Example sentences of "be [adv] thinking [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can hardly blame them but you can be sure that they are not thinking that those poor people in the audience must be feeling hungry — they simply want to increase their profits . |
| 2 | It 's just , you 're just thinking that if there 's anybody who skateboards just skates and like really ragged clothes because you 're not exactly gon na go out wearing a suit skateboarding cos as soon as you fall off you you 're gon na rip it to shreds are n't you ? |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't know them , Sister , ’ he said darkly , ‘ and if they 're not thinking that then they 'll say I 'm skiving or only coming over here to chat up the nurses . ’ |
| 4 | Er this year we actually made three four seven but we 're still thinking that we will make two thousand pounds . |
| 5 | You 're probably thinking that a cable is a cable is a cable . |
| 6 | In fact , you 're probably thinking that it could n't have arrived at a less propitious moment . ’ |
| 7 | So , I 'm just thinking that the potential across the company if you look at our system broadly and an auditor says the phrase authorised researcher , where 's the list of names , they 'll get an answer in one part of the company and they 'll get a list of job titles in another part . |
| 8 | I 'm not arguing that we should put more vehicles round the North Eastern side , I 'm just thinking that this traffic use reflects the , the imbalance in the region . |
| 9 | One driver told the interviewer : ‘ I 'm always thinking that they 're sat back in the office thinking ‘ Where has he got to ’ , and it puts you on edge so I always drive faster in a company car because time is against me . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm strongly thinking that at |
| 11 | Okay , so if you can give me some suggestions that might , might actually improve , cos we 've got to be seriously thinking that she 's fifty six , this is the other key to it . |
| 12 | I 'm sure that when you adopted your working together slogan you were not thinking that it included employers . |
| 13 | No I was only thinking that when you talk about |
| 14 | ‘ I was only thinking that if you 're always so high-handed in your dealings with people it 's a wonder you have n't had your come-uppance . ’ |
| 15 | Well I was only thinking that there 's not much on the television so |
| 16 | Diane was just thinking that she 'd go around to the back and see how the Venetz sisters were getting along with the buffet , when somebody moved in and stood beside her ; Pete McCarthy , wearing a more-or-less new jacket and a pleasant smile , his tie already undone . |
| 17 | ‘ I was just thinking that now 's a good time . |
| 18 | ' I was ah — I was just thinking that we really must — must get Willy to give us another shot of his old car ; you know , the Mini he bombs up and down the sands on sometimes ? |
| 19 | I was just thinking that if the case were unblocked — ’ |
| 20 | I was just thinking that we might leave hypothesis aside . |
| 21 | I was just thinking that maybe at the beginning of the day people could , if she knows who is due she could actually write that in , and when they came she could just tick that that they 'd arrived . |
| 22 | ‘ I was just thinking that this is a most unexpected setting to find the Midnight Raider in . ’ |
| 23 | I was just thinking that we 're doing rather well with one or two steady accounts . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah erm oh well looks like we 're nearly drifting towards the end , again as I , as I say I 'm , I 'm , I 'm fairly , pretty happy with the questions erm you know er going back to what I was saying earlier I was just thinking that some of them might be more f easily phrased as non directional statements and you have the , you know , kind of have the words in the scales yeah right , good , so yeah |
| 25 | Oh that 's a very nice letter , I was just thinking that maybe erm Jill has n't got her birthday card cos she 's the type of person who would write and say thank you , you know to me |
| 26 | I was just thinking that the dinner 's probably only just come on , I did n't quite know how long , how late we be huh . |
| 27 | He was probably thinking that in these times it was not worth taking the risk of offending anyone , just in case they were agents of Horemheb and you ended up in an emerald mine on the Eastern Coast . |
| 28 | ‘ I was also thinking that I was not feeling very well , I 'm tired , I do n't want to be here . |
| 29 | They were both selfish individuals and she was now thinking that they deserved each other . |
| 30 | ‘ I was happily thinking that you were out with Alain and quite safe . |