Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can tell I 'm not gon na like this |
| 2 | If I nearly close my eyes and carry on walking I can pretend I 'm blind . |
| 3 | If I am to show what I can do I must be given a chance to make my own complete performance . |
| 4 | JEWKES : He is my master and if he bids me do anything I can do I think I ought to do it and let him who has power to command me look to the lawfulness of it . |
| 5 | I can do I can I can sort out |
| 6 | what I can do I 'll go as |
| 7 | I can do I could do Carlisle |
| 8 | As that 's the best I can do I 'm afraid . |
| 9 | ‘ If you 'll only take hold of this damn bag so I can go I will . |
| 10 | And they told me my flat 's and go , you know I can move I 'm gon na pack everything before even a house comes through . |
| 11 | Well it , it must have been heart trouble the earliest memory I have of that is mother sending me with a neighbour out of Street , a Mrs , to tell my Aunt Lucy which was my dad 's sister , who lived in Street house , house was right opposite their gateway , now Aunt Lucy and there was er her family she w married a fella in and her daughter , her son and me uncle was my dad 's brother , I lived in the house with her , but er I remember tagging this Mrs from the Street down to Street along road and past the hospital , then along Walk and I up in Street , and er tagging Mrs and er Mrs had never met Aunt Lucy and er me Aunt Lucy suffered , what in those days they call it white leg , a woman 's complaint she was bedridden and er when we went in she must have asked why we were there , Mrs was a little bit flabbergasted and I blurted it out oh me dad 's dead , and me Aunt Lucy nearly went into hysterics , so that 's , that 's all I can manage I remember about that . |
| 12 | If I cross my hands over my breast I can think I 'm dead and in paradise , but it 's true what they say , you can get too tired to sleep . |
| 13 | Yes , I wanted to do a production with Balanchine , but it never happened , and now there is no one I can think I would want to do it with . |
| 14 | I can draw some sides just like I can put I could make a just draw neatly in the teams bi on a big piece of paper that 'll make it look really good , . |
| 15 | in some ways to though , I mean I can understand I think people , some people |
| 16 | I can take I can take it easy |
| 17 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
| 18 | I can imagine I can imagine . |
| 19 | So once we 've decided which company you 'll work within I can come I can provide you with a training course immediately . |
| 20 | For so long as I can recall I have always had kennels and an assortment of dogs to help me in my work . |
| 21 | I mean , I can find I can find places that are reasonable at that . |
| 22 | Some of the da all of the data I 've g I can get I will get . |
| 23 | Well , leave it up to me , I 'll see what I can get I 'll get for the party . |
| 24 | I said if you said to me , Geoff , I want all the overtime I can get I can get the overtime I 'll go round and I 'll try and or if you say to me well I do n't want the overtime , I 'm quite happy with a flat week then I 'll know what I am but I said you change from day to day , one day you wann it , another day you do n't ! |
| 25 | So I can work I I can still work through on these ones . |
| 26 | His Master 's Voice in Hamlet , you know , it 's just , stick a who I am on that wee dog , I can remember I can see , I can remember that from |
| 27 | There was a time , I can remember I was at school Cor ! |
| 28 | Erm and I I as far as I can remember I think such things as underwear were unknown . |
| 29 | There used to be some nice serials for They used to be thrilling you know , er I can remember I wish they 'd show them now They used to be what we used to call , The voice on the wire and then there was another serial called , Peggo the Ring . |
| 30 | Ever since I can remember I have been going on demonstrations . |