Example sentences of "think it [modal v] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've always thought it might be worth trying , ’ said Dorcas , ‘ but is this the right time ? ’ |
| 2 | ( This meant borrowing money and suffering a lot of hardships ; but they thought it would be worth it , because it would mean they could not be so easily discriminated against . ) |
| 3 | The price very nearly put me off though , £37.00 for one jump , but I thought it would be worth it as the price included one year 's membership and insurance so the price of the next jump would drop to £25.00 . |
| 4 | I thought it would be for the best to … to … ’ |
| 5 | It was smaller than I thought it would be for two-and-a-half grand 's worth , but then what do I know ? |
| 6 | I thought it would be of interest to members if I tried to illustrate how the diamorphic diagnosis can be made , even with a dusty old specimen in a cupboard somewhere . |
| 7 | ‘ I said all along that Lennox would win — but I thought it would be on points . |
| 8 | I suppose I thought it would be like a hospital ward , but it 's quite like an ordinary nursery , really , except it 's so dull . |
| 9 | This may not be an original idea but I thought it might be worth a mention . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's why I thought it might be worth suggesting . |
| 11 | of what sixth form courses entails , now , erm , three or four of us thought it might be worth our while , or your while if you just briefly said what I 'm going to say now , that erm , the , the |
| 12 | He thought it might be of use to the ‘ curious ’ Mr Goldney in the making of porcelain . |
| 13 | I thought it might be with a boy . |
| 14 | ‘ You thought it might be with a boy . |
| 15 | I thought it might be like a clan gathering … but why the hell should it be . |
| 16 | I thought it might be like one of these clubs , you know . |
| 17 | But they thought it might be in Dortmund — about 90 miles away . |
| 18 | thought it should be in there cos it 's normally Okay now all that happens here if you if you think of it going back to the picture with the the magnets or the electrostatic charges or or bonds whatever you like to think of it . |
| 19 | Leith saw Naylor 's mouth firm and thought it must be on account of the anxiety that Travis was causing his mother . |
| 20 | Dickie said , ‘ When I heard them say it was St Benedict 's Hospital I thought it must be for Mr Leland , so I called him . |
| 21 | Devotedly Meredith , she experienced such a choking sensation of jealousy — she thought it must be like parachuting from an aeroplane , in that she could n't breath and the world dropped away — that she scrumpled up both scraps of paper and flung them into the metal basket beneath the counter . |
| 22 | This is just what I thought it 'd be like on the streets of Chicago . |
| 23 | Erm I just erm read the question like and I just I I I thought it 'd be like a triangle , you work it out on the triangle and then I thought no that |
| 24 | And do you think it would be worth the trouble ? |
| 25 | I do n't think it would be worth playing if it 's easy . |
| 26 | I would think it would be above board |
| 27 | He confirmed that he did think it would be for the best if I dropped out of family life , and in my heart , I knew he was right . |
| 28 | You might think it would be for the prestige , the culture or simply because enough people are interested that all three performances are sold out . |
| 29 | They was never strong in , you 'd think it would be in a place like this but they were n't . |
| 30 | I might , I would maybe think it might be worth making a little bit more actually . |