Example sentences of "[pers pn] can think [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can think of better things to do than share a house with a bitch like you . |
| 2 | ‘ I can think of better places to make love , cariad . ’ |
| 3 | I can think of two reasons . |
| 4 | ‘ I can think of one firm that I think had tried to pull the wool over our eyes for many years . |
| 5 | ‘ I can think of one client where almost 90% of their income is generated outside the UK . |
| 6 | ‘ When sport is trying to come to terms with economic reality , I can think of one area in the business which will say as a result of this that they can not associate themselves with it — sponsorship . |
| 7 | ‘ When sport is trying to come to terms with economic reality , I can think of one area in the business which will say as a result of this that they can not associate themselves with it — sponsorship . |
| 8 | If I can think of one thing that makes modern software easy to use leading up to Windows it is the split screen . |
| 9 | Well I can think of one M S one in our er office who I 'd be quite erm quite happy with him doing all the project eng engineering duties except finance . |
| 10 | I can think of huge chunks of life , important to me , in which information technology is irrelevant : sex , the arts , sport , food and drink , home decorating . |
| 11 | I can think of fewer couples more deserving of homage . |
| 12 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 13 | In the 1984 debate on the shipbuilding industry Peter Shore , the opposition spokesman on Trade and Industry , said : ‘ I can think of few industries where the medium to long-term view of demand is more necessary . ’ |
| 14 | Even I can think of some lines that would come too near the knuckle for his liking . ’ |
| 15 | I can think of some things we should have done earlier . |
| 16 | I can think of another example . |
| 17 | If I want to break a lock on someone 's front door , I can think of three ways . |
| 18 | But I can think of several reasons to resent their existence . |
| 19 | ‘ I can think of several women who did excellent post-maternity work . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , I can think of several things , ’ she told him with soft-voiced hostility . |
| 21 | Of course , there is a place for one or two chief executives , but I can think of several names , which I will not mention , of former Labour and Conservative council leaders who could make an enormous contribution . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you find you can think about other things while doing your job ? ’ and ‘ Do you ever find the pace of the job too fast ? ’ |
| 23 | Thirty-six of the forty women said ‘ yes ’ to the question ‘ Do you find you can think about other things while you 're working ? ’ , and most of the women then went on to offer examples of topics they thought about . |
| 24 | ( Do you find you can think about other things while you 're working' ? ) |
| 25 | ( Do you find you can think about other things … ? ) |
| 26 | ( Do you find you can think about other things while you 're working ? ) |
| 27 | No doubt you can think of reflex behaviours you have learned in this way . |
| 28 | No doubt you can think of various acts which are crimes in this country but not in other countries ; and of behaviour which is against the criminal law of other societies but which is not criminal in Britain . |
| 29 | Erm perhaps you can think of daft things like think of someone kicking the kettle . |
| 30 | You can think of horizontal transmission and vertical transmission as corresponding to the two sub-programs called DEVELOPMENT and REPRODUCTION in Chapter 3 . |