Example sentences of "you [vb mod] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | On most gliders that will mean less than 50 knots , which you may think rather slow for a steep turn . |
| 2 | WHEN things go wrong you can sue more often than you may think . |
| 3 | You may think this is way over the top , but by the time he gets there the reader , if he believes ( as I do ) in Keneally 's veracity , will have experienced the same emotion . |
| 4 | And however tasteless you may think a gift is , it does n't automatically make it useless . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not the days of flower power now , whatever you may think . |
| 6 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 7 | As a man , a white , a heterosexual , from a capitalist country , the country she tried to free , I have no right , you may think , to stand on this platform , but I gladly do so in order to salute her . |
| 8 | ‘ Some of you may think this is a fairy story , something I 've made up , but every word of it is true . |
| 9 | If you have teenagers at home , planning a meal can be tricky ; you may think you have them pinned down , but one phone call and they are up and away to more exciting prospects . |
| 10 | You may think that there were quite a lot of us , but illegal hare coursers are not well known for verbal or physical reticence . |
| 11 | But you may think me merely biased if I say that my own father could in many ways be considered to rank with such men , and that his career is the one I have always scrutinized for a definition of ‘ dignity ’ . |
| 12 | You may think that in a democracy you too can flick idly through ice-screws and ropes , but the moment you prod anything with an inquisitive finger , an assistant will leap on you with a quiz as to your standard of rock-climbing . |
| 13 | Dr Goode 's candid responses to those hard questions show , you may think , a doctor acting with great humanity and feeling . |
| 14 | You may think that instead of increasing my catch I would have had to share what I caught with a companion . |
| 15 | Time and time again he will charge for the snags which are in range , including some of which you may be unaware , or others you may think are out of range . |
| 16 | You may think that I am too harsh and write with lack of sympathy for the children , expecting them to struggle with concepts which cause greater minds a great deal of thought . |
| 17 | You may think , for example , that this type does not exist and that it is inaccessible , not human , and that there is no such person as this , that it is utopian . |
| 18 | You may think that sounds a bit odd — but without customers there would be no retail business at all ! |
| 19 | Be assured however that if I can in any manner contribute to the success of your efforts , either by the proposal of questions for discussion , or subjects for Papers or giving my opinions on any part of the Veterinary Art which you may think proper to investigate I shall at all times feel myself honored by the request , & I am persuaded that Mr Sewell will be most happy to ( ? add ) his exertions in any way congenial to your wishes . |
| 20 | ‘ You may think we 've been putting pressure on you , but — ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I leave it to your experience and courage to profit by any circumstance you may think favourable , ’ he wrote , ‘ to go out and attack the squadrons and vessels blockading at Ushant and at Belle Île [ or Belle Isle or Belleisle , in Quiberon Bay ] . |
| 22 | ( You may think this last one rather harsh but many people go through the hourly slice of bread and jam syndrome . ) |
| 23 | YOU MAY THINK IT 'S AN EXERCISE , YOUR SUPERIORS HAVE OTHER IDEAS |
| 24 | You may think , quite rightly , that you need a spare transmitter but do realise that you can not store this in your pocket during the ferreting or that will be the transmitter picked up by the receiver ! |
| 25 | You may think you have purse-netted every hole only for a bolting rabbit suddenly to push up through the snow as if from nowhere and make its bid to escape . |
| 26 | On a cold day you can keep your whole body warm with far less clothing than you may think . |
| 27 | Now , you may think that as far as chorus , delay , flanging etc. is concerned , guitarists could probably write the book , being arguably the most effects-hungry musos on the planet , but when it comes to a studio environment do you know how much delay to add to a vocal part to make it sound really brill ? |
| 28 | You may think that gauge kits solve the problem of different makes and gauges of string , but as with everything else , nothing is so simple . |
| 29 | ‘ Miss Compton-Burnett , I 'm afraid you may think this is an impertinent question ’ ( I held my breath ) , ‘ but were there elements of that destructive power in your own family ? ’ |
| 30 | ’ Nothing wrong with that , you may think — except that it is completely lifeless . |