Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] think he [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps you think he would have changed something if he could ? ’ |
| 2 | Aye I said , so she said the landlord 's never put it down so we thought he 'd have had it down by she come home cos Alison seen it and where they work and th and there 's a room there or something and she 'd asked the boss could she have it for the bathroom . |
| 3 | Far away he thought he could see some goats grazing . |
| 4 | Answering back I thought he could have given me a bit more time cos I wanted to say something else and he was |
| 5 | Now he thinks he can work it in , which I 'm pleased about because if this is the way the Indians react to me and Matt then maybe that 's a pointer to how the fans will go . |
| 6 | Well I think he would 've , he was very fond of children you know . |
| 7 | Well I think he would have enjoyed it too much to be quite honest with you that 's why I did n't do it . |
| 8 | Well I think he would have |
| 9 | Well I think he ought to do something . |
| 10 | Well I think he can go through the small claims court for five hundred but I suppose six hundred was just over , it 's probably something very crafty that they thought up between them , this pair ! |
| 11 | " Do n't you think he would like some ? " |
| 12 | Do n't you think he could have sent them ? ’ |
| 13 | Well do n't you think he can do it himself ? |
| 14 | He laughed so hard I thought he would dislocate his dentures . |
| 15 | If he believes it 's worth trying , then I think he should try . ’ |
| 16 | And I think that there is a very strong argument erm for getting women in the cabinet on the basis that if women are seen to be in the cabinet they are seen as competent , they 're seen as excellent politicians , and that 's why I go for a form of positive discrimination , which is that if you 've got two people who are equally well qualified , and if erm Mr Major decided that a man and a women were equally well qualified , then I think he should have chosen the woman erm |
| 17 | How I thought he could help me I do n't know , but he invited me for lunch , anyway , and he was lovely . |
| 18 | Maybe she thought he would get up in some drunken stupor and ravish her . |
| 19 | Then he thought he could smell Donald 's feet . |
| 20 | They bought out , this company have bought out a new tile and he said they 're looking for a sort of nice house to have as a sort of a show house and then he thinks he 'll get them for nothing . |
| 21 | How he thought he could love Mama so much and dislike her friends and relations on the grounds that they were Italian , I do n't know . |
| 22 | Maybe he thought he could hide there with you . ’ |
| 23 | If Ratty from ‘ Wind in the Willows ’ could be imagined living in a town , then Boppard is where we think he 'd choose . |
| 24 | Peering closer he thought he could see a smear roughly the same length on the jacket pocket , but the cloth was too dirty for him to be sure . |
| 25 | Sometimes , when he thought he might die , as Eileen had died , some deep and insatiable curiosity about life and living in him , some craving to take with him a deeper knowledge of women and their essence made him long to lie in love with her , to taste the sweetness of her mystery , to see the world just once from a vantage point where the lost and lonely flesh that is man and woman comes together in a healing synthesis . |
| 26 | Earlier in the story Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw ahead of him the place where he thought he would kill his son . |
| 27 | Sinatra seemed to reach a point where he thought he could do as he liked . |
| 28 | AN ANGLER landed a fine for fishing in a river where he thought he could catch big fish . |
| 29 | If he was going anywhere I thought he would have come here for Premier League football . |