Example sentences of "[pron] might think [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 For example , if I measure a car traveling down the highway , I might think it had moved only one kilometer , but to someone on the sun , it would have moved about 1,800 kilometers , because the earth would have moved while the car was going down the road .
2 I might think he 's a total shit , but I would never- ’
3 That 's what I 'm worried about : if your people are … working along those lines again , and Dot 's been helping out , somebody might think she 'd got your lists .
4 She might think we 're just around the corner and that we 're not coming to see her .
5 She might think he was a little coarse doing that after saying he despised her , but so what ?
6 He tugged at the sheet and closed his eyes , hoping she might think he was asleep .
7 At moments when her concentration was disturbed , when dusk came too soon and its shadows flittered dismally about the room , almost she might think she was afraid .
8 You might think we were being a bit over-cautious , but these were two very young and inexperienced owls we were releasing .
9 If anybody can help me help me to get it up to three figures again personal contact could be er very useful in these cases if you come across anybody who you might think we could interest .
10 Looking quickly at paintings such as Pounding Foam or A Winter Sea , you might think they were expressionist works by Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning .
11 You might think they would all be terrified of having their family and acquaintances find out .
12 Xerox ( the ‘ X ’ in Xsoft ) was the company responsible for the world 's first GUI ( it says here ) , so you might think they know a thing or two about how to dress up Windows …
13 Put like that and you might think they had it coming .
14 So rare is her talent that you might think she was irreplaceable to the TV game .
15 you might think you have it all planned but have you ever set up a studio before .
16 You might think you 're safe nipping out for a hill-walk in a Parka with nylon fur round the hood , and a pair of trawlerman 's oilskin trousers you bought at a life-boat fund-raising stall , but that 's the day you 'll bump into Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert with a film crew making Highlander 3 .
17 There are fish in such numbers you might think you are dreaming , until you start catching .
18 But I can see how you might think you could gain an advantage — me having problems with the local police while you work out a way to come up smelling sweet .
19 You might think you look great , but you do n't fool me .
20 You might think you know
21 That 's what gets you , no matter how much warning you might think you 've had . ’
22 you know that is the , erm two or three things there , you 're working by yourself in your , your personal preparation prepa preparation are crucial parts , erm , if any of the people were thinking of going to erm , erm , a college , erm , the same sort of thing will arise and I suppose the big difference for if you do n't have lessons then I think I 'm right in saying you do n't necessarily have to go in , I do n't know whether that still applies , erm , you would be expected of course to erm , erm , to turn up at school here , erm , now there are advantages and disadvantages , you may feel that you prefer , knowing on your own what you 're like , you 'll prefer erm some fairly rigid rules , erm , because if there were n't rules you might think you 'd take advantage of us
23 Now if I were to suggest to you that in some gay bars the ‘ lads ’ pop off to the toilets that number of times to indulge themselves , then you might think I was repeating lurid propaganda put about by the puritan league .
24 ‘ I was afraid you might think I was not coming back .
25 You might think I 've got a cheek to interfere but someone 's got to look after Maureen .
26 You might think I 'm adumbrating the psychology of three-year-olds in the kindergarten .
27 You might think I 'm being silly , but I feel he 'll blame Brett for everything that 's gone wrong for him , and come back looking for revenge . ’
28 As a young man I believe that the purpose of painting was to make something took real , and I have never abandoned the idea , even if you might think it an old fashioned concept .
29 Given the option of seventeen papers in two sizes , six ink colours and twelve different styles of type-face , you might think it would be confusing to order your personal stationery by post .
30 Tonight , not an easy word to spell I mean you might think it is but a lot of people spell it incorrectly .
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