Example sentences of "[modal v] think [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should think we could put that right for you . |
| 2 | We reckon in about four and a half years I should have gone up at least a grade , so , allowing for the usual increments , and assuming that the mortgage rate does n't rise above the present eleven per cent , I should think we could afford to let Juliet stop work then . ’ |
| 3 | Er and I should think we could supply rollers on the same basis could n't we ? |
| 4 | I should think you could find her there . ’ |
| 5 | I should think you could use some money just now . |
| 6 | I see wi with the additional five hundred last year , I should think you could n't do less than that , could you ? |
| 7 | I should think you could have a tissue . |
| 8 | I should think you could make a good living there if you wanted to . |
| 9 | Well if you 've almost drowned her one week I should think you could quite well bring yourself to put a spider in her desk the next week said Daryl . |
| 10 | oh oh dear I should think you could send every female relative possible a mother 's day card |
| 11 | Yet if it were not for the eclipses of May , June and November , Pisceans might think they could get off comparatively lightly . |
| 12 | If anybody can help me help me to get it up to three figures again personal contact could be er very useful in these cases if you come across anybody who you might think we could interest . |
| 13 | But I can see how you might think you could gain an advantage — me having problems with the local police while you work out a way to come up smelling sweet . |
| 14 | If they can build aqueducts you 'd think they could engineer a wallet to keep their money in . |
| 15 | you 'd think they could know appetite |
| 16 | Well you 'd think they could because you are not paying for the service are you ? |
| 17 | If we allowed it to happen once then all the people who read your paper would think they could do it as well . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But I was surprised at her type ; you would think she could have got a job , a decent one somewhere . |
| 19 | I would think it could be helpful , now and then , to have simple explanations of some of the words used say erm where we 're building to a communion service , |