Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] and [pers pn] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 2 | Well , you see , the trouble is Marg I go out on my bike and I think , ooh it 's cold I 'll and then I forget going in the |
| 3 | Er we had a very good example of that in application sub the other day with where I 'm sure it was very helpful to have that input and there is considerable respect paid for the patch view in planning in my experience and I think that 's very healthy . |
| 4 | I mean , I only had that one on my neck and I thought and like I was I was ! |
| 5 | ‘ I could see how dark it was and it was on my mind and I thought she rushed a little bit but it worked in my favour , ’ said McNeil . |
| 6 | I 've wiped them from my mind and I think you 're about to do so as well . ’ |
| 7 | Erm but I 'm hoping that one day he 'll see I know he 's seen my work and I think I 've got a sneaking suspicion that when he came in here he was gon na ask me to do it . |
| 8 | In my opinion and I think that of all true fishkeepers , this is unnecessary as there are numerous brightly-coloured fish without a practice that should be banned . |
| 9 | I could see him out of the corner of my eye and I thought , I 'm going to stick with him . |
| 10 | it caught my eye and I thought well |
| 11 | Questions buzzed around inside my head and I think there was a glimmer of dawn before I finally dozed off . |
| 12 | He grabbed my tie and I thought he was going to nut me in the face . |
| 13 | Our fourth child had been born 10 years previously and I do n't expect anyone believed there would be any more , but my wife and I thought we were getting too old too quickly , so we would have another two ; and on November 5 that year my wife went down to the bonfire which was already alight and saw on top of it a dropside cot she had been keeping , and which had served the four children , a relatively new carricot , and other items of that sort . |
| 14 | ‘ My colleague and I thought we could stop patients ’ psychotic tendencies by removing the parts of the brain responsible for triggering violence . |
| 15 | My mother told my father and I think that must have been the worst time of my life . |
| 16 | But there is a great deal more that I want to do with my life and I think I should start while I still have the energy and enthusiasm . ’ |
| 17 | I went upstairs to see the bloke in my bed and I thought this is lucky it was three bloody dogs in your garden when I went out the other night . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've lost my lighter and I thought I might have left it in the car the other day . |
| 19 | I 've seen two in my time and I think he 's suffered a stroke . ’ |
| 20 | There 's a telephone on the wall just by my table and I think for a bit about who I 'd like to phone . |
| 21 | And I felt very glad I 'd come out and I lifted up my head a bit and let the rain come on to my face and I thought ‘ rainwater 's good for the skin anyway ’ . |
| 22 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 23 | Yes I do n't agree with the poor safety record , in in in my view and I think it 's supported by fact that rail is the safest way to travel anywhere any time . |
| 24 | That was my view and still my view and I think John Major fought a very distinguished campaign er against the pundits it has to be said . |
| 25 | I mean I did n't realise cos she had these lumps coming out of her chest and I thought she had cancer . |
| 26 | And this is just a continuation of that that prejudice against those that appear to be living off the state and not justifying their existence and I think it does n't deserve the time that we 've spent on it tonight . |
| 27 | That 's their decision and I think that 's probably why you do n't see as many women higher up in the company ’ . |
| 28 | I 'd hate it if Pickles changes her mind and you thought I 'd prejudiced her against you . ’ |
| 29 | That bird up there with like some thing hanging out of its arse and then something hanging out of its mouth and I thought it was like |
| 30 | Most of them had never been before and was scared , she got just a little bit of water in her mouth and she thought she was drowning but instead of saying drowning she said to me , ‘ I drownded ’ . |