Example sentences of "[vb base] think [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But we just want to think it through . |
| 2 | Right , and you get them to something that you can deal with , because the one thing you can not deal with right , we want to think it over , it is n't matter where you take them to , right whether it 's the bathroom window , whether it 's the one in |
| 3 | ‘ I want to think she was joking . ’ |
| 4 | I only want to think you perfect … ’ |
| 5 | Well that 's two million pounds interestingly erm there are costs er er er we had some of our U S interest rates and we er that actually was an outgoing erm there , there are lots of other pluses and minuses and we , you can kid yourself the rate being eight point nine accrued and five and a half adjusted er if you want to think you know if you th think the treasury job was a good one , but erm the truth lies somewhere in between I suspect . |
| 6 | ‘ And wo n't they all feel terrible about it when they stop to think what they 're doing to you ? ’ she asked in a fair imitation of an Irish brogue . |
| 7 | Do the terrorists on both sides ever stop to think what kind of a country they are creating ? |
| 8 | Now he would have even more cause to think he could use their past acquaintance as an excuse to be familiar with her . |
| 9 | Stop thinking you 're some great displaced intellectual all the time . |
| 10 | They drove along , d'Urberville making conversation and Tess thinking her own thoughts . |
| 11 | Dot walked down the road slowly to give herself time to think what to say . |
| 12 | ‘ I happen to think my honour is worth fighting for ! |
| 13 | Also I happen to think he is still one of our better players . |
| 14 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 15 | I happen to think it was a good deal for Leeds . |
| 16 | But for the time being I happen to think it best to wait a little , in the hope that something triggers your memory into returning of its own accord . ’ |
| 17 | They seem to think everyone should look past their appearance and get to know the ‘ real person ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ They seem to think they are something special ’ , muttered one unimpressed observer . |
| 19 | Conversely , why is it that finance managers seem to think they have a monopoly on numeracy ? |
| 20 | ‘ They seem to think they 're there to punish the people . |
| 21 | They seem to think they 're special in some way , almost as though they had the right to choose whether they 'll cooperate or not . ’ |
| 22 | I seem to think they were ? |
| 23 | ‘ Some people seem to think they will be picked regardless . |
| 24 | Unfortunately when other divisions come and use it they seem to think they can pick up the caravan and there 'll be a wonderful display in there |
| 25 | ‘ They seem to think we are troublemakers but we have women , children and people over 70 years of age . ’ |
| 26 | Manufacturers seem to think we 'll put up with any old crap ! |
| 27 | The general public seem to think we do nothing but skin them . |
| 28 | Spokesman Sylvia Rigby said : ‘ They seem to think we are only objecting to the level of the charge but we are against it all together . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ They seem to think we are going to put a remand centre there , ’ he said . |
| 30 | ‘ People seem to think we are getting rid of all the books but the only ones we have done away with are those which had been hidden away unused for many years . ’ |