Example sentences of "[vb mod] think that [pron] could " in BNC.

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1 You might think that you could hardly have anything much simpler than the idea of zero or unity , or even perhaps the notion of number , erm sorry , but what , zero or unity , what Peano was proposing to do was to define these basic arithmetical ideas in terms of ideas simpler still .
2 Psychiatrists used to think that they could determine where free will began and ended and could decide objectively whether a defendant was sane or not .
3 We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending .
4 ‘ When I was a child , ’ she said , ‘ I used to think that you could look into anybody 's eyes , anybody 's , and see through them right into their soul .
5 And , you know he said I 'm sure Paddy Ashdown would think that you could of found something else to use the other
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