Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 2 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 3 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 4 | Well I do n't think I can feel like I suppose that were Victoria was n't it , ringing nine nine nine they forgot to ask |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think I can tell when you 're acting . |
| 6 | ‘ You have kept me in the background of your life for too long now ; I do n't think you will notice when I am not there , ’ she had said . |
| 7 | How do you think you 'd feel like she did n't want to know you when she grew up . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think they would do almost anything to sell records or to get on . |
| 9 | And seeing as I have n't got an account with them I do n't think they 'll say well you can have some anyway . |
| 10 | Do you really think they 'll close down your old college ? ’ |
| 11 | A slightly cumbersome but straightforward method is to begin , ‘ When I knew I was going to have to mention sailing , because that is Peter 's great interest , I thought I would look up what great writers and poets of the past have said about sailing . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought I 'd see how you wanted it to be between us . |
| 13 | I did n't know that , I thought I 'd put down what , some of the people one of the babysit for as one of my references because I babysit her kids at primary school age |
| 14 | I thought you might know where he is . ’ |
| 15 | So , we thought we 'd find out what young people want to know , and what they think of the education they 've had . |
| 16 | ‘ I was afraid of the Africans because I thought they would take over my farm . |
| 17 | He was asked whether he thought he would get back his record for taking the most Test wickets . |
| 18 | How did Lee think he could see where he was pointing to in the dark ? |
| 19 | She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , |
| 20 | I think I 'll freshen up my drink . ’ |
| 21 | But I think I 'll know when it 's time to quit and move into something new . |
| 22 | ‘ Ian , ’ said the Major calmly , ‘ I think I can make out his saddle on the block over there . |
| 23 | I think I can understand why he chose the 18th century . |
| 24 | I think you might have here you are , oh yeah , blimey , what you trying to do ? |
| 25 | The police service themselves recognize that there has to be a a need for change that they have to be brought up to date er and er I think you 'll see when I a announce my decisions on the Sheahy report er that er I am taking the need to er reform the police service , very seriously indeed . |
| 26 | I think you 'll find here they wo n't deal with miles at . |
| 27 | And I think you can see why I call it pessimistic because , basically it says in the Anglican prayer book , there is no good in us , what 's in us is , is bad , in the sense of anti-social egoistic , and if people are going to cooperate and if there 's gon na be social order , then as it were , it has to be imposed on them . |
| 28 | ‘ I just think you should remember how he feels . |
| 29 | " I tell you what — I do n't think I can do any more by seeing him at the moment , but I think you should cut out his meat completely for a week or two . |
| 30 | As I think you will agree when you have looked at all the evidence it may well not have been quite so simple in this case to determine what was the best for the girl , as we , looking back on events from this point in time , may think . |