Example sentences of "think [pron] can [verb] [pos pn] " 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 | His voice was husky when he said , ‘ I do n't think I can keep my hands off you much longer , Sarella … |
| 3 | I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home . |
| 4 | But I do n't think you can change his mind very easily . |
| 5 | Do you think you can vent your temper on me just as you please ? |
| 6 | You need n't think you can keep your job with IMP either . |
| 7 | Do you think you can roll your sleeve up ? |
| 8 | How soon do you think we can get our supplies together ? |
| 9 | Well do you think we can have our pudding now ? |
| 10 | ‘ Now — if we are going to roast the lairds , and get some rights at last , do you think we can win our lease back from old Menzies — do you think so , Angus ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He thinks he can change our minds ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He 's Garry 's boss and he thinks he can dictate his every move . ’ |
| 13 | He acknowledges that the band have an élitist following that generally does n't buy chart records , but thinks he can expand their fan base by getting in the charts . |
| 14 | The sequence begins when Cassio , brought to Desdemona by Emilia ( the unwitting intermediary of evil ) , leaves in some embarrassment when he sees Othello and Iago approach : Iago moves from an upper plane ( Signifier ) to a lower ( Signified ) , from perception to interpretation : subtly doubting the former — Was that Cassio leaving your wife ? — so that Othello , who thinks he can trust his own eyes , takes the latter — so guiltily — with it , accepting a — false ! — linguistic sign . |
| 15 | And that 's why I think I can give my qualified support to the proposal for for an exceptions policy . |
| 16 | . I think I can answer your original question now if I may . |
| 17 | In any case I think I can answer your questions without disturbing her . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm just going to , I think I can put my wellies away now . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm flattered that you think I can read your mind , ’ she told him sarcastically , ‘ but I can promise you I was n't sufficiently interested in the outcome to try . |
| 20 | He murmured , ‘ I think I can read your mind . |
| 21 | Van Gogh was also an epileptic and I think I can understand his passion and sense of isolation . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ While the show was going on they were peering at other faces in the audience and saying things like ‘ I think I can see my mother ’ and ‘ I think I can see my uncle . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ While the show was going on they were peering at other faces in the audience and saying things like ‘ I think I can see my mother ’ and ‘ I think I can see my uncle . ’ |
| 24 | Thorfinn said , ‘ I think I can look my successor in the face , provided I have even the illusion of free will . |
| 25 | ‘ I think you can make your own luck in Formula One . |
| 26 | Yes and you think you can move your fingers and you pull on them and you look down and I 'm trying to pull them now , but they just wo n't move . |
| 27 | Think you can find your way around Tripoli ? ’ |
| 28 | It 's good on Covermaster , but if you think you can keep your living assurance in line with inflation even when you 're likely to be coming into poor health , it is a brilliant concept . |
| 29 | I think we can protect our children much better than we do , for one thing there is a law that says it 's illegal to sell tobacco to children under sixteen , that law is flouted every day in a large proportion of the , er the shops in this city and in Scotland . |
| 30 | I think we can expect our keeper to have a good game always , with exceptional games often enough . |