Example sentences of "[adv] think [conj] " in BNC.

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31 I never thought of that , I just think that they were bananas jumping about in stripy pyjamas .
32 I 've never really found it that much of an insult ever anyway , but I just think that it 's a bit of a term which does n't really apply to us .
33 There is a human characteristic that we like to think , see things in , in very clear cut ways and you 're saying we should n't go overboard and just think that Boris Yeltsin because of his courage standing on the tank and , and helping to prevent the coup , we should n't go overboard and think that he 's er the most marvellous human liberal democrat who ever walked the earth .
34 You 'll know more about it than me John , but er , I just think that David Lawrence er from the pavilion end is click this morning he 's bowled some very , very quick deliveries we 've been saying all along that this is a very docile pitch now and a good batting service er , er against the , but there 's been some quick deliveries this morning .
35 I think if you go back a hundred years the problems in British culture were much worse , but nonetheless I do think there 's a tremendous arrogance around in modern so-called civilized Britain , and particularly when they talk about the ancient civilization of Israel , I just think that they were a far more humane nation than we are .
36 I 'm very disillusioned with the whole thing now and I just think that things are going from bad to worse .
37 Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known .
38 Just think before you make a move , that 's all .
39 You 'll be old one day just think when you 're a little old man sitting behind
40 But just think if the family had not been in touch with the Bengali Action Group or with any community workers , what sort of state of fear they 'd live in .
41 Just think if it had been polio or something like that . ’
42 Christians usually think that they have nothing to learn from other religions , but that is because we confuse beliefs and practices .
43 Both mistakenly think that it is a virtue for the theory to explain everything .
44 In terms of Figure 6.10 , workers would like to move up their labour supply function to a position such as point B since they mistakenly think that the real wage rate has risen to , say , .
45 Take the case of the inhabitants of an island who mistakenly think that the price which the rest of the economy is prepared to pay for its output has risen .
46 I personally do not touch any drugs , alcohol or smoking materials , yet I still think that this music is the best in a long time .
47 Mind you , I still think that now on the way back from a long hill-walk when I can just make out a dot that is the car .
48 I thought and still think that John and Mary is the least film-like of novels ; most of the wordage is devoted to the thoughts of the characters , and the most dramatic piece of action is the accidental breaking of a glass …
49 People still think that the JMU does the regulating , but this is not the case .
50 People still think that the JMU does the regulating , but this is not the case .
51 I still think that there are valid scientific reasons for continued exploration , however . ’
52 Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine , they still think that he or she is wonderful .
53 Some 9% still think that no single operating system will dominate .
54 We still think that communications arguably , whilst still emerging as a discipline , is best approached from a range of disciplines .
55 You were right in saying that there was very bad press given to hormone replacement therapy in in the early days when they used very high doses of of er un er , of normal oestrogens and this caused an increase in the amount of end of uterus , uterine cancer and this I think has generally er mo mo mo ruined the course for for the older doctors because they still think that it 's associated with an increase in cancer and they have n't got up to date to realise that the more modern preparations are not causing this and that 's where I think th the problems li lie .
56 And I know that they 're using cultures and things but I still think that we are a long way from not using animals .
57 ‘ I think we might be safer with him , ’ Anne said , ‘ but I still think that fellow should n't have spoken like that to Mr Chamberlain . ’
58 We poor savages , way back in the Dark Ages , still think that our women might possibly be satisfied with one man .
59 For some reason , the makers of this trash still think that all metal fans have had their frontal lobes seared from their skulls , and would n't know an intelligent sentence if it jumped up and shouted ‘ moron ’ in their earholes .
60 But you know I still think that I 'm drawn towards that sort of teaching , performing that kind of role erm and that would n't be fulfilled by librarianship at all .
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