Example sentences of "think it [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He confirmed that he did think it would be for the best if I dropped out of family life , and in my heart , I knew he was right . |
| 2 | I did n't think it would be … like this . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Then I ca n't imagine how you did think it would be . |
| 4 | Do you think it would be OK to fit 9.00 x 16 tyres to improve road speed , and would they fit onto the standard wheels , which I think are 5 x 16 , or will I need wider wheels for a good fitting . |
| 5 | However he did n't think it would be done during his own diving career … |
| 6 | Do you think it would be an insensitive response ? |
| 7 | I would not want to direct it , but I do think it would be a shame if Lacan , Althusser , Freud and Foucault yet again were allowed to bag the best parts . |
| 8 | I do n't think it would be an adequate response from our Institute to say to its members that if they wanted a qualification in tax , they should go and join another body . |
| 9 | Do n't you think it would be better to belong somewhere ? |
| 10 | I mean , you 'd think it would be the one time she would — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But you would n't think it would be allowed . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't mind a dress shop but I do n't think it would be very nice to help people try on shoes all day . ’ |
| 13 | Mum Julie , 31 , who will go with him , said : ‘ I always said he 'd win something with his trainers , but I did n't think it would be a trip to America . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I am thrilled , ’ said Marcelle , ‘ I did not think it would be as easy as this to make friends with an English gentleman . ’ |
| 15 | Pentium is the name Intel Corp has chosen for what would otherwise have been the 80586 microprocessor , the company announced last week : reason is that it did not think it would be permitted to claim 586 as a trade mark . |
| 16 | Given the option of seventeen papers in two sizes , six ink colours and twelve different styles of type-face , you might think it would be confusing to order your personal stationery by post . |
| 17 | But she did n't think it would be advisable to stand in the way of Isabelle Defries , either . |
| 18 | I do not think it would be helpful to try to define the point at which the court should be prepared to disregard the 16- or 17-year-old child 's wishes to refuse medical treatment . |
| 19 | But to be honest it is a good way of focusing in on what you what we 've been talking about tonight and if you can I think it would be worthwhile doing as part of your preparation to help you to think . |
| 20 | Do you think it would be a good idea to privatize planning control in the sense of letting it be up to developers to choose whether they should go ahead or not on the basis of what they conceive to be constraints , or that that should be within the entire realm of the local planning authority ? |
| 21 | Did I think it would be a wise move or should she try to persuade Meredith to keep her on for Christmas ? |
| 22 | I do think it would be better if you went home now , Ernest . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't think it would be possible to be busier than I was when I was permanent under-secretary . |
| 24 | They was never strong in , you 'd think it would be in a place like this but they were n't . |
| 25 | How hard do you think it would be to plug a cable between the Spectrum 's edge connector and an identical connector on the tablet ? |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think it would be very nice , that 's all . ’ |
| 27 | She said : ‘ I do n't think it would be right , Johnny . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't think it would be |
| 29 | I would think it would be depend on the weather . |
| 30 | Do n't you think it would be kind to give him a call on his portable telephone and ’ |