Example sentences of "i can think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bit more rest and I can think about some gentle training . |
| 2 | To keep them in my sights , I would have to hitch a lift on something shiny — Riva 's wedding ring is the only thing I can think of that might work . |
| 3 | So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . |
| 4 | It 's the only one I can think of that could |
| 5 | oh Rebecca , I can think of five million things I 'd rather do Rebecca says she likes ironing I certainly do n't |
| 6 | ‘ I can think of better things to do than share a house with a bitch like you . |
| 7 | ‘ I can think of better places to make love , cariad . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I can think of other and better things … ’ |
| 9 | I can think of two reasons . |
| 10 | ‘ I can think of two other people who might want Hereward dead . ’ |
| 11 | And , just quickly , I can think of two or three examples of children who in fact became very suicidal through their depression . |
| 12 | Most of them , perhaps , were doctors , government servants of one degree or another ; a few were farmers ( I can think of one , still remembered ) and some were just friends , as I myself have been for the Bakgatia and , I hope , for the whole new country of Botswana . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I can think of one or two people who might have wanted to harm her , as you suggest . |
| 14 | ‘ When sport is trying to come to terms with economic reality , I can think of one area in the business which will say as a result of this that they can not associate themselves with it — sponsorship . |
| 15 | ‘ When sport is trying to come to terms with economic reality , I can think of one area in the business which will say as a result of this that they can not associate themselves with it — sponsorship . |
| 16 | ‘ I can think of one client where almost 90% of their income is generated outside the UK . |
| 17 | ‘ I can think of one firm that I think had tried to pull the wool over our eyes for many years . |
| 18 | Well I can think of one M S one in our er office who I 'd be quite erm quite happy with him doing all the project eng engineering duties except finance . |
| 19 | If I can think of one thing that makes modern software easy to use leading up to Windows it is the split screen . |
| 20 | I can think of one c comment Chairman . |
| 21 | Well , now there 's a place not many escape from … well , there is n't anyone that has that I can think of offhand . |
| 22 | I 've no idea whether Europe is going to work , no one has , and I can think of huge historical reasons why it wo n't . |
| 23 | I can think of huge chunks of life , important to me , in which information technology is irrelevant : sex , the arts , sport , food and drink , home decorating . |
| 24 | I can think of dozens of Corbetts which are finer mountains in every way than many of their higher counterparts in the Munro bracket . |
| 25 | And , while she was still digesting that piece of information , he added , ‘ And I can think of dozens of things I 'd like to do , beginning with a kiss and ending — ’ He broke off and gave a faint grin . |
| 26 | I can think of fewer couples more deserving of homage . |
| 27 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 28 | In the 1984 debate on the shipbuilding industry Peter Shore , the opposition spokesman on Trade and Industry , said : ‘ I can think of few industries where the medium to long-term view of demand is more necessary . ’ |
| 29 | I can think of some things we should have done earlier . |
| 30 | Even I can think of some lines that would come too near the knuckle for his liking . ’ |