Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She sat bushy-tailed for the day at a table with two men , one her husband ( ‘ You 'd think I 'd know by now after thirty-eight years what he likes for his breakfast ’ ) , the other a distant cousin , I decided . |
| 32 | I always carry some with me , but I hope I never have to use it because I do n't think I 'd get near him with the needle . ’ |
| 33 | Did you think I 'd plead with you to stay ? ’ |
| 34 | Right , erm er then I , what did I think I 'd say after that ? |
| 35 | I do n't think I 'd take to it . |
| 36 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 37 | ‘ I do n't think I can bear to . ’ |
| 38 | How many times have you sat down at your machine and thought ‘ I do n't think I can cope with this ’ and within the next five minutes all the knitting has been on the floor ? |
| 39 | it , I did n't and I felt I 'd have no friends around where I lived and you know , I 'd always be alienated , I 'd always be home later and I said to my mum I do n't think I can cope with it , so she said right then you do n't go ! |
| 40 | But I do n't think I can rely on myself to take them everyday ! |
| 41 | What do you think I can do for you ? ’ |
| 42 | The woman said , more to herself than to him , ‘ How many things do you think I can do at once . |
| 43 | If they have n't dug anything out , what do you think I can do by myself in these few hours ? ’ |
| 44 | I do n't think I can play for the dancing this year . |
| 45 | ‘ I do n't think I can afford to — not immediately anyway . |
| 46 | Do n't you think I can see through that ! |
| 47 | D' you think I should travel with him ? ’ |
| 48 | What do you think I should do about it ? ’ |
| 49 | what do you think I should have for tea Kyle ? eh ? |
| 50 | Well do you think I should write to God ! |
| 51 | What do you think I should say to the Principal ? |
| 52 | Do you think I could go to the powder room and take off my girdle ? ’ she said . |
| 53 | But I do n't think I could cope on my own without my mum and dad even if I did have all that money . |
| 54 | I did n't think I could cope with another night in that flat all alone . ’ |
| 55 | I do n't think I could cope with the memory of you sitting in my study weeping . ’ |
| 56 | I do n't think I could cope with your heartbreak . ’ |
| 57 | I do n't think I could cope with all that smouldering passion — not to mention the possessiveness . ’ |
| 58 | I said , oh I do n't think I could cope with that ! |
| 59 | Do you think I could rise to such wisdom ? ’ |
| 60 | Who do you think I could trust with that hanging over me ? |