Example sentences of "think [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were Mrs Douglas and had put up with years of a philandering , self-important husband I think I might consider I was more deserving than him of the luxury away-from-it-all fortnight 's vacation . |
| 2 | It depends which relief road we 're talking about , but I think I would accept I mean I can accept the point that er Mr is making about er the relative er benefits in terms of traffic relief afforded by either an inner northern route or an outer northern route . |
| 3 | Got a got a pair of twos there ee by heck ! for four and a pair is six well I think I 'll have I 'm afraid two eights , two o , two eights , two tens and then nine did n't ask for that but I had to throw a pair of twos away for that and go in there you go . |
| 4 | Well really , looks like I 've only done two each but I think I 'll freeze I 'll only cut two up lovely ! |
| 5 | Well I think I , I think I 'll stick I 'll stick , stick by the issue then yes . |
| 6 | Where we could ideally then I think I 'd move I Saw Three Ships , if if this is anything like the order , |
| 7 | ‘ I think I can say I 'm a tolerant man , ’ he said , not without a trace of smugness . |
| 8 | I think I can say I walked the best part of the rivers in my district . ’ |
| 9 | But I think I can say I had some of my happiest times in the army . |
| 10 | I think I should regard me with the contempt with which I myself regard the more vulgar visitors . ’ |
| 11 | It 'll be her turn to phone , I think she 'll phone me next weekend , this coming weekend . |
| 12 | If I do n't , I think she might sue me for every penny I have . |
| 13 | I think she might believe me now , but I 'm not sure . |
| 14 | And I think she will hear me and will not say me nay , |
| 15 | I think you 'll agree I was within my rights … ’ |
| 16 | I think you would say I know you very well , Sally-Anne , would n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think you 'd help me if you could , Phil . ’ |
| 18 | I think you can tell me who it is , I really do . |
| 19 | ‘ You think you can intimidate me , but you 're mistaken ! |
| 20 | ‘ I think you can let me worry about that . ’ |
| 21 | You think you can push me around because you 've been doing that since we were in the nursery . |
| 22 | Statements such as ‘ I have a problem I think you can help me with ’ are infinitely more effective than ‘ You 've done it again , ’ or ‘ Why do you always clutter ? ’ |
| 23 | The more we use phrases such as ‘ I have a problem I think you can help me with ’ , the fewer problems we will have in the bedroom . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm angry because — because you think you can add me to a long line of women notched on your belt . |
| 25 | ‘ If you think you can frighten me , ’ said Andrus , ‘ you are mistaken . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ So , you think you can persuade me to be lenient ? ’ |
| 27 | You have hurt me a lot in the past three days , Bob , and I think you will hurt me a great deal more in the days to come . |
| 28 | I stated my views to Lord Stanley as fully as I could , but I fear that the Exchequer is not in a condition to enable him to second my views , 1 think you will do me the credit to say that if any man can organize an Expedition for interior research I can , and that there are few if any here more qualified from experience for such a task . |
| 29 | I think you will find me co-operative as I have taken pains to become informed on my condition and related states . |
| 30 | I think anybody could hear me . |