Example sentences of "think [pers pn] can [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I can stand young people . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Do you think I can watch another woman become your bride ? |
| 3 | ‘ Do you think I can have some peace now ? ’ he asked , sweetly . |
| 4 | If he thinks I can stand another night in that car , he 's even madder than I thought . ’ |
| 5 | do n't think you can do that son ! |
| 6 | And do you think you can manage some broccoli and some of those peppers please ? |
| 7 | But you I think I think w er well it 's no good saying it now but I do n't think you can ask one person under the heat of all that to count up separate |
| 8 | ‘ But as to the actual work involved … ’ he shook his head , ‘ I do n't think you can have any conception of that . ’ |
| 9 | Do you think you can have some sense talked into you ? ’ |
| 10 | I do n't think you can impose wholesale changes overnight . ’ |
| 11 | So if you feel discouraged , in that you do n't think you can put two words together , or discouraged because you ‘ um ’ and ‘ er ’ or anything else of that kind , just say to yourself , ‘ I can perhaps overcome this , but what I can certainly overcome is being boring , ’ if you are . |
| 12 | I do n't think we can find other nomes with this Ship , but at least I know where to look for frogs . |
| 13 | As our shop steward representative I do n't think we can allow this sort of thing brothers . |
| 14 | None of us thinks we can manage this business by putting it on autopilot , ’ he says . |
| 15 | Hawking thinks it can go either way but we will never know . |
| 16 | By reducing ground stations and cutting staff , the company thinks it can run both sets of satellites more efficiently . |
| 17 | Who 's the complete pillock who thinks he can send commercial programs and pretend they 're his own ? |
| 18 | Third , although Alan Ladd , the highly respected chief executive of MGM-Pathe , thinks he can release 13 films this year , costing an average of $8m-10m each , their prospects must be open to question . |
| 19 | As a matter of fact , I think I can claim unwitting credit for Alan taking Willy on . ’ |
| 20 | I much prefer to find my own swims , not because I think I can find better swims than anyone else , but because I get a great deal of satisfaction from being able to study a piece of water , select a swim as a likely chub haunt , and then find that I am right . |
| 21 | I think I can promise that life with me , whatever else it may be , will not be humdrum . |
| 22 | ‘ I think I can read most things , Miss Honey , ’ Matilda said , ‘ although I 'm afraid I ca n't always understand the meanings . ’ |
| 23 | I think I can see electrical equipment in here , bigger than anything I 've ever seen before . |
| 24 | Mr Hay , whose company made a small profit last year , added : ‘ For my own business I think I can see faint signs of recovery . |
| 25 | Think you can manage three miles ? ’ |
| 26 | I also think you can feel such sensations in places where great acts of religious worship have taken place . |
| 27 | And I think that instead of sitting round and bitching about them , which you can do , it 's better to try to take more of an interest and make interesting videos , because if you 're a creative person I think you can make creative videos . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Look , I do n't know what you 're playing at , but if you think you can foster some sort of … ideas because of what you read the other day in my notes then forget it . |
| 29 | Not actually , I think you can get different sizes ca n't you ? |
| 30 | It 's quite difficult to tell how much tape 's gone , if you got that much tape left , you think you can get more conversation on and you ca n't . |