Example sentences of "think i can [vb infin] [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 | I 'd like to think I can call you at home if there 's something I need . ’ |
| 20 | Even when I 'm injured I think I can do it regardless . |
| 21 | ‘ But the one I really want is your Open and I think I can do it . |
| 22 | World No 1 — that 's my aim , and I think I can do it , ’ said Marshall . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I can stand it . ’ |
| 24 | Even if I think I can present it , should I do so ? |
| 25 | ‘ Well , apart from the potted shrimps I think I can assure you , Inspector , that one way and another all the other dishes were shared . ’ |
| 26 | I think I can assure you , we 've got a , an international European officer , who has the main responsibility for opening the doors for us in a lobbying way within Europe , and in addition to that , and the maintenance of the networks , we are spreading international and European responsibilities around the organisation , so it 's seen again to be integral to our work , rather than compartmentalised , and I 'm confident that the organisation as a whole , will therefore be doing more . |
| 27 | Out of sight of the child you pass the coin from the left to right hand and continue rubbing with the right hand only saying ‘ I think I can feel it coming ’ until eventually you say : ‘ There it is , it 's come back ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I think I can handle it ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I think I can leave you to your granddaughter 's care , Abuelito . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've talked to the girl , Miranda Lewis , she 's not keen , but I think I can bring her round . |