Example sentences of "think [pron] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there 's three girls in this netball and do you think I can think their names of us ? |
| 2 | I 've made a complete fool of myself and I do n't think I can bring myself to ask what I came to . " |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think I can stand it any more . |
| 4 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't really think I can tell you — it 's so private , you see . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think I can bear it , Dorothy , ’ she said in a choked voice . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can . |
| 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 | 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 |
| 14 | ‘ Now , Schatzie , how do you think I can help you ? ’ |
| 15 | So I do n't think I can help you too much on the second one . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And you do n't think I can supply them ? |
| 18 | His voice was husky when he said , ‘ I do n't think I can keep my hands off you much longer , Sarella … |
| 19 | He looked up from his desk and said , ‘ My good woman , where do you think I can put them ? ’ |
| 20 | Actually I do n't think I can afford it if I 'm going |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think I can have her home . |
| 22 | I do n't think I can describe myself as a Marxist any more . |
| 23 | I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home . |
| 24 | Susan Sowerby says I should go home , so perhaps she thinks I can help him . ’ |
| 25 | My mum does n't have a clue where he is and says she does n't think she can divorce him because of this for all we know he could be dead . |
| 26 | My mum does n't have a clue where he is and says she does n't think she can divorce him because of this for all we know he could be dead . |
| 27 | Brown : Uh … well yes because I really am talking about one-to-one stuff and that 's why I do n't think you can do what I 'm talking about in a class … |
| 28 | I do n't think you can do anything about me not getting an erm they should just pay me more should n't they , if they ask to ? |
| 29 | the tiles , so I do n't think you can do anything about it now . |
| 30 | If you do n't think you can do it , then I 'd leave it blank if I were you , cos otherwise you 're telling fibs are n't you ? |