Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Selwyn Gummer , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food There is no point in producing a list of microwave ovens without giving the detailed instructions so that those using them can improve their performance . |
| 2 | And there 's three girls in this netball and do you think I can think their names of us ? |
| 3 | I 've made a complete fool of myself and I do n't think I can bring myself to ask what I came to . " |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think I can stand it any more . |
| 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 really think I can tell you — it 's so private , you see . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think I can bear it , Dorothy , ’ she said in a choked voice . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I do n't think I can do it myself . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it , ’ is how he put it when I phoned him . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | ‘ Now , Schatzie , how do you think I can help you ? ’ |
| 16 | So I do n't think I can help you too much on the second one . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And you do n't think I can supply them ? |
| 19 | His voice was husky when he said , ‘ I do n't think I can keep my hands off you much longer , Sarella … |
| 20 | He looked up from his desk and said , ‘ My good woman , where do you think I can put them ? ’ |
| 21 | Actually I do n't think I can afford it if I 'm going |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think I can have her home . |
| 23 | I do n't think I can describe myself as a Marxist any more . |
| 24 | I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | I mean I can move it and I can make i but I , I do n't |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I mean I can give it to you to take it in tomorrow morning |
| 30 | 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 ? |