Example sentences of "think it [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 I 've often thought it might be better if I had more intimate knowledge .
2 ‘ Perhaps because I 've always thought it might be nice to have a honeymoon in Venice . ’
3 He had thought it might be so and now he had the Proof .
4 ‘ I 've always thought it might be worth trying , ’ said Dorcas , ‘ but is this the right time ? ’
5 I would have thought it might n't be too easy .
6 ‘ Have you ever thought it might have been Mrs Downes who killed Dr Kemp ?
7 A lot of blokes say the reason they got into music in the first place was they thought it would be a great way of pulling women .
8 She had thought it would be a pity not to have him around any longer : Rachel and Maggie both liked him and she had not told either of them about his wife .
9 But Dot had thought it would n't ever happen to their baby .
10 I grow Thermopsis montana in my own garden and would not have thought it would last well in water .
11 Who would have thought it would come to this ?
12 Who would have thought it would be her , Minnie ?
13 Clive had thought it would be Judi and Coral again , on a much larger scale .
14 ‘ Who would ever have thought it would end like this ? ’
15 I had thought it would be fun , but I had not expected to be able to rock 'n' roll by the end of the evening .
16 In fact , I have always thought it would make a great spectacle for television if performed in surf with three contestants confined to a small area , all trying to knock each other of their boards .
17 And Japanese fishermen would pay huge sums for a tortoiseshell tom , to keep as a ship 's cat , for it was thought it would protect the crew from the ghosts of their ancestors and the vessel itself from storms .
18 She 'd thought it would be easy to find her .
19 His father had thought it would be a good idea to ask for the boats to be blessed at a time when Whitby Harbour was crowded with the big Scottish fleet which was following the herring as they moved south .
20 She had been in a squat in London but had thought it would be pleasant to have some sea air for the baby for the summer .
21 Self-government failing to arrive — how extraordinary that he should have thought it would — a campaign for the non-payment of taxes was initiated in Bardoli , near Bombay .
22 She had thought it would heal quickly by itself , but her son insisted that the GP look at it .
23 I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved .
24 Anabelle felt like curling up in a ball and plugging her ears until they all went away — and she would have , too , if she had thought it would do any good .
25 When they had taken him from the hospital block with his possessions and spare clothes in a cloth sack he had smiled and shaken hands and believed that the flight was close , Berlin he had thought it would be .
26 Odd that the Captain had thought it would help .
27 He had thought it would be easy to approach her , but now , watching her remotely like this , he knew otherwise .
28 It was the first time she had allowed herself to get into conversation with any man , and it was not the frightening experience she had thought it would be .
29 I wanted to hate him for doing this to me , so much earlier than I had thought it would be done , but it was difficult to hate a man I had such respect for .
30 I 've always thought it would be fun — We never celebrated Christmas at home . "
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