Example sentences of "think [pron] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think I want to be here ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think I want to be drawn into this web of deceit . |
| 3 | I do n't think I care to be classified as a slag , you have to sleep around to be a slag . |
| 4 | It was cruel of Miss Havisham to encourage me to hope , but I do n't think she meant to be unkind . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think she wants to be a maiden aunt , ’ Simpson said . |
| 6 | Her mental assurances did n't seem to offer much comfort , and she certainly did n't think she wanted to be put down as an experience . |
| 7 | I did n't think you wanted to be bored by that again and Alan 's back on there so er where are you there you are right . |
| 8 | Do n't think you have to be based in London to create a buzz , as recent history has shown that new music movements rarely originate in the capital . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't think you have to be extra nice to him in the courtship period — it will be very hard to back-track later on . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think you have to be similar to share friendship . |
| 11 | Everybody thinks you have to be really strong to be a blacksmith . |
| 12 | I 'd have thought one had to be very bright indeed even to get in ? ’ |
| 13 | He looks wise and fatherly and says , ‘ I do n't think we want to be bothered with that , do you ? ’ |
| 14 | For myself , I do not think we need to be quite so pessimistic . |
| 15 | I do n't think we need to be too sorry at the reason we 're not getting it written is we 're far too busy lobbying MPs and making protests in the centre of town and things . |
| 16 | While I can see that the woman you wrote about may well have deserved what she got — your report says the little girl was badly bruised — I do think we have to be wary of going to extremes . |
| 17 | Apart from Steve , I do n't think there appeared to be anyone who turned round and said look they could n't do it . |
| 18 | I do n't think anybody wants to be left behind . |
| 19 | ‘ It was all sad paranoia , completely in my own head , ’ he continues , ‘ but I really thought I had to be somebody different . |
| 20 | I think I thought I wanted to be part of that companionship too but knew it would conclude with my entry But that did n't have to happen because he was closing the kitchen door behind him as I arrived in the passage . |
| 21 | He thought you had to be a model or a dancer , or else something in showbiz . |
| 22 | ‘ Luk at thon in a shellsuit , ’ she called as a middle aged shopper hurried by , ‘ I thought you had to be a glue sniffer to wear a shellsuit . ’ |
| 23 | because I thought you had to be in post this is what we had a problem with with Napier 's request for recognition |
| 24 | I thought you had to be quite careful with chicken . |
| 25 | No , but I thought you seemed to be a long while getting the bugger out . |
| 26 | I thought you wanted to be a real person , creating , not criticising . ’ |
| 27 | Anyway , I thought you wanted to be sure about who was organizing it . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I thought you wanted to be out of the limelight for a while , ’ he 'd said . |
| 29 | I thought you wan na be there |
| 30 | Back in Britain writing my last newsletter to the Group in Scotland I had loved and brought together , I said that I thought we had to be much bolder , taking an a priori stance on the fact that there could be no discrimination against women . |