Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " 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 ‘ If I did I do n't think I 'd ever see the jade again . ’
6 I do n't think she 'll ever get the butterfly right
7 Nor did she think she would ever have the courage to find out .
8 a hell of a lot really , normally you would n't have the vinyl and normally I would think you would only put the tongue and groove not out of the polystyrene behind it and the vinyl , I ca n't see why people want tongue and groove that they go to all those lengths would you ?
9 ‘ I should think you 'll soon get a new one . ’
10 Do n't think you 'll ever find a home again !
11 Do you think you could just open the door for me please !
12 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 . ’
13 ‘ 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 .
14 Where there is a large number of transactions — the notice mentions 30,000 records — I do not think we should simply consider an isolated case where it would be impossible to say whether there had been a direct benefit from the acquisition of the wrappers or not .
15 I do n't think they 'd ever let a men 's committee
16 We did not really think they could possibly get a boat in . ’
17 Lord St John thinks they will actually increase the security risk because the very visible opening of the gates will draw attention to the Prime Minister 's movements .
18 I was suddenly really upset as I thought I may never feel the baby moving inside me any more .
19 I 've got some catching up to do as well , but I thought I might just grab an hour , maybe late this afternoon when everything 's relatively quiet .
20 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 . ’
21 I never thought I would ever find a woman who could mean as much .
22 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 …
23 I never thought I 'd even see the day we finished it .
24 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 . .
25 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 .
26 I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver .
27 Given the increasing pressure we and others are putting on offshore dredging , which has major implications for future terrestrial supplies , I thought you should also see the Commentary .
28 Ruth thought she would never forget the bereaved mother 's demented scream .
29 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 .
30 She thought she could almost see the memories and she could certainly hear the echoes .
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