Example sentences of "think that [pron] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't think that they 'd want to know . |
| 2 | The men collect it and know that of the children doing it , you would think that they 'd have noticed over the years , that at the end of each month it says , on the readers ' list it says children and I think that |
| 3 | I do n't think that we would enjoy the Victorian smog of 1880 London , so let's settle for 1850 England . |
| 4 | You may also think that you would like help with the planning and execution of the catering . |
| 5 | Do you think that you would like to return to the platform work ? |
| 6 | And I ca n't think that you 'd come round at this time of day just for a chat . " |
| 7 | But do you think that it would do that ? |
| 8 | Certainly it would be very difficult to introduce any statistical rational erm to the desegregation of Greater York to its district components , bearing in mind the small populations er in some of the Greater York er districts , we think that the general level of detail erm in the structure plan is appropriate , and we think to go down to any finer detail would be an inappropriate to a structure plan , and thirdly I think on that issue , er we would think that it would prejudice erm the work that District Council would want to do erm in their er local plans . |
| 9 | You might think that it would have been easy enough to reconstruct the evolutionary pathway , but it was n't . |
| 10 | He could n't really think that she would stop her investigations just because of a few threats ? |
| 11 | ( In all honesty I did n't really think that she would want to flick elastic bands but I could n't think of what else to rhyme with ‘ hands ’ . ) |
| 12 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |
| 13 | She could recall his hard masculine looks with such clarity of detail that she did n't think that she would have any problem in recreating the image on paper . |
| 14 | When the right hon. Gentleman wrote that , did he think that he would end up making exactly that ’ dishonest and absurd ’ promise himself ? |
| 15 | He did not think that he would get away with it . |
| 16 | I do n't think that he would get us too far in those questions . |
| 17 | I do not think that anyone would believe that that was either necessary or sensible . |
| 18 | I do n't think that anyone would doubt that the treatment Dr Carrington received was extremely caring and humane ; but can we be sure that in other cases this will necessarily be so ? |
| 19 | ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’ |
| 20 | If we 're given an assignment , whatever it is , perform it well , do n't think that I would make a better magazine servant than that brother over there and I do n't like it on the accounts , why do they always use me as a hall servant ? |
| 21 | ‘ You might think that I would have been happy to go on improving my golf handicap , ’ he said . |
| 22 | You do n't think that I would have left you alone , down here , if I had n't known that you were all well and happy , do you ? |
| 23 | Do you think that I would ask you to risk your reputation , if I could think of another way ? ’ |
| 24 | But evidence really amounts to no more than expression of the opinion by a particular practitioner of what he thinks that he would have done if he had been paid hypothetically without the benefit of hindsight the position of the defendant , with a little while the evidence of the witness is due , what in the matter of law the solicitor 's duty was in the particular circumstances of the case , I should have thought , being a solicitor the very question which the functions , to decide . |
| 25 | ‘ Dr Adams thinks that it would help him in handling her case . ’ |
| 26 | The mathematics for a spinning black hole are rather different from those of a stationary one , and initially it was thought that they would allow the possibility of a suitably durable craft surviving the voyage without necessarily being destroyed . |
| 27 | Erm you 'd have thought that they would have taken the trouble to erm you know to do some bit of arm twisting . |
| 28 | Settlement ‘ I would have thought that they would have learned from the public ridicule of the last month and made certain that they did n't get up to these things again , ’ he told the Press Association . |
| 29 | Especially after all the hype about 15pt gap you 'd have thought that they 'd have been looking at the ‘ nearest rival trying to close the gap ! ! ’ . |
| 30 | I had a friend who was also interested in birds of prey , and we 'd thought that we 'd buy one each and keep them both at his place . |