Example sentences of "think [pron] can [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | the tiles , so I do n't think you can do anything about it now . |
| 4 | I do n't think you can play one , two , three , four , five on there can you ? |
| 5 | If you do n't think you can get one just |
| 6 | I do n't think you can get one now |
| 7 | The other thing that is important is that I do n't think you can get anything on the cheap . |
| 8 | Do you think you can get anything for them ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Well , my dear , I do n't think you can find anything sinister in the fact that a man wants to see his child bathed at night . |
| 10 | Well I do n't think we can buy one quite as quickly as that . |
| 11 | I do n't think anyone can sell anything at the moment . |
| 12 | Taking several samples of firedamp in glass bottles , Sir Humphry returned to London telling Buddle , ‘ I think I can do something for you ’ . |
| 13 | But , ’ I jumped in as he was about to interrupt , ‘ I think I can do something for you . ’ |
| 14 | I think I can do anything , one leg , no legs , one arm tied behind my back . |
| 15 | Well , I could have but then I always think I can do anything , do n't I ? |
| 16 | I think I can smell something burning … ’ |
| 17 | And you 're on the phone for ages and ages talking about A B and C , and all a sudden you think I can smell something burning . |
| 18 | I think I can risk one more , in that case . |
| 19 | ‘ I think I can hear something , ’ she said after a while . |
| 20 | Well I think I can remember something like that then . |
| 21 | It 's nice to think you can do something to make a patient 's stay in hospital more bearable . |
| 22 | I think you can have anybody anyway . |
| 23 | Think you can keep anything you find , eh ? |
| 24 | ‘ I think you can trust everyone here . |
| 25 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 26 | " Why , I think we can do something about that , " said the little girl . |
| 27 | ‘ We tend to think we can do anything , ’ he said wryly , ‘ but we ca n't . |
| 28 | Many businesses think they can do nothing to protect themselves — but Barclays offers well-proven ways to limit damage which no business can afford to ignore . |
| 29 | But they think they can run everything from Detroit and that 's the way the organisation is going to be restructured . |
| 30 | ‘ The rich think they can buy anything , do n't they ? ’ |