Example sentences of "[pers pn] think [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JEWKES : He is my master and if he bids me do anything I can do I think I ought to do it and let him who has power to command me look to the lawfulness of it . |
| 2 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 3 | ‘ Well I thought we might give her a spin on Friday night , ’ Yanto answered with a grin . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps he is n't quite what we 've been used to , but I thought we might give him a trial . |
| 5 | I thought we might have something to eat first . |
| 6 | So I 'm , I thought we 'll try them . |
| 7 | so fortunately I was at home before he did so I thought we 'll have something quick then , just had a roll , you know , and I thought well I , i it 's not worth worrying about it and sort of |
| 8 | I thought we 'll have it |
| 9 | I thought we could open them and have one with |
| 10 | ‘ I thought we could use it . ’ |
| 11 | I thought we could hang something on the fact that one of the most enduring sexual icons of the age was in fact what today would be called — uh — big . ’ |
| 12 | But I enjoyed it so much , I thought we should get something going . ’ |
| 13 | I thought we 'd do it in the fresh air rather than in the car , cos it just means |
| 14 | They , they left here erm about half past eight , twenty to nine and they got to about half way they had n't been gone twenty minutes and I thought , oh she 's left her photographs , she had to get four passport photographs and she 'd left them here and I thought we 'd send them , send them to her and she did n't like them you see , but she 'd have them . |
| 15 | I 'm doing that talking to you look for Jim Bowen 's mobile phone number so I thought we 'd give him a ring that 'll surprise him wont it ? |
| 16 | I thought we 'd give her that . |
| 17 | We wo n't , no I thought we 'd relieve her of them |
| 18 | I thought we 'd try them for a change . |
| 19 | ‘ Fiona and I thought we 'd try something like that , one time we were in Oban , for some do . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought we 'd see what Gamages have to offer . |
| 21 | " She could , but I thought we 'd keep it . |
| 22 | Farag laughed so loudly I thought they would hear us . ’ |
| 23 | I thought they might give us badges to wear with our names on , like at conferences ; but I suppose they thought this would imply we were n't even capable of uttering our own names . |
| 24 | I thought they might cheer you up . ’ |
| 25 | Benn said : ‘ I thought they 'd give it to him or a draw or some rubbish like that . |
| 26 | ‘ My heart was pounding so loud I thought they 'd hear it . |
| 27 | So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs |
| 28 | I thought they 'd find them sixty odd . |
| 29 | I discovered a quiet place where I thought nobody would find me , but then I noticed Mr Rochester come into the garden too . |
| 30 | She said er well they came to us in the interval and Con was just like , I thought she 'll call me when Sally has gone , Sally had their address , she 'd just you know , she was gon na be in there and Con said , look , did you look at that dress she said , whoever makes them ! |