Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] [adv] think [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I could tell by her voice that she had just said something which she believed , and I was surprised , because I had somehow thought her too clever really to believe anything . |
2 | ‘ Perhaps because I 've always thought it might be nice to have a honeymoon in Venice . ’ |
3 | So would you like to just read what you 've written there so that , because I do n't think everyone can see , and I think this is |
4 | As her son Charles , the new Earl Spencer , observes : ‘ It was a dreadful time for my parents and probably the root of their divorce because I do n't think they ever got over it . ’ |
5 | Because I do n't think they had a chance of getting in to vote |
6 | I 'm very glad to see that there 's quite a lot of nurses here , and I presume that quite a lot of those are women nurses , and I think that this is terribly important , and I think a useful thing with this new service could do is to go out and talk for instance to the meetings of women 's organisations , to old peoples ' clubs in the afternoon , and actually ask people what they would like , and get them talking in a nice informal way , rather than waiting for somebody to let them know what they think , because I do n't think they 're going to get it . |
7 | Because I do n't think we 'll have made any decisions by two thirty . |
8 | ‘ Well darling — because I do n't think we 've got very much in common . ’ |
9 | Oh I was in repudiation of my contract well I du n no what what it means to repude some things , you know I jumped to get a dictionary and found out , but I really do n't know what my contract was because I do n't think we ever had any . |
10 | It is in that sense and you need product because I do n't think we have any competition on this at all . |
11 | and tomato , now drink that because I do n't think we shall be able to go out today with the frost and the fog , the , you 've got that on your chest and I 've got a hurt throat |
12 | Yeah because I do n't think anything will will work unless it 's what the people who are living in the circumstances and living in the situation erm , if it 's not going to relevant to their lives then , you 're wasting the money . |
13 | And the reason why there are n't any others is because I do n't think there 's , there 's any other processing equipment . |
14 | And I would n't even go in because I do n't think my dad 's making me go in except she kept me , and all behind because we did n't do our homework and she said right see me tomorrow , |
15 | And I think there is scope for misunderstanding there , and I think that if those two basic things , if we could learn to do those better , and I say ‘ we ’ because I do n't think anyone has all the answers to these problems , that , that school-parent relationships would , would improve a lot more that way , by doing these basic things better , and being sensitive to the difficulties of , of communication , rather than by trying to do all kinds of new policy things and erect new formal committees of this and that kind . |
16 | He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know . |
17 | Because I do n't think he wanted to be asked question as his first question . |
18 | But then I thought actually all this adds up to what you want is someone you feel safe with , someone you feel is going to look after the country and its people well , and I thought is Major somebody I feel safe with , and I thought well in some ways because I do n't think he 's going to turn round and do anything nasty to me , but on the other hand erm I wonder — I 'm going back to your question — is he a man of substance ? |
19 | I do n't really think it 's good enough for Nelly to say that he was socialist because I do n't think his attitudes to women |
20 | So what I 'm , what I propose , is that this goes out because I do n't think it changes anything significantly . |
21 | ‘ If it ever gets made , ’ says Howard , ‘ because I do n't think it 's ever going to get off the ground . |
22 | Well I do n't think we have because I do n't think it 's been included in the programme this year . |
23 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
24 | I 'm I 'm really mentioning th this for the record because I do n't think it er it goes to the heart of the issue since erm the the erm Richmondshire allocation does not depend on these figures , but I do want to emphasize that er doing something about the commuting problem is an issue in Richmondshire . |
25 | Which I was for shying off anyway , because I do n't think it 's any of our , our business . |
26 | I shall nevertheless vote against the motion and I shall vote for the amendment although as much as I wished it had happened or , or erm a different proposal to Mr because I do n't think it helps your argument when you call your opponents instead of arguing face and er unlike Mr I actually do believe its in subsidiarity and I think we should accept Leicester and Leicester only and what the Leicester hunt will do should be decided here in Leicester , not in Westminster , er any more than the composition of our offices should be , should be decided in Brussels and I believe in subsidiarity . |
27 | And one of you I 'm particularly disappointed in at the moment , I do n't want to name any names because I do n't think it 's right to embarrass her in front of the others , |
28 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
29 | It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more . |
30 | Must be the leaves I think because I do n't think it flowers this shrub here . |