Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we 've all gradually come to terms with Jennifer 's condition and learnt to make the best of it … but … ’ she stared at her telephone as it suddenly rang , her thoughts obviously far away ‘ … but I do n't think I 'll ever forgive David Markham for the way he treated her , ’ she said at last as she stretched out her hand to answer the phone . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think I 'll ever touch soup again once we get out of here , ’ she declared with a shudder , setting her empty mug aside . |
| 3 | ‘ We have n't got that far , ’ smiled Phil , ‘ but I do n't think I could ever leave Tullivers . |
| 4 | She did n't think she would ever see freedom . |
| 5 | Yes , I do n't think you 'll ever get unanimity on something like this . |
| 6 | mm , well , I visit ladies in the nineties and they 're called Emma and Alice and Amy and all these names that are being used for children now , but I do n't think you 'll ever get Fred , Sidney |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think you could ever call Ken a friend . |
| 8 | ‘ And I do n't think you can ever understand Italians . |
| 9 | Because what the Sale of Goods Act goes on to say is that if the goods contain a fault which is so obvious you should have noticed the fault while you were in the shop , or the shop assistant pointed out the fault to you while you were in the shop , then I do n't think you can really demand money back on that basis . |
| 10 | In a way , long-term , something you do in science is possibly going to be of more value , but it 's very necessary , I think , literature and things like that are very much part of your life , you 'd go mad without them , I certainly would ; so I do n't think you can really assign values like that — it 's just where your personal interest and qualities lie , what you 're best at . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd thought we might safely have dinner here tonight . |
| 12 | So we 've got and then d' ya think we 'll like get poetry and then we 'll get our last ? |
| 13 | I do not think we can profitably continue Question Time . |
| 14 | We 've already paid the ordinary renewal fee , but do you think we should also have libel slander and officials indemnity ? |
| 15 | And er , I thought I 'd probably have wall paper on that wall , you know , use , use the curtains just as plenty of fullness , but have them for keeping out the light or keeping in the heat , |
| 16 | I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’ |
| 17 | Enid felt she did not have the concentration for advanced driving or painting but thought she could probably try gardening . |
| 18 | I thought we might perhaps have lunch . ’ |
| 19 | Seeing that Hilary was n't taking it in , he added , ‘ Ryan and his partner thought they 'd easily get planning permission to build an estate on the land where your cottage stood . |
| 20 | But for our last point we had to rely on being half-right about two issues : we rightly predicted a Common Market between the US and Canada — but wrongly thought it would also include Mexico and Venezuela ; and we predicted that unemployment would rise sharply in the West , causing more flexible working patterns — but were over-optimistic about the implications , seeing masses of people returning to school in middle life and then starting a new career . |
| 21 | ‘ I think I 'll just ring Phyllis Locombe-Stableford … ’ |
| 22 | I think I 'd sooner see Angela Rippon , Those Were The Days , do n't you ? , on Sky |
| 23 | I says well we , we put erm a mailshot out for four hundred and ninety nine pound , cos the software and all the re-programming involved , I says Ford Communications followed it up , you know , they put a mailshot out for two hundred and ninety nine pound all in , oh he says I think I 'd rather prefer G P T to them |
| 24 | I think I 'd rather watch Chelsea ! |
| 25 | ‘ I think I 'd rather climb ladders than sit at a checkout . ’ |
| 26 | I think you should just get pencil crayons cos otherwise we 'll never be able to use them . |
| 27 | Therefore , and I think we 'll all take access to something that we would . |
| 28 | ‘ I think we should also make love as soon as possible , ’ he murmured , as his kisses deepened and their breathing began to quicken . |
| 29 | Thank you for raising it but I think we should now get Trevor to er draw up er a report on , on , on what the make-up of the overheads on this organization is . |
| 30 | I think we can also thank Ga-lata-saray , Galatasaray . |