Example sentences of "[adv] think it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've always thought it would be fun — We never celebrated Christmas at home . " |
| 32 | I 'd always thought it would be embarrassing to have a man undress you , especially the suspenders which are so ugly and comic , but I helped , and except for the girdle which must be the most resistant , unromantic garment since the chastity belt , it was all easy and delightful . |
| 33 | ‘ Have you ever thought it might have been Mrs Downes who killed Dr Kemp ? |
| 34 | Although the UK market for facilities management is definitely healthy , it is not about to experience the boom everyone once thought it would . |
| 35 | No-one ever thought it would be easy to achieve equality for lesbians and gays . |
| 36 | Who ever thought it would come to this ? |
| 37 | Somebody re-mixed You 're My Best Friend the other day and I always thought it would be nice to re-balance that stuff , but when we got the tape out , it was all on one track , so that 's it . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ I always thought it would be marriage or nothing for you — especially after the way you 've kept men at arm 's length over the years I 've known you . ’ |
| 39 | I 'm not sure I still think it would come out in the section about training needs rather than necessarily . |
| 40 | Lorton said : ‘ I still think it would have been better to kill him . ’ |
| 41 | Anyway I think , still think it would be better |
| 42 | ‘ I still think it may be the only way to get them to move to a real meaningful ceasefire , real meaningful peace talks , ’ Clinton said . |
| 43 | Still think it 'll still be there ? |
| 44 | It would be too much to say the West has abandoned that plan ; some people still think it can be implemented . |
| 45 | ‘ So you still think it could be Newman ? ’ |
| 46 | I still think it 'd be good if my bike went walk about . |
| 47 | For one thing , it requires searing honesty to know whether you are arranging oboe lessons because a ) you genuinely think it would be good for your child , b ) you think your child would enjoy it , or c ) you rather fancy having a child who can play the oboe : of the three , a ) and b ) are acceptable reasons , c ) is definitely not . |
| 48 | I know authors say they prefer to let their work speak for them , but I hardly think it would harm the integrity of the book to know a little something about the man , such as that he is forty-two , married to American academic Antonia Phillips , with two children , Louis and Jacob , and that he has what he calls a ‘ middle-aged obsession ’ with competitive games , particularly tennis . |
| 49 | I hardly think it will lead to anything in six one-hour episodes . ’ |
| 50 | I know all kids get tired , but with her I always think it might be something else . |
| 51 | I always think it would fit in as well in the Mediterranean as in the North Atlantic , because it has the black and white colouring common among all sorts of species of northern bird , and the brightly coloured bill and feet typical of birds that live in hot countries . |
| 52 | Lil had said , ‘ I always think it must be so nice to be able to write . ’ |
| 53 | Mistakenly thinking it would do no harm to put her at her ease — she was a plain woman with the faintest smell of spirits on her breath even at ten o'clock in the morning — he had mentioned the interesting photographs hung on the stairway leading to the stalls . |
| 54 | He probably thought it would be short-lived . |
| 55 | They both probably thought it could never happen to them . |
| 56 | I also think it would be a good idea to advertise in the match day prog 's and TSB . |
| 57 | I also think it might well be taken further . |
| 58 | I honestly think it would . |
| 59 | It was a very dangerous plan , and I did not really think it would work — but we had to try ! |
| 60 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |