Example sentences of "but i think " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major roles for older women are not so common in Shakespeare , but I think it is better not to choose a character such as Queen Katherine from Henry VIII , who needs a richness of seniority to convey the dramatic interest . |
| 2 | But I think my most rewarding part at drama school was Carol in David Storey 's play Sisters . |
| 3 | But I think it 's probably different for different people . |
| 4 | Perhaps doing Shakespeare spoils you for that , but I think having a text that is good is important . |
| 5 | I think it 's very important but I think a lot of us are very lazy . |
| 6 | But I think it 's always a case of what you bring to acting — bring to the parts that are being offered to you . |
| 7 | But I think I got into drama professionally in the first place by accident . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's not a word that I know sir but I think I take your meaning . ’ |
| 9 | I want to discuss this with my superiors , but I think it 's only fair for me to say that it may well be difficult for us to keep you here . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Technically you should go back there , but I think you 've already decided against that . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And thanks , but I think I 'd just bawl my eyes out all over you . |
| 12 | ‘ People in Bavaria say it is crazy not to have tall cylindro-conicals in a wholly ultra-modern brewery , ’ says Brombach , ‘ but I think that kind of vessel sets up a convection that makes for dirty beer . ’ |
| 13 | That 's OK as a rough guide but I think that , at this level anyway , the routes are easier than this would suggest . |
| 14 | I do n't think I 'm prepared to make a public statement , but I think you 're very close to the truth there . |
| 15 | Hoffman was good , but I think he 'd be more interested in playing my Shylock . ’ |
| 16 | I do not know much about gods ; but I think that the river |
| 17 | ‘ Maggie darling , I do n't have a clue what happened last night , but I think you do . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's very difficult to do because if you are n't careful you just write down a series of platitudes , but I think that a statement of aims and beliefs is very necessary even if it does look platitudinous . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't think it matters much what you study , but I think to do so is very important in terms of promoting the power to think about issues . |
| 20 | But I think you have to recognise that there is no ideal organisation structure , whatever the arguments are for centralisation , decentralisation , functionalisation , regionalisation , for a line-management or matrix-management approach . |
| 21 | But I think the critical issue of Black Monday and what 's happened since is that this is a very major change in the nature of the market place , but not in the underlying economies of countries , especially the UK . |
| 22 | During the Westland episode my worry beads got red hot on occasions , but I think each time you go through a corporate crisis of some sort , you 'd be silly if you have n't learned from the previous ones . |
| 23 | ‘ We go abroad for a week or ten days every year , but I think we have a very simple life compared with many . |
| 24 | I am not saying this is universal , of course , but I think the pressure from the City on industry to maximise profits tends to make them take short cuts . |
| 25 | You have to keep the City informed about what 's going on , but I think you can run a business — and I hope we do — to the highest moral standards whether it 's today or in the 1900s . |
| 26 | The plants have got to keep going , but I think we can make working hours much more flexible . |
| 27 | But I think it s very important top management should get to know some of the problems those people have too , because if they 're not doing it right , the company could be in trouble . |
| 28 | ‘ She 'll have that as long as I 'm here too but I think she should have more . ’ |
| 29 | But I think Ibrahim 's OK . |
| 30 | But I think Ibrahim 's OK . |