Example sentences of "you [vb mod] think [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ’ You may think it can wait till Monday , but I ca n't . |
2 | I know you 're after Robert , but , although you may think you 'll succeed , I 'm here to warn you . ’ |
3 | ‘ You may think you can lie to me , but you ca n't go on lying to yourself , ’ he said with calm assurance . |
4 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
5 | ‘ I do n't know why you should think I 'd object to a frisky man , military or otherwise . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 |
8 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
9 | You 'll think it 'll sink |
10 | You 'll think it 'll drown |
11 | You think it ca n't float , you 'll think it will sink . |
12 | Even if their trade were seasonal , in some way , you 'd think they would have horses and carts of their own . |
13 | You 'd think they would have would n't you ? |
14 | If they can build aqueducts you 'd think they could engineer a wallet to keep their money in . |
15 | you 'd think they could know appetite |
16 | Somebody , if they were wrong you 'd think they 'd tell you would n't you ? |
17 | You 'd think they 'd bottle it , make it last over the weeks or months , but they 're simple people , and there 's no holding them back . |
18 | You 'd think they 'd notice at work would n't you ? |
19 | Jonathan , Jonathan , dad wants to watch the news in a minute please , so hurry up and change it over You 'd think they 'd save that You do n't know , I would n't be surprised you will well that 's marvellous is n't it ? |
20 | You 'd think they 'd like that . |
21 | But you 'd think they 'd get the Les Paul pickups right , would n't you ? |
22 | even if the church was And they 've cut all the side , the other side , Church Street they 've cut all the hedge of the church down there and dumped all the grass inside , no not the grass , the branches , inside well you 'd think they 'd get a blooming lorry or a van to take it all down the blooming tip would n't you ? |
23 | But er you 'd think they 'd get a lorry or something to shift it from there . |
24 | he use to have his own house , last year he went into it you 'd think they 'd get some of it and to weed the gardens |
25 | Well you 'd think they 'd let her , you know have some old paper |
26 | If you look at the players they 've got you 'd think they 'd destroy just about anyone ( Giggs/Rush/Saunders/Hughes/Speed/ Southall/Hazelwood ( sp ? ) ) . |
27 | " Aye , you 'd think they 'd have moved on , would n't you ? |
28 | You 'd think they 'd have the wit to send someone who could speak English . |
29 | ‘ You 'd think they 'd keep it open so they could go on bugging me , ’ he said . |
30 | Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together . |