Example sentences of "think [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 | Susan Sowerby says I should go home , so perhaps she thinks I can help him . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | ‘ Do you think you can do it with drugs ? ’ she asked . |
| 23 | Do you think you can do it ? |
| 24 | Do you think you can do it quite well ? |
| 25 | if you have n't signed it , I do n't think you can do it |
| 26 | ‘ Well , how do you think you can change it , Mother ? ’ |
| 27 | If you do n't think you can manage it yourself , give your butcher plenty of warning and he will bone your turkey for you . |
| 28 | Do you think you can hold it for an hour ? ’ |
| 29 | I do n't think you can defer it . |
| 30 | Do you think you can restore it and it will knit again without festering ? ’ |