Example sentences of "but i think [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But I thought for a girl that 's |
2 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
3 | But I thought of a barrister |
4 | But I thought of the snow , the speed of the train , and the rifle , and decided that I still had no intention of trying to escape . |
5 | Yeah but I thought in the case of like Petula Clark and Lulu it was because they won it that got them into the scene sort of thing . |
6 | ‘ But I thought from the title that it might have something special to say to you . |
7 | Yeah but I think on the back of the giro there 's a thing where you have to countersign it saying I authorize so and so |
8 | Yeah , but I think at the moment Lesley 's finding everything boring ! |
9 | Is this a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances . |
10 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
11 | So they are probably very useful erm toys , educational toys , to have in the home , but I think for the child to get the maximum from them they do he often does require an adult with him . |
12 | Point taken , and I really feel sorry for Rocky at the moment , and hope he does n't leave , but I think with a player like Strachan at the club , who I believe is one of the best players in the Premier League at the moment , I think it would be foolish to leave him out . |
13 | erm If you take a novel like Dorothy Sayers ' Gaudy Night , which is offered as an example of a classic detective story which really is also a novel about academic life , it 's a love story , I think as a love story and as a novel of academic life it 's in many ways very good indeed , but I think as a detective story it 's completely uninteresting you know because one part has to fade in order that the , the other should come into focus . |
14 | I thought we could get on with him but I think within a week of moving in there we became entangled in David and Angela 's personal lives . |
15 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |
16 | I have heard her called a professional invalid , but I think by the time she retired to bed she must have been genuinely worn out , and duty done , how seductive must have been the temptation to escape into that room at the end of the house , with its garden door , and warm fire ; to write poetry , like Elizabeth Barrett Browning , and to be waited on by her daughter ( ‘ Coming , Mother ! ’ ) who would , and did , cope with the house and the shop and even my grandfather . |
17 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |