Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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31 | How much cheesecake do you think I can eat ? ’ |
32 | ‘ I do n't think I can eat any more , ’ said Ianthe . |
33 | ‘ But there is no way I 'm going to go on a tour just now simply to grovel to those people who still do n't think I can sing . ’ |
34 | But I do n't think I can rely on myself to take them everyday ! |
35 | ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can . |
36 | I do n't think I can go on guarding the jewels any more . |
37 | I 've decided I do n't think I can go |
38 | What do you think I can do for you ? ’ |
39 | I do n't think I can do it myself . ’ |
40 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it , ’ is how he put it when I phoned him . |
41 | Why do I think I can do the job better than the other applicants ? |
42 | But then they came back and said it was changed to ‘ Everything We Do Is Driven By You ’ and my initial thought was ‘ Yuk , I do n't think I can do anything with that either , ’ because it just sounded like motor cars and I 'm not interested in singing songs about motor cars . |
43 | The woman said , more to herself than to him , ‘ How many things do you think I can do at once . |
44 | If they have n't dug anything out , what do you think I can do by myself in these few hours ? ’ |
45 | It will not fight by raising its wings and clashing its talons and making noise ; but quietly , cleverly , making you see the Men as friends , making you fear the wide world outside , so that when opportunity comes you will not take it as you should but hide behind excuses like ‘ The time is n't right yet ’ or ‘ I do n't think I can do that ’ . |
46 | ‘ I do n't think I can do that , Cameron . ’ |
47 | What do you think I can do ? |
48 | I do not think I can do any more . |
49 | " I tell you what — I do n't think I can do any more by seeing him at the moment , but I think you should cut out his meat completely for a week or two . |
50 | ‘ About Mrs Brocklebank , I do n't think I can do much there . |
51 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it . |
52 | ‘ But do you think I can do that ? ’ |
53 | 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 . |
54 | 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 . |
55 | yeah , I do n't think I can do the big mower . |
56 | I do n't think I can do that . |
57 | I do n't think I can do that to get the juice and have a at the same time . |
58 | you can listen if you want , only joking , no , I do n't think I can do that , I 'm allowed to listen to it , I have to record it at home you know as well |
59 | 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 . |
60 | I do n't think I can answer the question in that form . |