Example sentences of "think [pers pn] would [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | So I put very little energy into my criminal case partly because I did n't think I would go to prison , and certainly not for more than a month or two . |
2 | How long do you think I 'd stay in business if I did n't keep my lines clean ? |
3 | If we can go on to what you think you would need in , in the case of long term sickness , how much do you think you would need per week to get by ? |
4 | I mean , I would have thought you 'd worry about fire . ’ |
5 | You 'd think they 'd notice at work would n't you ? |
6 | None the less I had found the evening reassuring and felt no difficulty in saying that I was sorry but I was suddenly most awfully tired and if no one minded I thought I would go to bed . |
7 | At first I thought I would die of hunger , as I could not eat the Yahoos ' dirty meat or the Houys ' grass and corn . |
8 | Ah , the boat and the Channel this morning , I thought I would die of sickness . |
9 | I thought I 'd go on board and talk to Sabine . |
10 | I thought I 'd go for minimalism and delicacy . |
11 | There was nobody more glad than him really but I suppose he thought I 'd go into debt or something but I d would n't do that . |
12 | So I thought I 'd go to sea with the ebb , spend half a day pottering off the fascinating banks of Ray Sand and Dengie Flat , and come back to approach Winter Marsh from seaward . |
13 | The original stuff had all been ripped out years ago , so when I moved in I thought I 'd go to town on the redecoration . |
14 | And if Paula should tell her mother she thought she would die of shame ! |
15 | IT SEEMS an age , but only months ago democratic socialists in Eastern Europe thought they would gain from communism 's fall . |
16 | If I told him what I suspect and why , do you think he 'd ask for proof ? ’ |
17 | ‘ I used to think I 'd die of cholera on the spot . ’ |
18 | REGARDING the wolf whistling debate , should I ever receive such a gesture I think I 'd die of shock , But should some young , dishy male give me a whistle I would probably give a wink and a whistle back . |
19 | looking at the water , I think you would have to sort of climb up over the rails to fall in would n't you ? |
20 | I think he would collapse with fright . |
21 | I think it would skip to environment being the prerogative of local authorities , there will be a great variation across the country , and I do n't think anybody seriously would expect that to happen about health and safety at work , and I think the same should be true of the environment . |