Example sentences of "do [not/n't] think it [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman er in his remarks a bit earlier on Professor said that he did not think it was appropriate to give executive power to the director of education I wrote your words down at the time he did not think it appropriate to give executive power to the director of education and he said , despite Mr 's clarification you want to move a bit nearer if you 're going to be his minder Mr that in fact he did n't |
| 2 | There were wan smiles on the faces of some who did not think it was possible . |
| 3 | Moore did not think it was necessary to ask the lawyer for more details of the ‘ foolish stories ’ . |
| 4 | I believe that er we did n't er consider going to look at the development because it was quite clearly in the minds of a large percentage of us that it was contrary to the town plan and so we did not think it was necessary to do that . |
| 5 | ‘ He said he did not think it was human . |
| 6 | By now some were laughing openly , but Mrs Jonesy did not think it was funny . |
| 7 | ‘ We do not think it is possible to deny that there are circumstances in which individuals may justifiably choose to enter into a homosexual relationship ... [ although ] such a relationship could not be regarded as the moral or social equivalent of marriage . ' |
| 8 | Well , I am shocked that such things can be published , I do not think it is right . |
| 9 | I do not think it is complacent or smug ; one feels it has been worked for . |
| 10 | I take the view that , having regard to the recitals and to the terms of the order , one can read into the order itself the element of compromise , but again I do not think it is important for the decision of this case ; because the compromise , if compromise it was , was between the plaintiffs and Jack Bernardout , and I do not think it enures for the benefit of Joseph Bernardout , the defendant in these proceedings . |
| 11 | But I do not think it was open to them to state a sum constituting the … deficit and then say in effect they were not sure if the sum was correct . |
| 12 | ‘ You did n't think it was odd that someone should call on the Rector that late at night ? ’ |
| 13 | I did n't think it was possible for somebody to stand in the middle of the fairway and say it 's an iron of any description . |
| 14 | I discovered spots in places where I did n't think it was possible to get spots . |
| 15 | ‘ Publicly I said that I did n't think it was possible , but that was mainly to take some pressure off me . |
| 16 | A defence spokesman yesterday said : ‘ We did n't send armoured vehicles there because we did n't think it was dangerous . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ When ‘ George Best ’ came out I thought it was OK-ish , but did n't think it was brilliant , ’ he told Sounds . |
| 18 | But then of course the difficulty arises because these are difficult times , there is a recession , people are losing their jobs day by day and we did n't think it was appropriate to start applying some guillotine on people 's election rights and their membership of the committee . |
| 19 | She had settled there to some extent by the time I was released and I did n't think it was good to disrupt her again . |
| 20 | I really I was seeing her , because I was n't happy about the publicity , the way it had described audio description I did n't think it was good and Alex was unhappy about the way they were describing some language things , which cos they 're not doing erm , and we just went in and he just said right just , erm well I 've kept you some seats for a performance on the sixteenth of September , this was about the |
| 21 | we did n't think it was necessary and not necessary at that time , we were success advertising regionally . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't think it was real . |
| 23 | I remember talking about domination with people older than me , and I did n't think it was right . |
| 24 | Prune said dismally that she did n't think it was right to stand between a man and his freedom . |
| 25 | She , she was well she did n't think it was right . |
| 26 | ‘ The underwear came and he did n't think it was ratty enough . |
| 27 | You did n't think it was fair to David . |
| 28 | and then of course erm because , because she just had the operation you see they did n't think it was advisable |
| 29 | they did n't think it was advisable that she came home |
| 30 | Erm I like Marion 's because of the the colours in it but I did n't I did n't really like Fiona 's because I did n't think it was vivid enough . |