Example sentences of "i think [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's the end of an adventure that I thought would last for ever . |
| 2 | It 's not what I thought would happen . |
| 3 | He was the last player I thought would succumb as he did . |
| 4 | Jenny I thought would ring . |
| 5 | I assessed six factors which I thought would help determine whether patients had actually had asthma and whether their death had been caused by asthma . |
| 6 | Once again i caught on the three methods that I thought would work on the day and to say the least I was more than confident of getting good points . |
| 7 | And something like that I thought would have been a very good solution . |
| 8 | There was one person I thought might come across with a few facts , Mahoney 's girl , Connie Fraser . |
| 9 | I put it down , and I phoned the people I thought might have been the recipients of it , to make sure it was genuine , |
| 10 | I could send you a list of vacancies , and mark any I thought might suit Mrs Ross and which I could vouch for . |
| 11 | ‘ Now this is what I thought might suit your purposes , ’ he said . |
| 12 | As the days went by , I did start to try the newspapers and job centres again — anywhere in fact that I thought might find me either a job or a home . |
| 13 | So I thought let's try . |
| 14 | After some weeks of work in London gathering material from such places as the Canary Wharf Tower , Millbank Tower and the roof of the Economist Building , I eventually spotted a tower block across the Thames from the City which I thought must have an amazing vantage point . |
| 15 | So I 'm zooming down , which I thought must have been fifty mile an hour , but it was probably only about five really , or ten , but er put the brake on for the platform to stop , no chance , it just kept going . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's what I thought must have made her do it . ’ |
| 17 | Now it seems to me I accept difficulties f for , for some people , but on the whole it 's working quite well and to shuffle it all round again I think would irritate a large number of members and we 're irritated by the changes that you made earlier on and I would n't wish to bring any down on your your head for the |
| 18 | Which I think would go out there . |
| 19 | I 've written a sentence which I think sums up the tape and introduces it which I think would do for both leaflets . |
| 20 | I have actually used water that 's come off it and I 've also had er sheds with plants growing underneath and I ca n't honestly remember , I mean I have obviously not used it on really sensitive plants like tomatoes which I think would show signs of stress . |
| 21 | The door of the back kitchen went down two steps and then there was a chimney corner with shaped stonework , which I think would have had a wooden seat long ago . |
| 22 | I think it would have been perhaps better if you , somehow er , maybe er I du n no , you could erm , nothing to do with you so you ri you 're not in a position to be able to move them erm but if it was possible to put them in a , a different situation I think would have made a more interesting picture . |
| 23 | I think would have probably , had more , if we 'd had more time and reversed all and been clearer on our roles . |
| 24 | But in Locke 's day it was normal and Locke 's contemporaries I think would have had no problem understanding this what he meant . |
| 25 | I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong . |
| 26 | But ano but what I think would happen when we get maybe Mike or Chris or somebody helping , it 's not that they 're taking work off Wendy , but that we will do more physical checks , do you know what I mean , with the stock control . |
| 27 | Yeah , I see what y y y you 're getting at , let me give an ex er an illustrated example which I think might help or at least bring , bring the paradox out of those clearly . |
| 28 | Somebody there I think might like a bit of that . |
| 29 | Can I say two minutes for what I think might happen and where we 've derived some of the authority from . |
| 30 | The figure I think might have been higher if we had n't had some hot weather which er meant the fish were keeping rather low in the lochs , and it was difficult for the ospreys to find sufficient food . |