Example sentences of "i can be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so that I can be wee 'd and weighed , if that 's alright |
| 2 | Well , I 'm not sure I can be much help . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The only things there were pictures , I can be categoric about that . ’ |
| 4 | If I can be serious enough , I hope to find satisfaction in the Church of England : it will be my fault if I do n't . |
| 5 | But I want to stay healthy so I can be useful . ’ |
| 6 | It 's all right for me , I like tinkering with things , I can be useful , but the rest of them , well … all they 've really got to occupy themselves is grumbling , and they 've become really good at that . |
| 7 | I can be rational about everything except the point which most immediately concerns me , how to conduct my life . |
| 8 | ‘ Reckon as how our Alice 's another as I can be proud of , ’ she said . |
| 9 | I can be proud of my service for God … what Christ has done through me … . |
| 10 | I can be dangerous . ’ |
| 11 | if I 've trampled on them I would n't like them anyway I can be nice |
| 12 | One thing I can be certain of is that we have all been involved in rows , misunderstandings and quarrels . |
| 13 | I can be certain of who I am , no matter what happens in the world around me . ’ |
| 14 | That way I can be certain my pupils are properly trained . ’ |
| 15 | So that I can be sure of having them always , |
| 16 | I can be sure that real teachers would have avoided a number of APU 's blunders . |
| 17 | I can be sure that real teachers would have avoided a number of APU 's blunders . |
| 18 | I will take on the caring but I must have a break every six months , ’ or ‘ I can only do so if I can be sure that the incontinence service will be reliable . ’ |
| 19 | The modernist novel thus tends to endorse the philosophical argument known as solipsism — that the only thing I can be sure exists is myself as a thinking subject . |
| 20 | As long as I am with you , I can be sure that you will not be led astray by the demon drink . ’ |
| 21 | As far as I can be sure . ’ |
| 22 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Somewhere I can be sure you wo n't be in any danger . ’ |
| 24 | It 's the one place I can be sure you 'll be perfectly safe . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I know now to expect the unexpected , but the one thing I can be sure of is that we all have lots of laughs making the show . ’ |
| 26 | Just one day when I can be normal . |
| 27 | I 'm his sister , so I can be blunt about it . |
| 28 | Back in the city there were thousand of people doomed , dying and all unnecessarily because here was plenty , here was sufficient for the whole city and possibly the greatest sin that you and I can be guilty of and that the church is generally guilty of , but you know when we talk about the church generally its , its so easy because that 's general , you and I that are the church , not the denomination , not the organization , it you and I , possibly the greatest sin that we can be guilty of is the sin of silence , I 'm not talking now about a rude , belligerent , discourteous , butting hole , button holding of people , I 'm not talking about that , I do n't see any place in gods word for that sort of attitude or that sort of approach but are we still silent , what about with those with whom we have the right , because we 've created a relationship , because they know us and they 've seen us and they 've seen the experiences we 've gone through and they 've seen what god has done in our lives , what about with those people do we wait for others to do it , shifting the responsibility . |
| 29 | I suppose I can be grateful that he did n't actually order me to help , ’ she finished drily . |
| 30 | That 's why I can be softer now . |