Example sentences of "think we can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't think we can do it , ’ whispered the bald man . |
| 2 | I do n't think we can do it again so soon without a very noisy protest from the Tourist Board . ’ |
| 3 | What connections do you think we can make between these and decisions about who should be a priest today ? |
| 4 | Now , do you think we can make it to the post box let's go and have a try shall we ? |
| 5 | But that privilege maybe denied to some people because biologically they are not perfect , in the way that other people are not biologically perfect , and I do n't think we can demand the right |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think we can go on like this . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think we can go that far , ’ Montgomery disagreed . |
| 8 | ‘ D' you think we can go on ? ’ |
| 9 | I would like to emphasize that erm the Greater York authorities have n't lightly arrived at erm the strategy for a new settlement , er we have been driven to it by a very careful examination of the development possibilities , firstly around the edge of York , and secondly around the various villages , we know these areas erm intimately from our day to day planning work , and on two occasions , once in connection with the Greater York study , and secondly in connection with drawing detailed greenbelt boundaries we have tramped around the edges of all these settlements and looked very carefully at the possibilities for development , erm the possibilities have been taken up in the development equation , which the County Council has put in front of you , which does still include er some development around villages and around the edge of the city without harming greenbelt , but we do n't really think we can go much further , and that 's what has driven us to the conclusion that er a new settlement must play a part in the longer term development equation for Greater York . |
| 10 | Well I I do n't think we can go on any other sort of colour . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you think we can go to your flat now and talk ? ’ |
| 12 | Well as it 's foggy I do n't think we can go out . |
| 13 | Peter Reid , the factor on Kildalton Estate ( 36 ) , in part of his statement said " I do n't suppose it is of any consequence to advert to the question of how people were removed , but I do n't think we can admit that there were any evictions , and I think there is no need , unless it is wished , to call forward witnesses to show that there were no evictions , at least in the ordinary sense of the word . " |
| 14 | ‘ Do you think we can change the subject , ’ said Kate , sweetly , ‘ while we 're eating ? ’ |
| 15 | But we 're lumbered with it now , and I do n't think we can change it . |
| 16 | he goes nah there must be something wrong with this she go he goes I ca n't , I do n't think we can complain about that can we ? |
| 17 | ‘ Do you really think we can disappear into the blue ? ’ |
| 18 | Erm it is admitted that people are gon na have go much further to get their treatment ah , that was quite clearly stated as part of the the down side of it , and I do n't think we can tolerate that until we 've got a decent public transport system that 's going to allow patients to get by public transport from here to Colchester or Witham or Clacton or wherever and er and their , their relatives and friends to be able to follow to visit them if you know , as necessary . |
| 19 | Well , that would be a change in procedure , I think , I do n't recall that the closure of Berwick St James school was dealt with by county council , but Berwick St James was closed , I do n't think we can pretend in either way about that . |
| 20 | And you 're wondering , I mean I do n't think we can expect of the advice of charities now , or very little , you know , and , and they 've got to be very , very careful |
| 21 | ‘ Or do you think we can grow wings and fly across the Greshorns ? ’ |
| 22 | I do n't think we can treat them individually . |
| 23 | How soon do you think we can get our supplies together ? |
| 24 | On April 3 , the UK Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , said during an interview with the BBC that " I do n't think we can get into the business of using force … in order to impose a particular political answer on Iraq " . |
| 25 | ‘ Do you think we can get the key ? ’ |
| 26 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 27 | I mean , wages , benefits from the welfare state — the cost of reproducing labour power , which is really what the wages for housework argument turns on , this cost is covered in a variety of ways — not adequately , that 's true and working class women are most vulnerable , but I do n't think we can say simply that housework , childcare is given free , is not paid for at all . |
| 28 | I do n't think we can say poisons , that , that implies that it 's damaging health , we do n't know that . |
| 29 | ‘ Do you think we can trust him ? ’ |
| 30 | I do n't think we can find other nomes with this Ship , but at least I know where to look for frogs . |