Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [vb infin] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I really do not think I could manage my affairs without her assistance . ’ |
| 2 | If I had not had the support of Project 81 members , the head of care at Le Court and other friends , I do not think I could have survived . |
| 3 | ‘ If we do n't hurry we 're likely to meet Florian and Nicky in the lift , and right this minute I do n't think I could bring myself to keep quiet about the things you 've just been saying . ’ |
| 4 | It would be crazy to leave it empty , and I do n't think I could bring myself to sell my old family home . |
| 5 | I hate the places and I do n't think I could handle going in there and seeing Len smashed up like that . |
| 6 | I do n't think I could handle somebody living with me like that . |
| 7 | I do n't think I could handle it . |
| 8 | I do n't think I could go on living . ’ |
| 9 | I really do n't think I could tolerate the loss of it all . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't think I could eat chips . |
| 11 | I do n't think I could face it . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think I could face Dr Wyn 's nudges and winks at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think I could face any more peppermint or camomile , ’ said Scarlet , frankly . |
| 14 | I do n't think i I do n't think I could wear a dress like that ! |
| 15 | Harriet , I 'm sorry , but I do n't think I could stand to begin going all over that again — not just now . |
| 16 | I do n't think I could stand any more Hatherby nonsense . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said . |
| 18 | I do n't think I could stand another evening just yet at that nightclub she and Dunbar seem so crazy about . ’ |
| 19 | I , I do n't think I could do it , I 'm a . |
| 20 | I mean I do n't think I could do it . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think I could do that . |
| 22 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 23 | No , oh I do n't think I could do the travelling now that I used to do , but er |
| 24 | I do n't think I could do that . |
| 25 | He hesitated and added softly : ‘ I do n't think I could bear that . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't think I could bear to see Madeleine again . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think I could bear that . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't think I could bear it . |
| 29 | I do n't think I could bear to stand in that stifling place ever again , among the drips and smells . " |
| 30 | I do n't think I could bear to look them in the face . ’ |