Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , on some sites you might say , no , I , well I can control the labour costs and I can control the er , plant usage , but I do n't buy the materials myself the only way I can affect them is by altering the wastage . |
| 2 | Cos you can but nobody 's gon na make them are they ? |
| 3 | But we 've got a very close-knit family , in that if two people are n't getting on , everybody in the family will make them be friends . |
| 4 | But I do n't think everyone is as aware as they should be of the after-effects . |
| 5 | I 've I 've got your range of one to six here , John , and I 'm not I must stress I 'm not singling you out — I mean your company is fairly typical of what 's happening in this area — but the main difference between one and six is that erm two and six is that number two covers for two hundred part up to two hundred pounds |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think I am a born light entertainer and I do n't think I 'm a born serious political interviewer , ’ Sue explains . |
| 7 | ‘ What kind of a fool do you think I am ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't think I am going to wear that trash , do you ? ’ she had said when the great day came ; and wondered why he had ‘ got into one of his passionate tempers ’ ( poor little disappointed boy ! ) |
| 9 | ‘ I mean , what do you think I am ? ’ |
| 10 | — What do you think I am , anyway ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not giving you a divorce so you need n't think I am . ’ |
| 12 | He must think I am a fool . |
| 13 | I could be , but I do not think I am . |
| 14 | If they think I 'm pretty , that 's nice , I 'm complimented ; but if they do n't think I am , I have n't put myself on the line . |
| 15 | I do n't think I am fully recovered , and today I am no taller or heavier than I was when I was released from hospital in 1983 . |
| 16 | ‘ I think all the businessmen sitting around me must think I am mad . |
| 17 | I daresay you find this strange and may think I am ungrateful when after all I have been given the chance to set up for myself which is not given to many of our station but it is a surprise to me too . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want to say too much as people will think I am only concerned because if the new rules come into force it will mean Shelford ca n't play for us next season . |
| 19 | I would recommend a 7.50 x 16 radial fitted to your own rims or to modestly wide eight spoke rims ( I dare not tell you my preference or people will think I am biased towards Michelin ) . |
| 20 | But less discreetly , when haggling over prices in the house he could lose his temper and shout ‘ Do n't think I am hard up ’ , as he took from the cupboard a quarter pewter pot full of sovereigns ’ to flash at his antagonist . |
| 21 | I can not do not think I am can be mistaken in my belief that our meeting was also important interesting to you , and that however much you may value your seclusion |
| 22 | The last line of the book is the father asking Janet , ‘ What do you think I am ? ’ and Janet 's response to it is written by the reader . |
| 23 | But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those ‘ super-apostles ’ . |
| 24 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh Sally , what do you think I am ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think I am . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That bastard , what does he think I am , his servant ? |
| 28 | ‘ Do you think I am making a mistake ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think I am going to talk to Shaunagh again , ’ he said . |
| 30 | What do they think I am — a baby snatcher ? ’ |