Example sentences of "but i think [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AT present the family have no plans for returning to England in 1997 , but I think they could decide pretty quickly if they needed to . |
| 2 | But I think they could have afforded , just the idea of me leaving home . |
| 3 | But I think they could learn something from us . |
| 4 | I think , I think I would , having moved the recommendation would seek to clarify what we 're asking the Government to reconsider , erm , because we 're not saying what they should come up with as a new policy , but I think we could add the words , for capital investment , at the end of the motion , recognising that at one level of government , central government it has been the practice in the past , er when they had some capital they could sell in the form of British Telecom shares and er , indeed other nationalised industries , er not to use the er the results erm , er release this realised by that capital disposal for capital investment , instead to use it for revenue purposes , which was in the long term somewhat unfortunate . |
| 5 | This is for next summer , but I think we could take a chance do n't you ? |
| 6 | I 'm a car owner who 's actually thinking of selling my car because I do n't use it much in Glasgow I do n't need to , I can actually walk to work and to come to somewhere like Edinburgh tonight I would much prefer to use the train , but I think we could have much more adequal plans to do with pedestrianizing city centres so that cars were banned from them altogether , they could bring back trams which are much less in terms of pollution , they might not make us big profits for the company 's but they are a very good way , we , a lot of European cities still use trams . |
| 7 | ‘ For me Dave Mackay was more of a thoroughbred of the early times — but I think he could have played successfully in today 's football . |
| 8 | but I think I could cope with breasts without a bra . |
| 9 | But I think I could make a good country record . |
| 10 | He 's a big bloke but I think I could handle him . |
| 11 | ‘ But I think I could keep it going for quite a while . |
| 12 | But I think I could live with that . |
| 13 | Again , the control layout would bother me because the volume pot for the bridge pickup is the middle of the three , but I think I could get used to it — although at present it is like trying to get used to driving a new car where they 've put the gearstick in the middle of the passenger seat . |
| 14 | — It 's powerful , certainly , but I think I could use one of these . ’ |
| 15 | But I think you could do that sort erm provided you did n't sort of panic no chance of doing this okay ? |
| 16 | But I think you could do , see the whole great thing about what 's happening in this electronic change in print is that broadcasting 's advantage has been almost completely wiped out . |
| 17 | But I think you could kill someone . ’ |
| 18 | The worst we 've had recrimination-wise with Neighbourhood Watch schemes , is some people bend the signs and spray , spray paint them but I think you could live with that . |
| 19 | But I think it could have been a White-tipped shark , because nothing else has the aggression to come forward and attack the boat . |
| 20 | But I think it could have been over him . |