Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] i think [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I remember seeing a cable and I thought it was a telephone cable so I was n't worried .
2 I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep — or a lamb , I forget which — so I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play — had to change the plot a bit but I thought it would be effective , you know — and you would n't believe it , he just was n't convincing !
3 As as I said we 're we 're not very formal but er you know that also has its especially if people that er maybe erm , how can I put it , are not used t taking everything back to a meeting and you know they maybe make a decision and go ahead with it and then it gets shouted at a bit but I think we we can all take being shouted at a bit as well .
4 I think if you had asked Freud what 's the minimum number numerically for one of , for the Bond Freud Crowds , Freud would have thought for a bit and I think he would have said three .
5 Yes , I think , I mean , it varies from day to day , but as you say the rumours at the moment are that the is being upped a bit and I think it would be different .
6 We were talking I think this is the thing about clawback , er this year our erm receipts taken into account are two point three eight million as opposed to last year er this is taken into account we drew four hundred and seventy five thousand , that 's a huge jump erm the government by in telling us we can send this er this er what I call minuscule carrot erm this year er the capital receipts from November last year until December next year erm a anyone had undoubtedly for most of that back in the in in the use er er a grant and I think it , as the government have actually kept extremely quiet on this subject , that seemed to be the scenario that seems most likely to happen .
7 She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale .
8 ‘ And I never run a horse unless I think it 's got a real chance . ’
9 I mean , a lot of guitarists get into a rut and I think it comes from the fact that their pool of influences is really limited and shallow .
10 [ reading ] " I always thought my young master a fine gentleman as everybody says he is , but he gave these good things to us with such a graciousness that I thought he looked like an angel . "
11 I think it was just a bug and I think it was caused by
12 Can I sorry could I could I take obviously take some question people wish to ask a question because I think it 's important that before people start drifting away we actually bring the meeting to some conclusion and determine where we 're gon na go with the meeting once it 's actually passed .
13 He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside .
14 Cheaper money and a plunge in the cost of living are working their way through the system , but the Government 's finances are still in a mess and I think we could inherit a financial deficit of as much as £50bn in 1993-94 .
15 Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting .
16 ‘ I intended a salad but I thought you might have missed out on lunch so we 've got grilled lamb chops with minted potatoes and glazed carrots . ’
17 ‘ I think it might be a reaction but I think we 'll find they do all different kinds of music as they go on .
18 she 's a teacher and I think she thinks that teachers are the only ones that work !
19 When all of a sudden they dropped a bomb and I thought there was n't at all , you see , and no siren had gone , nothing , you see , and there was broad daylight .
20 I think it is a shame because I think there are another 150,000 people in England who would really like the album if they were aware of it . ’
21 Er I think she used to sing with a group and I think she 's gone on her own and I do n't know which one to go for .
22 He was silent a moment and I thought he was n't going to answer that .
23 Can , can we leave that word alone for for a moment cos I think it 's a bit of red herring er , to some degree .
24 Yes , I think also how you feel it could be improved would be very relevant and how you would feel in the context of a pensioners meeting , an annual meeting like shareholders have in companies and how you if you have any views on how such a meeting might be managed in relation to the deferred pensioners interests , the existing pensioners interests , the employees interest and obviously the company 's interest being adequately reflected at such a meeting but I think we would welcome that aspect .
25 Yeah , she gave me a Crunchie and I thought I bet it 's poison so I broke it in half gave them a bit , watched them eat it , gave it five minutes and then eat mine !
26 My dad was once testing me on my biology and we came up to these films and the subject of drugs and I said just , you know , just as a joke and I thought he would just laugh it off , I said have you done any ?
27 Which I think is a blessing cos I think he 's a real so and so .
28 He now sounded as though he were beginning a lecture and I thought he must have learned that intonation from his tutors .
29 The particular premises that Let It Rock occupied had always been in the very vanguard of London fashion trends but working there was n't as much of a shock as I thought it was going to be at first .
30 and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast
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