Example sentences of "think [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think I might eventually get a taste for alcohol ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think I 'll ever have a use for it . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact I do n't think I 'd even wear a shirt . ’ |
| 4 | How can she think I 'd even consider a nanoceph like Daak ? |
| 5 | ‘ I should think you 'll soon get a new one . ’ |
| 6 | Do n't think you 'll ever find a home again ! |
| 7 | You might have thought I 'd happily become a little playmate for you to while away a few tedious hours with , but let me tell you , Mr Jacobsen , you were way off the mark . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But I do n't think we will ever have a situation where we have a king and an estranged queen who has a live-in lover . |
| 9 | I do n't think they 'd ever let a men 's committee |
| 10 | We did not really think they could possibly get a boat in . ’ |
| 11 | While she was absorbing that little gem , ‘ I never thought I would ever accept a working wife , but , ’ he paused and gave her a private smile , ‘ if that 's what my darling wants , I just ca n't stand in the way of her choice to continue working . ’ |
| 12 | I never thought I would ever find a woman who could mean as much . |
| 13 | Well I thought I 'd just do a freezer shop anyway — just the basics basically plus one or two Little Extras , just the odd thing Derek likes , just in case … |
| 14 | Erm , and then I just thought I 'd finally conclude a bright , cos I think it , it 's like how I see myself at work , erm with showing you where our work comes from erm and basically you 've got all these arrows coming in and er sometimes you do have a sense of feeling quite bombarded with requests for work , but the main , I mean the main formal source of our work is the local government sub committee , which is erm , like Mary was referring to earlier , every department or unit in our in the Council have to formally report and get it 's work through by a Council committee , our committee is the local government sub committee and it formally sets our work programme once a year , and I our priorities , it also comes up with other things it would like us to do by the way , during the course of the year , so erm , that includes Mary as well . . |
| 15 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 16 | I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver . |
| 17 | On the one hand she thought she would possibly enjoy a hour 's gardening when she came home from work and that it would help her unwind , but on the other hand her adult children and her husband would expect tea at 6 p.m . |
| 18 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 19 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |
| 20 | Nobody wanted to stroke a Gnome , except perhaps another Gnome , He thought he might just have a word with Caspar to see if Fenella could be brought along to his , Inchbad 's , bed that very night . |
| 21 | I mean , you 'd think he 'd just have a few enough to make a pie or a crumble |
| 22 | But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem . |
| 23 | I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them . |
| 24 | Let me have , just give me a — I think I 'll just have a handjob . " |
| 25 | I think that 's the best bet , but I 'd rather , no I think I 'd rather have a or |
| 26 | I think I 'd quite like a little bit more please . |
| 27 | ‘ I think I 'd quite enjoy a tussle with you . ’ |
| 28 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 29 | It 's probably erm , yeah I think you 'd probably have a shot at your yellow . |
| 30 | It 's probably erm , yeah I think you 'd probably have a shot at your yellow . |