Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I do not think we could bid for the money part as Japan has the reputation of trying to get its own way by money . |
| 32 | ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ Presumably they did not think we could add anything . |
| 34 | ‘ I admit I did not think they would do that . ’ |
| 35 | The children were terrified when the flood happened and I just do not think they would want to come back . ’ |
| 36 | Nutty did not think they would win . |
| 37 | Saddam is now more reliant than ever on other clans , which do not think they would survive his overthrow . |
| 38 | I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express . |
| 39 | Other publishers do not think they must follow Reed 's initiative to regain lost ground . |
| 40 | For I do not think they will talk to me , not without encouragement . |
| 41 | But I do not think they will believe it necessary to dilute our sense of national identity in order to play a full-hearted role in Europe . |
| 42 | When , not too long afterwards , an emissary came to ask me how much money I wanted not to look too closely into Thieme 's affairs , I knew what many an ‘ investigative ’ journalist knows : for some people , there are no rules , no codes they do not think they can break . |
| 43 | Second , we will set-down the perspective of the Liberals and SDP — the parties that have been most active in pressing the case for a new constitution precisely because they do not think they can win within the rules of the old one . |
| 44 | The Americans are telling East Europeans that they should not think they can join NATO — that would break the ‘ do n't gloat ’ rule — and they do not mean to imply , either , that NATO 's security perimeter has been extended to the Soviet-Polish border . |
| 45 | Bill Mumford says of course they will make it … they would not be going if they did not think they could do it … they have been well prepared … |
| 46 | Quite a number of farmers from these areas , although still with 10–15 years active service left , did not think they could benefit from training : for them it was ‘ something for the young folk ’ . |
| 47 | I do not think anyone can tell you how to create an advertisement . |
| 48 | The recipe may be found on p.203 of Cooking with Pomiane , of which a paperback version was published by Faber in 1976. if obtaining a copy of either version should entail a search , 1 do not think anyone will regret the time spent on it . |
| 49 | Her father David , of nearby Lytham , said : ‘ You do not think someone could die from a disease in just 10 hours . ’ |
| 50 | We believe it is important that we participate fully in all these discussions as we think we have an important contribution to make from the substantial experience that we have , and I do not think you would find it acceptable for JARs to be binding on UK industry without us being in on every stage of their development . |
| 51 | ‘ Lucien , I did not think you 'd mind sharing with me . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ Jane Eyre , you need not think you can succeed in getting out of the room like this . |
| 53 | She said : ‘ I would sit at Westminster for the time being , but I do not think you can do both . |
| 54 | ‘ Despite your apostasy , ’ he said finally , his mouth twisted bitterly , ‘ I do not think you will betray me . |
| 55 | ‘ I would not think you need go quite so far , ’ Bragg said , picking up the file . |
| 56 | ‘ Wilson , I do not think you need enumerate Mr Landor 's faults and I repeat , we know he is difficult , but in a man of his years , with his temperament , and cast out by his wife — ’ |
| 57 | Like Ulysses , I had , by my standards then , made un beau voyage , but I did not think it would result in my being content to stay at home thereafter . |
| 58 | They hope to sell the house as soon as possible but did not think it would go to a Vic Reeves fan . |
| 59 | The band could probably have signed to IRS but Hallin does not think it would have been the right move . |
| 60 | And no , she did not think it would jeopardise the marriage although he would , no doubt , be miffed at missing out on the latest freebie to the investing classes . |