Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , apart from the potted shrimps I think I can assure you , Inspector , that one way and another all the other dishes were shared . ’ |
| 2 | Former Top 40 presenter Tony Blackburn said : ‘ In the old days I think it meant something to be the Christmas No. 1 and there would be great excitement in the run-up to the last chart . |
| 3 | And one of the last holidays I took , and I was on my own , I went to the United States for , and Canada for er the , the six weeks I think it was or eight weeks . |
| 4 | With the verbal arts I think it can only be done for the moment by writing about nature . |
| 5 | Hm , quite like the white ones I think I probably like the white ones better Am 's , let's have the white ones . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know who you 've got in your morgue back in London , but as you can see they 're not the three men you thought they were . ’ |
| 7 | Look at that little boy there in the leather coat and the little glasses I think it looks lovely . |
| 8 | This has happened to the many theorists who thought they had a simple explanation for the confusion of thought which led to the surrender of judgment metaphor . |
| 9 | And his toe-nails were long and curved , like the horns of a goat , reminding Melanie of the cloven hooves she thought he might have had . |
| 10 | I hope you will print my letter for the benefit of the young women who think they are in love and are willing to overlook ‘ a few things ’ because they are afraid that they ca n't live without the guy . |
| 11 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 12 | * As a way of finding the best structure for your essay , write out all the main points you think you need to make , and rearrange them until they develop as an overall argument ( see pp. 59 – 61 ) . |
| 13 | I was having a War at the time — the Mussels against the Dead Flies I think it was — and while I was in the library poring over the book and trying to keep my eyes open , soaking up all those damn silly Imperial measurements , the wind would be blowing my fly armies over half the island and the sea would first sink the mussel shells in their high pools and then cover them with sand . |
| 14 | It was the committed Christians who were , in the main , sympathetic , and the dedicated atheists who thought it ‘ in rather poor taste ’ . |
| 15 | For a few moments she thought she was trapped , with no way through the high walls that surrounded this part of the garden . |
| 16 | For a few moments she thought he had no intention of answering her as her whole being quivered with indignation that he should have the nerve to pass judgement on her when not even her closest friends knew her innermost thoughts and longings . |
| 17 | Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him . |
| 18 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 19 | The warts are all there too for without a few blemishes I think it would be a rather dull story . |
| 20 | As I was picked from about a hundred applicants I think I did quite well . |