Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not simply that it is a vital matter for some small group of people ( as some may think them to be ) called ‘ Christian feminists ’ who would reconcile their feminism with their Christian faith . |
| 2 | Do you think me like them ? |
| 3 | Do you think I about the ? |
| 4 | I would of thought you of all people would have done that you know ! |
| 5 | She began to see why the previous nurses had all thought him worth chasing after . |
| 6 | I had always thought him to be egotistical and attention-seeking ; but apart from mentioning his invitation to the Dukakis Inaugural , he answered modestly , even humbly : praising his friend 's work and disparaging his own . |
| 7 | One might even have thought him to be angry . |
| 8 | Oh , what a fool Fernando must have thought her for finding anything suspicious in a locked door . |
| 9 | Evidently , people in this street were used to strange cars being parked and nobody had thought it worth while to ring the police , despite the fact that the doors bristled with Neighbourhood Watch signs . |
| 10 | She had not thought it worth mentioning before as he was not likely to be found . |
| 11 | Even to-day I am still surprised that our history master should have thought it worth while to include in his course a class in Plato 's Republic … or that our English master should take me to his home to show me his excellent library and especially his fine editions of Blake and Donne . |
| 12 | I thought that was very interesting , for Richard had obviously never thought it worth mentioning that she was n't white . |
| 13 | It emerged that she had suffered from mild diarrhoea and wind for some years , but had not thought it worth bothering the doctor about these minor problems . |
| 14 | No one seems to have any idea why ; but hardly anyone seems to have thought it worth while to try to find out … |
| 15 | These comforted her , not because she had any faith in their message , but because they were phrased with some beauty ; they were made up of words that seemed to apply to some large and other world of other realities , and they bore witness , also , to the fact that somebody had thought it worth his while to put them up . |
| 16 | No-one has thought it worth their while to eulogize or anathematize schools like Burleigh . |
| 17 | But if I had said this to you three months ago would you have thought it worth the extra outlay ? |
| 18 | Mike , though he not have thought it at the time , was extremely lucky , as the aircraft hit the ground the fuselage broke open , his helmet came off , became lodged in the opening and was then crushed as the fuselage closed again . |
| 19 | But I would n't have thought it of Ellie . |
| 20 | The reason why I have thought it to be so definitely a first edition is usually only because the title verso states : ‘ First published 19XX ’ or some such wording , and there is no mention about a second or third impression , or , because there was a date on the title page and a blank on the title verso ; or the title verso had only the copyright date on it . |
| 21 | The real situation RE has to contend with is now very different from how many , perhaps most , people have generally thought it to be . |
| 22 | Subdued housing market turnover since the end of 1988 has also made it difficult for borrowers to clear arrears by trading down , and some may have thought it in their best interests to default once their mortgages exceeded the value of their homes — although the borrower in this situation still remains legally liable for any outstanding debt after the property has been sold . |
| 23 | Did we think we about the old staff did you say ? |
| 24 | I think the game I think the game has done well in tackling that problem but I do n't think we as a society have done very well in tackling it in the country at large . |
| 25 | Lastly , do you think we as a country spend enough money on research ? |
| 26 | I should think they in case you would n't have been there would they ? |
| 27 | But do you think her of any use in the family ? |
| 28 | He saw he had made Malm think him of unsound mind and he said quietly , earnestly , " There was nothing , nothing but what I 've told you . " |
| 29 | And I did n't think him in the least like the Beast in the fairy tale although his hair and beard need a little trimming perhaps . |
| 30 | No pilot thought thee worth his pains |