Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [vb infin] i can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I do not feel I can do justice to that need here , in the uncomfortable cold of this cave . |
| 2 | Frankfurt Dear Professor , I do not feel I can talk about my parents . |
| 3 | Martin Heslop , prosecuting , said : ‘ I do not feel I can ask a jury to convict with the measure of certainty required . ’ |
| 4 | Another asked for the name of a good travel agent , while a third declared : ‘ I do not think I can bear another five years of Andrew Lloyd Webber ; I 'm off . ’ |
| 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 do not think I can bear this , thought Grainne , but even as the thought was framed , she knew that for someone it had had to be borne , there had been no escaping it , this bottomless dark pit , this vast endless night sea … |
| 7 | I am afraid that I must say frankly that I do not think I can open the columns of the Q.R. — at any rate , at present — to any one associated publicly with such a publication as Blast . |
| 8 | I do not think I can give the petitioner superior rights . |
| 9 | I do not think I can do any more . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , she still writes to me , ’ Harry answered Cora-Beth 's question , ‘ but the way I feel about you is different and I do n't think I can explain . |
| 11 | I do n't think I can do it myself . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it , ’ is how he put it when I phoned him . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It will not fight by raising its wings and clashing its talons and making noise ; but quietly , cleverly , making you see the Men as friends , making you fear the wide world outside , so that when opportunity comes you will not take it as you should but hide behind excuses like ‘ The time is n't right yet ’ or ‘ I do n't think I can do that ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think I can do that , Cameron . ’ |
| 16 | " I tell you what — I do n't think I can do any more by seeing him at the moment , but I think you should cut out his meat completely for a week or two . |
| 17 | ‘ About Mrs Brocklebank , I do n't think I can do much there . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think I can do it . |
| 19 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |
| 20 | yeah , I do n't think I can do the big mower . |
| 21 | I do n't think I can do that . |
| 22 | I do n't think I can do that to get the juice and have a at the same time . |
| 23 | you can listen if you want , only joking , no , I do n't think I can do that , I 'm allowed to listen to it , I have to record it at home you know as well |
| 24 | I do n't think I can answer the question in that form . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think I can answer that — not for certain . |
| 26 | ‘ I just do n't think I can sit out there and watch it all . |
| 27 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think I can tell when you 're acting . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think I can handle any more shocks , ’ she said with taut bitterness . |
| 30 | Then she breathes out and gives a real smile — one of those big things that brightens her face like a starburst — and I see she 's been frightened , and I sigh , and suddenly I 've got a lump in my throat and I 'm trembling and I do n't think I can move away from this wall . |