Example sentences of "think [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | and number thirty five anxious , anxious , he was anxious to get his spellings right , anxious I shall think I 'll have to give you something for your birthday present and it 'll be very useful to you |
2 | Yes , I wanted to do a production with Balanchine , but it never happened , and now there is no one I can think I would want to do it with . |
3 | Did you think I 'd try to stop you ? |
4 | ‘ I do think I 'd like to miss it . |
5 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd like to give you a general answer . |
6 | ‘ It 's a long story and I do n't think I can bear to tell it again just now . ’ |
7 | Do you think I could bear to let you sink into ignominious disgrace ? ’ |
8 | ‘ It cost me a fortune — but I did n't think I could bear to see you again . |
9 | I do n't think I could bear to look them in the face . ’ |
10 | They have managed to sell some of the statues though I ca n't think who 'd want to buy them . |
11 | You still have to pay it back , I said well I do n't think you should have to pay it back ! |
12 | And at the end of that fifty thousand years , if that 's what it is , the populations are sufficiently different that I 'd think you 'd want to put them into a different species if — I mean how are you to know , but I mean it 's a reasonable judgement . |
13 | Er well Susan 's very much into music and erm I think she thinks she 'd like to earn her living that way but it 's a very hard way to earn a living . |
14 | If we 'd been engaged , I might have thought you 'd come to give me back my ring . ’ |
15 | ‘ Nevertheless , I do n't think we can afford to ignore it . |
16 | ‘ I do n't think they 'd try to hurt him , ’ he said , hoping it was true . |
17 | What do you think they should do to solve them ? 7 Think about how the whole debate might have gone . |
18 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
19 | ‘ Not necessarily , ’ she demurred , ‘ but she was kind , and I thought I would like to buy her a wedding present — and because you kindly took me in when you did n't want to , ’ she tacked on softly . |
20 | I was startled for a moment , as one does not have ex-Prime Ministers calling on one every day , but this was very like S.B. , who began , ‘ You will never come to see me , so I thought I would come to see you . ’ |
21 | I thought she 'd be shocked but she was n't , although she said she thought I should try to forget him because it would only mean unhappiness for me . ’ |
22 | I thought I 'd like to give you a little memento . ’ |
23 | So the public do n't do that but I just thought I 'd like to show you how how . |
24 | I thought I 'd have to give you back a lot more money . |
25 | Just thought I 'd have to tell you that . |
26 | yeah , so I thought I 'd have to keep him . |
27 | I thought you might want to see it . ’ |
28 | I thought you might care to join me , spend your precious leave in the place of your birth . ’ |
29 | I thought you might care to treat me . ’ |
30 | She 's a partner in a firm of solicitors in the High Street — well , she thought you might like to join us for a family Christmas dinner . |