Example sentences of "[adv] think that [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all Americans she is both greedy and gullible — greedy for a title and gullible enough to think that I could love such a raw provincial chit as she is . |
| 2 | However , I do not think that one could increase pensions in line with earnings each year if one did not address oneself , not to the rate at which contributions are made , but to the income on which contributions are assessed . |
| 3 | With regard to the need for direct and close contact , I do not think that we could have had a clearer example of that than the visit of President Yeltsin and the very straight talking between my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the president . |
| 4 | I do not think that anything could have a higher commendation . |
| 5 | It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again . |
| 6 | Later she explored , and the boat 's possibilities seemed limitless ; she did not think that she could ever tire of it . |
| 7 | Half-formed suspicion had become fact , and Cassie did not think that she could come to terms with it … |
| 8 | This I found strange since , to my innocent mind , I did not think that he could possibly have received an indication that a peerage was awaiting him . |
| 9 | Had the Government not thought that they could get the Bill passed without the House having a serious attempt to debate or qualify it , those matters could have been discussed with experts . |
| 10 | Mr Aycliffe , have you not thought that he could have been imprisoned ? ’ |
| 11 | When a couple get engaged and married , you would hardly think that anything could come between them . |
| 12 | Until then I had always thought that I could go home , but now I was n't sure . |
| 13 | Although Bernice had been dealt a few rough cards in her life , she still thought that there could be something better . |
| 14 | I needed a fix more than I ever thought that I could . |
| 15 | You look ready to dance with rage , and although we might collect a few pennies from them in return for our providing such a spectacle I hardly think that we could put it on as a permanent entertainment ! ’ |
| 16 | You do n't honestly think that I could n't help |
| 17 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
| 18 | In fact , you 're probably thinking that it could n't have arrived at a less propitious moment . ’ |
| 19 | Erm , I find myself agreeing with what Mr Courcier said , er , about Hambledon , I do n't think it realistic to expect existing settleme , villages within the area of search to form a nucleus for a new settlement , they 're simply too small and would be swamped by any development , and also the er I stand by the statements made yesterday about the environmental quality of the settlements , about there form , settings , and characters , and I really do n't think that they could form the nucleus of a new settlement . |
| 20 | If I were to tell you that this record puts a dayglo platform DM so far up the mule 's rectum that its entrails squish through its clenched teeth , I do n't think that I could be justly accused of exaggeration . |
| 21 | I do n't think that I could ever support the Peyton amendment , the amendment in the house of lords , which if I get it right , would permit B R as an organization to bid for franchises . |
| 22 | I do n't think that he could look after other countries , although the same sort of precedent could no doubt apply for example , the former French prime minister , there 's probably quite a few of them around , could be found to go |
| 23 | And I know it 's difficult to get people motivated when they 've been hit down and hit down so often , er but and I do n't think that you could do er any great erm as as we said when we went into the flats , we did n't go in with any big , world shattering ideas of of causing a revolution or you know , of doing er putting on a big project or anything , it was actually to be with the people in their situation and gradually to help improve somehow , if we could . |
| 24 | and we do n't , we do n't think that you could do the job . |
| 25 | I do n't think that anyone could contemplate a retrospective of Matisse without the involvement at least of the four central institutions which are collaborating on our exhibition : the two Russian museums ; Paris and ourselves . |
| 26 | But apart from this small point , I do n't think that anyone could fault it as it is so cleverly constructed and presented . |
| 27 | But I 'm sure there will be a simple explanation — ’ Concern clouded his eyes ‘ — Mr D'Arcy , do you seriously think that I could be in any danger from these people ? ’ |
| 28 | He 'd never thought that you could shiver in a desert , but it was late afternoon and the sun had fallen behind the hills and a chill wind cut across the graves . |
| 29 | The agony was unimaginable ; she had never thought that there could be such pain in the world . |
| 30 | I had never thought that anybody could run that fast . |