Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] think [pron] have get " in BNC.

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1 But anyway we 've grasped the point that the general elections it 's really down to the prime minister to er er to ask for the dissolution of parliament and the prime minister will normally a will normally ask for the dissolution of parliament when he or she thinks they 've got the best chance of winning .
2 They often agree to intercourse because they feel they must or they think they 've got to a certain age where they have to do it .
3 And er half heatedly she decided she ought , she could n't have any more children you know she 'd , I do n't think it was money so much that she thought she 'd got enough and somebody told her about this Slippery Elm , well you could get a Slippery Elm drink , you know you know these milky foods if you 've got a poor tummy , that that can , er she bought a tin of this Slippery Elm drink , and she drunk gallons of it and it was doing her good and she thought er she thought it would n't , she 'd gone wrong you see .
4 ‘ Only if you promise not to talk Man 's Talk when I 'm in the kitchen making gagging noises so that you think I 've got an Espresso machine , ’ said Sorrel , eyeing him suspiciously .
5 Once you think you 've got it licked , you 're in trouble .
6 It was evident from the young man 's circumspect excitement that he thought he 'd got his first genuine schizophrenic hypochondriac .
7 I was , I was in the loo and erm they were , they went into the office and I could hear this rummaging of paper and I thought they 've got a club book , I did n't think any more of it , and when I came out they got , both of them out of the boxes .
8 And I thought I 'd got
9 knowing erm why all the purple cro crocuses good cook and I thought I 've got no
10 We 've experimented with him a bit over the years , and I think we 've got it about right now . ’
11 We gave [ the library manager ] an enormous list of requirements and he has met most of them … and I think we 've got to be reasonably satisfied because the rest of the school have got to have their whack as well .
12 and I think we 've got ta reas , yeah lus , leave it to Steve .
13 Erm , I have brought some price lists here , and I think we 've got some time , Sheila , what time am I finishing ?
14 And I think we 've got to face that end of problem as well .
15 The position yeah , it 's as Roger said , and I think we 've got to the stage now where we 've shown good faith , we 've had that land put in good order , and we can now I think quite justifi justifiably say , we 've done enough , if you 're not prepared to help any more , it 's over to you .
16 Well it was a particularly er high level of best sellers to erm er er Stephen King 's erm and what I 'm glad to say is that this is continuing into ninety three and I think we 've got eight er eight best sellers on the , on the New York Times best seller list , so er you know prospects for ninety three also look , look , look good .
17 And I think we 've got
18 ‘ We 've had a long , non-stop period of internationals and I think we 've got to let time take its course now .
19 Erm , but I think we 've got , we 've got erm Cowan Bridge in the early part of Lowood and I think we 've got really Roe Head School at the end Lowood , as it were .
20 Although fifty hectares at thirty per hectare I mean fifteen hundred jobs erm and I think we 've got eleven hundred or a thousand on our total unemployment role .
21 I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects .
22 And I think we 've got to remember that a local authority is not funded from money that grows on trees , it is funded by the electorate and we , as Councillors , have a duty to that electorate to spend the money wisely .
23 And I think we 've got to do a lot more to put this sort of thing right .
24 It 's alright us starting to go along the road of closures , but some of us have been here through it a lot , little bit longer than others and I think we have got to watch what we 're doing .
25 I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations .
26 And I think we have got to let them compete competitively with the private sector , we 've got to push them further out .
27 The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try .
28 We freeze and I think they 've got me , but we see they 're ignoring us and clipping on their riot-visors .
29 I , I would like to think they 'd been supported the same as the boxing club , but after all the boxing club is for youths , and I think they 've got to look after the youths erm , try and find something for them to do , as much as erm , community
30 I think they 've got to become less competitive , less arrogant and less dominant , seeing that as the macho role , and I think they 've got to become erm much more erm feminine and approve the feminine characteristics , so that there is n't so much difference between the two genders , and particularly in marriage and in the home .
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