Example sentences of "think [ex0] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would have thought there 's plenty of lasses ready to jump into such jobs , ma'am , jobs of all kinds bein' scarce . ’ |
| 2 | I would n't of thought there 's sod all difference between thirty three and thirty seven . |
| 3 | I had n't thought there were children like this in Darrowby . |
| 4 | Well we were disappointed in the Good Report because er they did say it was one of the major issues , and yet they said that they did n't think any sweep in changes are needed which rather erm contradicted the earlier part of our report , we would have thought there were erm changes needed . |
| 5 | People listening in England must have thought there was something wrong with their radios . |
| 6 | He must have thought there was some likelihood of angels being there , because he describes how he put out his arms in the darkness and made a grab , at thin air as it turned out . |
| 7 | I would n't have thought there was anyone left out there dim enough to still want to embrace the seedy ‘ glamour ’ of the Keef Richards ‘ elegantly wasted ’ image . |
| 8 | There is no reason to think that Anselm would have thought there was any contradiction between personal humility and the display of the greatness of his office : quite the contrary , humility and grandeur met in the exercise of his function as a ruler . |
| 9 | READERS may have thought there was a superficial likeness to the mug-shot on page 5 , but this is not the Editor but a ‘ guest ’ and a quite intrepid aviator . |
| 10 | I would have told him if I 'd thought there was a cat 's chance in hell he 'd have provided a guard for you — a constable on your doorstep . ’ |
| 11 | I mean , if I 'd thought there was something really wrong , I 'd have seen that you stayed at home — this makes me feel I 've been driving a sick horse or something " |
| 12 | ‘ I 've always thought there was something a bit sad about grown men waving guns about like that . |
| 13 | ‘ If I 'd thought there was — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ His aunt would 've died of shock if she 'd thought there was anything going on . |
| 15 | She had thought there was something special between them . |
| 16 | ‘ I would have thought there was a danger of splitting investors between the two issues . |
| 17 | ‘ I would have thought there was a danger of splitting investors between the two issues . |
| 18 | Well it might be , but I mean if we carry on on our present system then I would have thought there was too much travel for one person to be covering the whole of the area on the way we 're presently using Sarah , cos she does |
| 19 | I would n't have thought there was honestly not . |
| 20 | oh I would of thought there was a rest for it surely , no ? |
| 21 | I do n't think there is any reason to feel obliged to people who put the capital in . |
| 22 | I still do n't think there is anybody out there better than me . |
| 23 | I do n't think there is any shortage of venture capital or money to back good propositions . |
| 24 | But ‘ I do n't think there is anyone at a serious level on either side who wants that . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think there is any rush for me to get to America and make films . |
| 26 | As to the poetry , sir , I do not think there is much done in that direction though paper aplenty is screwed up and thrown on the floor . |
| 27 | ‘ I do not think there is any element of risk in British Land , or companies such as Land Securities , MEPC , Hammerson , Great Portland or Slough . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think there is any point in agonising any more , ’ said Mrs Irene Reynolds , 32 , a housewife . |
| 29 | ‘ Nor do I think there is any point making churches into multi-purpose buildings . |
| 30 | Is this a characteristic of a Series III on radials or do you think there is something wrong ? |