Example sentences of "n't think [pron] can [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 We can do , we 've just got to , I mean we 've just got to ask everyone to give a very brief report erm on another occasion and then it can be kept very short , I think though , there are , there are times when , when , you know , we do want to hear what 's going on with sort of er networks and campaigns , we do need that time as well do n't we , er so we ca n't , I do n't think we can always do it .
2 ‘ I do n't think we can really say their ( the government 's ) hands are clean , ’ he said .
3 ‘ I do n't think we can really plan overseas ’ operations effectively , until we get full planning control from Detroit .
4 It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really .
5 So not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method and I think now that the system has been running for a number of years in the school that it 's possible for each department to support new members of staff and introduce them to the appropriate methods and approaches to mixed ability classes .
6 So , not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method .
7 reformat I mean you 've got to be you , knowledgable about your , the area in which you work , so I do n't think you can just wipe out the history of education that 's irrelevant .
8 Yes , but I do n't think you can just say all women are housewives .
9 I do n't think you can both stir it at the same time .
10 I do n't think you can even say , non-white , can you , nowadays .
11 You do n't grasp it when you 're young , and if you 're born , obviously as a lot of the population now are , much younger , and have n't really been either touched or involved in a war , it 's very difficult , it 's something which we 've all seen on television , we 've all seen it at the films and you tend if you 're not careful , to pick up the glamorous side of it , you do n't realise I do n't think and in fact I keep saying this — I do n't think you can ever realise what it must be like to be in a battle until you 've actually been there .
12 ‘ And I do n't think you can ever understand Italians .
13 Because what the Sale of Goods Act goes on to say is that if the goods contain a fault which is so obvious you should have noticed the fault while you were in the shop , or the shop assistant pointed out the fault to you while you were in the shop , then I do n't think you can really demand money back on that basis .
14 In a way , long-term , something you do in science is possibly going to be of more value , but it 's very necessary , I think , literature and things like that are very much part of your life , you 'd go mad without them , I certainly would ; so I do n't think you can really assign values like that — it 's just where your personal interest and qualities lie , what you 're best at .
15 I do n't think you can really grumble .
16 Now that 's all away now there 's , there 's no Snow Hill I do n't think you can really find out where it was nowadays .
17 ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ said Miss Drax , ‘ I do n't think I can honestly say I do . ’
18 He says I do n't think I can quite make it yet you know .
19 I do n't think I can really get out of it . ’
20 I do n't think it 's as bad as that here but I do n't think it can ever happen here , hopefully .
21 Walter offered a tempting salary in the South Wales Union Railway but does n't think it can ever become profitable …
  Next page