Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] think [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all need a myth of some kind , whether it 's in living forever , in Communism or thinking you come from Sirius . |
| 2 | You may think this is unlikely ( ! ) but there 'll be some old Coventry fans who have your autograph & think they 've got something really valuable … only to find … |
| 3 | Gedge joked to music writers that he had accidentally played the original Orange Juice song at the wrong speed and thought it sounded great . |
| 4 | If she left him long enough , sitting in the dark in the boathouse and thinking it over , perhaps he would never do anything wrong again . |
| 5 | With that settled , they were back by the outbuildings near the house when she again remembered her car and thought she had better find out where it was garaged before she again forgot to bring it up . |
| 6 | The police found the burned car and thought I was dead . |
| 7 | They were intrigued by our entry and thought we had installed a much more powerful engine . ’ |
| 8 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
| 9 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
| 10 | The ethnography was a means of observing how the wider patterns of society — its inequalities and histories of domination — flow through patterns of living and thinking which seem so ordinary . |
| 11 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 12 | There were some ragged robins in a jar on the windowsill ; she put the jar on the tray and thought it looked nice . |
| 13 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 14 | ‘ I came back because I was hoping to get some England recognition and thought my chances would improve , especially under a manager whom I loved working with at Sheffield Wednesday , ’ the player admitted . |
| 15 | He even landed on the South American continent but thought it was just another island . |
| 16 | " The same to you , my lord , and I am pretty well , thank you , " replied the farmer , quaking with fear but thinking it wisest to be polite . |
| 17 | It 's an embarrassment for people to come in and catch cold and think it 's your mattresses that 's done it . |
| 18 | She is looking for work and thinks she may be forced to move to London in search of a job . |
| 19 | I saw you through the window and thought you could probably do with something to eat and drink . ’ |
| 20 | She stared out of the window and thought she could write a book in the time it was taking them to get to Nice , which really was just around the corner . |
| 21 | I occasionally find myself eyeing some bloke and thinking I would n't mind popping into bed — but passion … no thanks . ’ |
| 22 | They were friendly , but with a suburban reserve ; they were mad on sport and thought everybody knew all about it ; and they were gaining a glittering net-curtain prosperity against a background of ruined buildings that in England had been bombed in the war ( and in Ireland had fallen down ) . |
| 23 | I saw this little cutting and thought it might encourage some of us who have passed our sell by date stage . |
| 24 | You just let yourself into your own home and thought they 'd be upstairs asleep ? ’ |
| 25 | Church committee treasurer John King said yesterday the delicate operation had attracted a crowd of spectators , including one or two who had seen the fire engine and thought there was something wrong . |
| 26 | The new head of Soviet state television and radio , Leonid Kravchenko , says he was appointed to do the president 's bidding and thinks his job is to ensure that state television does not criticise the state . |
| 27 | I 'd slave my guts out on a case and think I 'd got it settled and a week later the woman would turn up in my office with the same dreary tale . |
| 28 | Nan had seen Benny studying her foot and thought it must be paining her . |
| 29 | But umm I sort of drove on for a bit and thought it feels alright and then when I got to that , you know B P petrol station , I pulled in and got out and had a look . |
| 30 | There were dances in the Hut by the Strathmore Arms and when we grew up a bit and thought our fathers would n't find out we would nip into the Strathmore Arms for a pint , on the few occasions we could afford . |