Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Most of the time we were so busy rushing the posters out that we did n't have time to read them or think about what they said , ’ said Mr Mark Roblett , 27 , the elder of the two brothers whose south London company came to the aid of both parties . |
| 2 | Putting names to faces : You may wish to be able to look at someone and think instantly of his name because it makes social life so much easier ; or you may wish to improve your chances of impressing a business acquaintance ( and possibly making a deal as a result ) . |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't just see someone and think , Oh , boy , I 'd like to go to bed with her … ’ |
| 4 | Yeah I but think he gave me all his drink . |
| 5 | I have been acquainted somewhat with men and books , and have long experience in learning , and in the world : there is no book like the Bible for excellent learning , wisdom , and use ; and it is want of understanding in them that think or speak otherwise . |
| 6 | To read me and think you understand me and yet not to understand me . |
| 7 | People would look at me and think , ‘ No , she 's not the type , she would never try to top herself ’ , but I tried to do it when I was in Cookham Wood . |
| 8 | but they 're not in control of their body , so you must watch them , talk to them and if , if you can walk along the road with them , talking to them now the , there is the other type where you get the aura , they know they 're going to have a fit , so if somebody at your work place comes along and says to you I 'm gon na have a fit in five minutes , I mean do n't laugh at them and think ha ha , take them to a room where they 're safe and this applies to all epileptic fits , they 've got to be safe , so you 're going to clear a room of any danger , they 're laying down on the floor theirself because they 've got time they know they 're going to have this fit , if they 've got something to put in their mouth alright they will put it in their mouths themselves and once again they 've got five minutes to do it in and then that person will go through their fit , you stay with them , you comply by their wishes , if they say to you right , well just leave me when I come round I , do n't touch me I 'll be alright , they know , so you , you comply by their wish wishes , erm but only go in when you feel it is necessary , if they say right , erm I , I should regain consciousness in ten minutes and they have n't , you 're there , you stay there in case make sure they 're safe , there 's nothing there that can hurt them , then they 'll probably get up at the end of the fit and erm go into a room for a rest and say thank you very much and er , erm that 's it . |
| 9 | We look at them and think : ‘ Last night they stayed at home and watched TV , just like I did . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't understand them and think that I 'm never going to meet anybody nice that will accept me as a single parent . |
| 11 | When you have both finished , talk about them and think of ways in which each of them could be improved . |
| 12 | " You look at rows and rows of them and think ah , yes , forestry . " |
| 13 | You know I 'll watch them and think maybe I 'd like to do that but not , not , you know , judging , not sort of using them as a kind of measure stick you know to judge everybody by . |
| 14 | Do you that think we use to much medicine too often these days ? |
| 15 | They look up to you and think you 're a good fighter . ’ |
| 16 | All your friends miss you and think of you all the time . |
| 17 | Cos they 'll see you and think yuck |
| 18 | No but Charlotte that 's ridiculous you do n't look , tell me do you look at some people and I do have you ever looked at any people , saw them doing something and think oh that 's probably what , well that 's what should be done ? |
| 19 | In the sunlight of the next morning Maggie decided to go off by herself and think it all out . |
| 20 | This introduction to Piggy makes you immediately either sympathise with him or think that he was a pathetic little boy . |
| 21 | Already , after a few months ' acquaintance , he complained to Harry of ‘ this hideous analysis which so masters me ’ and he tried to express Helen 's profound effect upon him : ‘ I always wonder when I look at her or think of her . |
| 22 | I have nothing to do with him and think the way he has treated customers is appalling . ’ |
| 23 | I still miss her and think about her almost every day . |
| 24 | C. You teach me to despise her and think like you , and soon you 'll leave me and I 'll have no one at all . |
| 25 | to read it or think about it . |
| 26 | However hard I work and struggle for the future there are ever snares to catch me and sometimes I see no end to it and think myself doomed to pass my days in toil and nothing else . |
| 27 | Do n't just look at it and think to yourself ‘ That 's a jug ’ and leave it at that . |
| 28 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 29 | And if they 're not prepared to pl play the game or pay the going rate well then you review it and think how far do I push them on this ? |
| 30 | I could look at it and think , ‘ Cor ! |