Example sentences of "think [pron] would [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I would actually want to be a producer , but I know I 'm capable of doing it if I chose to . ’ |
| 2 | Never in my wildest dreams had I ever thought I would even go to Hollywood , let alone work with people like him . |
| 3 | You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever . |
| 4 | She thought she would also hint to Miss Potts that Alicia and Daryl were at the bottom of things , but she did n't get very far with this , she had to go and see Miss Potts about some returned homework . |
| 5 | Words she thought she would never say to another man . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , Catherine and I thought we 'd just walk to the Lintons ’ house . |
| 7 | And then he suddenly said , in a more natural tone , in an everyday tone that she rarely heard from him these days , ‘ And anyway , I thought it would n't matter to anyone , now the children are grown up . ’ |
| 8 | Patiently , he repeated , as though perhaps she had not heard : ‘ I thought it would n't matter to anyone , now the children are grown up . ’ |
| 9 | Well that just er to be honest with you I mean after , after looking at it we , we could n't believe it really that , that amount of people could be affected by that , we obviously thought it would n't happen to us but after seeing that , at the age we are , I really think it 's a super plan and I 'm sure we 'll feel a lot better |
| 10 | Because farmers , like people in other industries , thought it would never happen to them , the safety angle probably did not assume the importance it deserved . |
| 11 | I thought it would never happen to me . |
| 12 | There was the sound of a busy office and she suddenly thought he would not speak to her . |
| 13 | I think I would maybe go to a match if the women played a wee game before the men came on . |
| 14 | Sometimes I think I 'd just love to be alone with a nice book to read and a carol service on the wireless ! |
| 15 | I think I 'd rather stand to that one , than I would , of like standing to the Czechoslovakian one , which seemed to go on and on and on . |
| 16 | ‘ I think you would really have to be an extraordinarily immodest person to expect even to pass , let alone come top , in an exam which allows in — then and now — something like 15 to 20 people a year out of up to 2,500 applicants . ’ |
| 17 | You think you 'd quite like to be with animals would you ? |
| 18 | I think you 'd really have to you 'd probably need to look at the booklet and then speak to erm one of the Prudential people about you know the amount of time you were considering paying contributions and the probably just weigh up the benefits of of each scheme . |
| 19 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 20 | I started up WordStar full of apprehension , thinking I 'd never get to grips with all those cryptic keystroke shortcuts . |