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

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91 ‘ I do n't think I can bear it , Dorothy , ’ she said in a choked voice .
92 Let us pretend that it is only that Grainne is too far above me , and let us continue the pretence , for I do not think I can bear it any other way .
93 ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can .
94 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 .
95 I do n't think I can do it myself . ’
96 ‘ I do n't think I can do it , ’ is how he put it when I phoned him .
97 ‘ I do n't think I can do it .
98 Erm I s do n't think I can give you a precise answer to that question er off the cuff Mr Colgan , I think we 'd have to let you have a note on those figures
99 ‘ Now , Schatzie , how do you think I can help you ? ’
100 So I do n't think I can help you too much on the second one .
101 Towards the end of the evening , indiscreet with the unaccustomed alcohol , he suddenly said , ‘ I do n't think I can take it much longer . ’
102 ‘ And you do n't think I can supply them ?
103 His voice was husky when he said , ‘ I do n't think I can keep my hands off you much longer , Sarella …
104 He looked up from his desk and said , ‘ My good woman , where do you think I can put them ? ’
105 Actually I do n't think I can afford it if I 'm going
106 ‘ I do n't think I can have her home .
107 I do n't think I can describe myself as a Marxist any more .
108 I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home .
109 I should think I should think you it 's nice to have the six weeks ahead of us and she said well it 's not a holiday !
110 Do you reckon that 'll look alright , or do you think I should paint them brown ?
111 Do you think I should read this to members before I send it ? or do you think I should send it ?
112 And he once passed on to BitC an invitation he had received requesting him and the Princess to open the conference of a Brent Women 's Association , with a note saying , ‘ Do you think I should do it ?
113 Do you think I should do it here or just put it
114 ‘ Do you think I should tell your father — in Le Touquet ?
115 ‘ I do n't think I should tell you that . ’
116 Do you think I should wear them tonight ?
117 D' you think I should stop her singing in that club ? ’
118 Do you think I should buy one ?
119 I said , ‘ Do you think I should pipeclay my alligator shoes ? ’ but he just led the way into the hall and up the stairs .
120 Do you think I should put it on deposit at the Nat West ; or put it into Savings Certificates ; or Unit Trusts ; or just spend it ?
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