Example sentences of "think i 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 | And er I thought I can do what I did at forty , and I did it , but look what I 've got now . |
26 | I like to think I can do what she does , but perhaps not as well . |
27 | I 'd like to think I can call you at home if there 's something I need . ’ |
28 | oh yes I think I can pull myself up |
29 | Taking several samples of firedamp in glass bottles , Sir Humphry returned to London telling Buddle , ‘ I think I can do something for you ’ . |
30 | But , ’ I jumped in as he was about to interrupt , ‘ I think I can do something for you . ’ |