I can tell what you really want is the dirt . |
| 5 | I can drink what she drank , inhale |
| 6 | Perhaps I can confirm what he said by reference to one statistic . |
| 7 | Well I can , I can confirm what my honourable friend says . |
| 8 | ‘ Is there a way I can record what I hear ? ’ |
| 9 | It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like . |
| 10 | ‘ Nick says I can do whatever I like ! |
| 11 | I do n't want to be tied , I want to leave my options free so that I can do whatever I want , I do n't need the extra responsibility , I mean I 'd like them but I just , I want my career first . |
| 12 | ‘ I can do whatever is necessary , ’ she replied . |
| 13 | But erm the doctors have told me really I can do whatever I want to straight away virtually you know , and erm I 'll just give it another week or two weeks before I start practising erm and you know , I 'm very fit now . |
| 14 | I 'm glad he 's gone — I can do what I like , now . ’ |
| 15 | I can do what I like on these pages , and nobody on earth can prevent me . |
| 16 | But I can do what I want , so perhaps it is possible to use one or two frames of a timpani shot to realize a particular moment in the music . |
| 17 | I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 18 | And to this she had answered , ‘ I suppose I can do what I like with my own money . ’ |
| 19 | I can do what I like . |
| 20 | I can do what I like . ’ |
| 21 | And although the sub-text of my increasing thinness ( which I chose to ignore ) read , ‘ I am doing this because I feel so helpless that not even my own body belongs to me ’ , the apparent text read to me , and increasingly to others , ‘ My body is my own and I can do what I like with it . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm nearly seventeen and I can do what I like . ’ |
| 23 | " But they are powerless to do anything ; this chapel was built for my mural paintings and I can do what I like . " |
| 24 | ‘ He said to me , ‘ Look , you black bastard , I can do what I bloody well like ’ , ’ Roberts says . |
| 25 | ‘ I can do what I like , and I intend to stay with you , unless you object . |
| 26 | I like to think I can do what she does , but perhaps not as well . |
| 27 | " I can do what I bloody like . |
| 28 | But you can do what I ca n't do , I can do what you ca n't do . |
| 29 | Sue Parker — mother of Julian , who 's only eighteen , by the way , ’ added Leonora with a wicked little grin , ‘ is keen to go into partnership with her , and I can do what I do just as easily after I 'm married as before . ’ |
| 30 | And er I thought I can do what I did at forty , and I did it , but look what I 've got now . |