Example sentences of "i can think of [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only good and powerful females I can think of are fairies ( ie , not real people ) and for every fairy godmother there are 10 wimpy heroines waiting for a prince to rescue them . |
| 2 | The only reasons I can think of are 1 ) trying to scare Deano into scoring ( ! ) ; and 2 ) work permits . |
| 3 | ‘ The only thing I can think of is that there is a convent near where I live , and they take a few elderly people . ’ |
| 4 | For half of the twelve tracks here , the Labèques use acoustic pianos ( that has always struck me as an oddity , by the way : a piano , or a guitar that was n't acoustic would be damned difficult to record ; the only non-acoustic piano that I can think of is Joseph Cooper 's dummy keyboard ) ; for the others we are told they play ‘ MIDI Grand pianos & Synthesisers ’ . |
| 5 | All I can think of is not wakening the baby , so I say OK and he goes ahead . |
| 6 | I am obsessed by Giles ; all I can think of is whether I shall see him again , and when . |
| 7 | The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it . |
| 8 | The simplest example I can think of is a hole . |
| 9 | Then , ‘ The only one I can think of is a Miss Moira Russell , Mr Massingham 's secretary . ’ |
| 10 | and the biggest pro for a fax that I can think of is that you can send the message and that 's that , there 's no risk of it dribbling on into , into doubt |
| 11 | I know they have n't , so that 's the only thing I can think of is over there on er that |
| 12 | The only one I can think of is |
| 13 | We have got erm some organisations , the ones I can think of is the Animal Sanctuary that we are all familiar with . |