Example sentences of "think [pers pn] could [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hoped that he would n't suggest coming up for a coffee ; she did n't think she could rise to a social occasion at this particular moment , so she was thankful to accept her car keys , bid him a hurried , ‘ Safe journey , ’ and close the door again . |
| 2 | Do you think you could benefit from a phone in the car ? |
| 3 | Who would have thought he could turn into a hero — leading his partisans against the Germans . |
| 4 | He had thought he could look at a picture of Wyvis Hall , a photograph he had taken himself with a cheap camera Zosie had stolen , with equanimity and even a rueful amusement , but it appeared he could not . |
| 5 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 6 | The pan was past rescuing but he thought he could manage with a nonstick saucepan . |
| 7 | He said ‘ I think I could do with a strong cup of coffee ’ ( to keep awake ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know , ’ I said — ‘ I think I could do with a bit of exorcism ! ’ |
| 9 | Think I could do with a table cos this one 's really |
| 10 | I think we could do with a cup of tea . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I think he could do with a drop of Guinness to liven him up , ’ he said . |
| 12 | We think it could lead to a stalemate . |
| 13 | He 'd started by thinking he could do without a chauffeur . |