Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb mod] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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31 I do n't think I 'd live long enough to see it mature .
32 ‘ You did n't really think I 'd run away just because you tore up a few of my clothes , did you ? ’
33 You do n't seriously think I 'd drive around knowing that my insurance was out of date ?
34 Do n't think I 'd like that much .
35 And I used to say ooh like , you know , but then then I 'd think I used to see like , I used to say , well I said to you did n't I ?
36 Do you think I will come on last ?
37 ‘ I do n't think I will have either , thank you , ’ said Ianthe .
38 Well I do n't think I can feel like I suppose that were Victoria was n't it , ringing nine nine nine they forgot to ask
39 ‘ I do n't think I can tell when you 're acting .
40 Then she breathes out and gives a real smile — one of those big things that brightens her face like a starburst — and I see she 's been frightened , and I sigh , and suddenly I 've got a lump in my throat and I 'm trembling and I do n't think I can move away from this wall .
41 ‘ I just do n't think I can sit out there and watch it all .
42 I do n't think I can go on guarding the jewels any more .
43 Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year .
44 A lot of the operations now I do I think I can do better that I 'm now seeing detail that I never saw before with the naked eye .
45 Hill , bought as a full-back for £200,000 from Bury , but a successful implant to central defence said yesterday : ‘ I do n't think I can carry on any longer .
46 ‘ I do n't think I can stay here with you either , ’ he muttered savagely , ‘ but I have no choice .
47 Well , I just do n't think I can stay now that man has arrived .
48 I know this sorried affair is wrong , that I end up breaking my daughter 's heart , or upsetting my son , son 's ha , but I do n't think I can give up Steve ?
49 Dry-mouthed , she said , ‘ I would — only I do n't think I can drive just yet . ’
50 We 'll be available on N T erm I do n't think I can say concurrently with the availability of N T cos A no one knows the availability of N T and secondly there will inevitabl be some lag , but it will be very soon as quick as we can make it after that .
51 I do n't think I can imagine how frightening that is .
52 I just wanted to s erm congratulate er whoever it was and put together the curriculum er programme which secured the three quarters of a million pound for all those which will I , I think I can understand extremely competitive and I would like to erm give credit to there because that will be enormously for the business which will give proper jobs er which is er very useful to the environment and , and , and really just to record erm that , that particular er success .
53 ‘ I do n't think I can get home without a guide , ’ I said politely .
54 I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’
55 Do n't you think I should park there ?
56 Yes , but erm , but Chairman , er , I do n't think I should come up and make myself clear , some local papers were not represented there .
57 I do n't think I could go on living . ’
58 ‘ Do you think I could go now ?
59 Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years .
60 ‘ And ambushing might work for a long-legged frog like Ferd , but I do n't think I could leap out of a bush if I tried .
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