Example sentences of "i [adv] think that " in BNC.

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1 Whether that would have been , at that time , for the benefit of the mass of the Chinese people we 're talking about erm I do n't think I , I rather think that the er turn that Mao took probably in the long run , in the long term , was to the benefit of the mass of people erm the peasantry , the workers in China because I think the alternative would have been erm international exploitation .
2 I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time .
3 We landed Phil at Yarmouth , Isle of Wight , to receive a mild rebuke from the Senior Naval Officer about lack of communication and swanning around without lights , but I rather think that Phil gave as good as he got .
4 Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services .
5 Erm you probably all know Murphy 's law that what can go wrong will go wrong , when I looked at the Oil Service Industry in last year , I rather think that Murphy was a bit of an optimist myself .
6 I rather think that they are concentrating on the main task which is to see that the children are properly provided for .
7 erm , I think it 's in the future care , I rather think that perhaps the future care ought to have been five hundred and nineteen , not five hundred and seventeen
8 I rather think that he still lives in and as Marg said coyly to me one year , he had given her a lovely little candle in a special little bowl with , with water
9 You can cut all that out … ’ or ‘ The Christian replies [ to some Aunt Sally which Lewis has conveniently erected ] ‘ Do n't talk damned nonsense … ’ or ‘ I personally think that next to Christianity Dualism is the manliest and most sensible creed on the market . ’
10 Richard continued , ‘ I personally think that there is a lot of hypocrisy surrounding this subject .
11 But it 's a , it 's a problem that , that you 've put your finger on , and this is why I personally think that a lot of this literature is of such a poor quality .
12 I mean I personally think that we 've , that with that third session , looking at things , certain topics have come out
13 I personally think that ANYTHING is game for a joke .
14 Because A you 're not wasting the time , you 're not worrying about the post sort , you 're getting the stuff quicker , you 've got the thing logged in and logged out erm so to , to a great extent , I mean er we should be ab I personally think that we should actually s be trying s we should be expecting to see an advantage but let's just take that as as , as , as neutral so that you have n't got a er a worsening situation and you have n't taken adva taken advantage of any
15 ‘ Keep your hips square ! ’ until I just think that suicide is the quickest way out .
16 I just think that you 're wasting your time writing letters , making speeches , sending out all those pamphlets .
17 " I just think that she might prove to be somewhat difficult to dispose of … oh , do n't look so surprised .
18 and erm I just think that women are so strong and , and another thing that I find er that is very important , is perhaps there 's women here we should look at why there 's only one female prison in Scotland and about fourteen male lot and including young offenders institutions and er , I mean what is it we are as agenda er just less criminally minded , more controlled , more clever , what , you know we should be teaching men .
19 And I just think that that 's the real danger .
20 You know I just think that I should be able to get a job just like that and
21 I just think that it 's disgusting for you to be having an affair with a married woman , that 's all . ’
22 obviously , that erm , I just think that I do n't know , it , it 's very different from .
23 I think no , I just think that I think that the British people , forget there 's people around the table , that the British people are actually pretty sort of liberal and tolerate overall and er I think the problem back to basics was government slogan and they got John Major
24 I am still opposed to it and er I just think that it 's not the right way to reconcile contradicting policies that we 've had .
25 Erm , I just think that over the generations er ma a er perhaps we 're forgetting that in the seventies , for instance , er well , cannabis was a at that time a popular , a popular thing , but you also had ecstasy is n't either the main thing in the in the papers
26 I just think that she was genuinely worried that they did n't seem to know a lot about it .
27 Er , I just think that th the the language is a bit too , sort of , proper , and that , you know , they have , you know .
28 I just think that even with what you 're saying , because , with his , with what , with Gary 's own , because they say especially with the students , it 's water off a duck 's back , but I do n't think .
29 N , that is not on religious grounds either that is because I just think that they work six days they should have a day off anyway .
30 I just think that when you 're up there it 's like the stage is a huge platform going out into the crowd , a long one !
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