Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] can [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I can stand it any more . |
| 2 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't really think I can tell you — it 's so private , you see . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I can bear it , Dorothy , ’ she said in a choked voice . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can . |
| 7 | I do n't think I can do it myself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it , ’ is how he put it when I phoned him . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | ‘ Now , Schatzie , how do you think I can help you ? ’ |
| 12 | So I do n't think I can help you too much on the second one . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And you do n't think I can supply them ? |
| 15 | He looked up from his desk and said , ‘ My good woman , where do you think I can put them ? ’ |
| 16 | Actually I do n't think I can afford it if I 'm going |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think I can have her home . |
| 18 | And if you 're to try and fill her shoes , which I very much doubt you 'll ever do , but if you 're to be even half the woman that she was , may God have mercy on her , then you 'll need all the reminding I can give you . ’ |
| 19 | I mean I can move it and I can make i but I , I do n't |
| 20 | Well I mean I can assure them that the , the National Rivers Authority in the Thames region is monitoring rivers on a daily basis throughout the year and that we would hope to deal with pollution incidents as they occur , and we would hope with our monitoring and the pressure we put on third parties to er actually over the years , to improve things from what they are at the moment and to make things better . |
| 21 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 22 | I mean I can give it to you to take it in tomorrow morning |
| 23 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
| 24 | well no , I mean I can conceive it quite well |
| 25 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 26 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 27 | I mean I can tell you . |
| 28 | in some ways to though , I mean I can understand I think people , some people |
| 29 | I mean I can understand it in this day and age , people trying |
| 30 | I take I mean I can take them but I 'm not too fond of taking tablets |