Example sentences of "[modal v] think [pers pn] could [verb] " 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 make a good living there if you wanted to . |
| 5 | oh oh dear I should think you could send every female relative possible a mother 's day card |
| 6 | I should think you could use some money just now . |
| 7 | I should think you could find her there . ’ |
| 8 | I should think you could have a tissue . |
| 9 | Yet if it were not for the eclipses of May , June and November , Pisceans might think they could get off comparatively lightly . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If they can build aqueducts you 'd think they could engineer a wallet to keep their money in . |
| 12 | you 'd think they could know appetite |
| 13 | If we allowed it to happen once then all the people who read your paper would think they could do it as well . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I was surprised at her type ; you would think she could have got a job , a decent one somewhere . |