Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] i can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think I can give the petitioner superior rights . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I do not think I can do any more . |
| 7 | ‘ But I do not feel I can do justice to that need here , in the uncomfortable cold of this cave . |
| 8 | Frankfurt Dear Professor , I do not feel I can talk about my parents . |
| 9 | Martin Heslop , prosecuting , said : ‘ I do not feel I can ask a jury to convict with the measure of certainty required . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think I can eat any more , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 11 | Erm I s do n't think I can give you a precise answer to that question er off the cuff Mr Colgan , I think we 'd have to let you have a note on those figures |
| 12 | I know this sorried affair is wrong , that I end up breaking my daughter 's heart , or upsetting my son , son 's ha , but I do n't think I can give up Steve ? |
| 13 | Well I do n't think I can feel like I suppose that were Victoria was n't it , ringing nine nine nine they forgot to ask |
| 14 | I do n't think I can go on guarding the jewels any more . |
| 15 | I 've decided I do n't think I can go |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I can stay here with you either , ’ he muttered savagely , ‘ but I have no choice . |
| 17 | Well , I just do n't think I can stay now that man has arrived . |
| 18 | " But I do n't think I can swim , Hazel . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think I can handle any more shocks , ’ she said with taut bitterness . |
| 20 | I c I do n't I do n't think I can tell you the lot it 's |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think I can tell when you 're acting . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think I can talk any more about your husband . |
| 23 | Hill , bought as a full-back for £200,000 from Bury , but a successful implant to central defence said yesterday : ‘ I do n't think I can carry on any longer . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I 've hurt my back too — I do n't think I can move . ’ |
| 27 | But I do n't think I can rely on myself to take them everyday ! |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think I can stand young people . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't think I can stand much more . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think I can stand it any more . |