Example sentences of "but i think you [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I agree there 's no need , but I thought you might prefer to . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I intended a salad but I thought you might have missed out on lunch so we 've got grilled lamb chops with minted potatoes and glazed carrots . ’ |
| 3 | I know , but I thought you might have known . |
| 4 | But I thought you might like to explain to him why he must give them up . |
| 5 | There are Garden-wide requirements for glare filters , chairs , foot-rests , document-holders and , above all , operator training , which will be the subject of a separate report , but I thought you might like to know the position at the specialist gardens , all of which I have visited recently . |
| 6 | ‘ Not quite as spectacular as Stonehenge , but I thought you might find them interesting . ’ |
| 7 | But I thought you 'd read that paper this morning ? |
| 8 | But I thought you 'd turn to me for comfort — for reassurance . |
| 9 | But I thought you could look at it here , by your fire , and think of Rodie at La Gracieuse , with hers . |
| 10 | But I thought you should know . ’ |
| 11 | But I thought you must know that . ’ |
| 12 | It is possible to work out the length required for a garment by measuring the length used for a tension square and calculating the total area of the garment from the diagram but I think you would need to be addicted to mathematics to find this worthwhile . |
| 13 | It is possible to work out the length required for a garment by measuring the length used for a tension square and calculating the total area of the garment from the diagram but I think you would need to be addicted to mathematics to find this worthwhile . |
| 14 | From your point of view , the ex-Soviet non-Union is now the world leader in creative accounting , and you could work there for London 's own Euro-institution , the Bank for Reconstruction and Development — but I think you would get more value from Hong Kong . |
| 15 | I 'd like you to go on to a university and do music , but I think you 'll do that anyway , and I 'd like you to stop playing other instruments . |
| 16 | No , yes , but I think you 'll end up going shopping just to get out the house |
| 17 | and I remember doing my first , one of my first essays erm saying that I did n't think they were and all that they were erm was the fact that er er of and you said to me at the end that 's fine as far you 've argued it but I think you 'll change your views as you go on and I do n't know if I have . |
| 18 | But I think you 'll stay clear until Thursday . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ So you keep saying , but I think you 'll stay anyway . ’ |
| 20 | But I think you 'll find it difficult i in er Scotland with men because er er er , they are , and same as the North of England , they are rather erm er er er , er difficult about , about women coming in to do anything are n't they ? |
| 21 | ‘ But I think you 'll find — ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not much used these days , but I think you 'll find it comfortable for your purposes . |
| 23 | ‘ Scuse me , but I think you 'll find the wine 's run out , ’ the speaker added , having just registered Loretta 's presence . |
| 24 | But I think you might like it . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't find you unattractive , but I think you might consider my feelings as well as your own. , |
| 26 | But I think you could do that sort erm provided you did n't sort of panic no chance of doing this okay ? |
| 27 | But I think you could do , see the whole great thing about what 's happening in this electronic change in print is that broadcasting 's advantage has been almost completely wiped out . |
| 28 | But I think you could kill someone . ’ |
| 29 | The worst we 've had recrimination-wise with Neighbourhood Watch schemes , is some people bend the signs and spray , spray paint them but I think you could live with that . |
| 30 | You have to keep the City informed about what 's going on , but I think you can run a business — and I hope we do — to the highest moral standards whether it 's today or in the 1900s . |