Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] i can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I 'm not saying I can give you a figure , all I can say is that originally identifiable will not be forthcoming now because some of this proposal is not meeting them . |
| 3 | But it 's not insured I can tell you that . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think I can stand it any more . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think I can bear it , Dorothy , ’ she said in a choked voice . |
| 8 | I 've made a complete fool of myself and I do n't think I can bring myself to ask what I came to . " |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I do n't think I can do it myself . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it , ’ is how he put it when I phoned him . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it . |
| 13 | I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home . |
| 14 | I do n't think I can describe myself as a Marxist any more . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | His voice was husky when he said , ‘ I do n't think I can keep my hands off you much longer , Sarella … |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think I can have her home . |
| 18 | So I do n't think I can help you too much on the second one . |
| 19 | Actually I do n't think I can afford it if I 'm going |
| 20 | ‘ And you do n't think I can supply them ? |
| 21 | But you see I , I do n't know I can see what you mean , but I do n't know whether a move would be the answer cos I think you 're if you 're gon na stay in teaching this is what 's gon na happen . |
| 22 | I do n't feel I can predict what she 'll do . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ There are one or two people who claim that they now remember hints dropped by Kim Philby , but I ca n't say I can remember anything at all . ’ |