Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've I 've got your range of one to six here , John , and I 'm not I must stress I 'm not singling you out — I mean your company is fairly typical of what 's happening in this area — but the main difference between one and six is that erm two and six is that number two covers for two hundred part up to two hundred pounds |
| 2 | I have no right and you have been very generous , Fred , Uncle Steve and the boys and Gertie ca n't understand why you did n't come here with us , Gert only said this morning that you ought to be here , your place is with us , but do n't think I am not grateful . |
| 3 | I do n't think I am either . |
| 4 | Many people may think I am rather strange in comparing two horror books . |
| 5 | I agree with Jenny but I do n't think I am too frightened to slop on paint cos you know since I 've started doing pallet knife paintings cos it 's really made me feel fair more confident . |
| 6 | No , I do n't think I am actually . |
| 7 | I do n't think I am fully recovered , and today I am no taller or heavier than I was when I was released from hospital in 1983 . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't want to say too much as people will think I am only concerned because if the new rules come into force it will mean Shelford ca n't play for us next season . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't think I 'm normally as effing calm and relaxed as this , do you ? ’ |
| 10 | Do you think I 'm not supposed to win this ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'd better set off , or I wo n't be there at the station and he 'll think I 'm not coming . |
| 12 | D' you really think I 'm not ? |
| 13 | Why do you think I 'm not good or respectable , I wonder ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm not aware of that . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What makes you think I 'm not relaxed ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm not grateful for what you 've done for Mum and the boys , ’ she said , aware that her gratitude sounded stiff and forced . |
| 17 | ‘ What makes you think I 'm not a full-time career waitress ? ’ |
| 18 | Why d' ya think I 'm not on Josie la , erm I 'm recruit number two . |
| 19 | ’ I do n't think I 'm particularly eccentric . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm even in the top 10 of slow players . |
| 21 | I do n't think I 'm even gon na bother revising for this . |
| 22 | ‘ Just why do you think I 'm here ? |
| 23 | Why do you think I 'm here ? ’ |
| 24 | He said , " You need n't think I 'm just going to give up , that I 'm just going to take their word for it ! " |
| 25 | The boys 'll think I 'm just a swot . |
| 26 | And and I I would think I 'm just thinking of freebies that just giving them something , and yet if they 've actually watched something being made and then |
| 27 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I hope you wo n't think I 'm just coming to enjoy myself . ’ |
| 29 | D' you think I 'm well off , is that why I live in this flat , on this estate where no one talks to you because they 're afraid and people like you can come bursting in any hour of the day or night because the place is so badly built the locks do n't fit the doors anyway . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm any good at marriage , Julius , except perhaps in bed , and even that did n't last , it all went wrong . |