Example sentences of "think [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think someone must have taken it and I can only ask them to bring it back to me , ’ said Mrs King , of Egglestone Way . |
| 2 | If Brook Street had n't convinced me I could do it , my confidence was so low I think I might have turned it down , ’ she says . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , if you 'd been honest , I think I might have liked you more . |
| 4 | I 'd done some wedding stationery for a friend , and I 'd painted two hundred and twenty pieces , er erm , sheets of wedding stationery for her , with erm , bud roses and things , I think I might have shown you one , actually . |
| 5 | If you had not confessed I think I would have beaten it out of you . ’ |
| 6 | Because I think I would have thought he 'd stop doing that now , but Pam said he still runs down the bottom of the garden . |
| 7 | ‘ I think I would like to meet her . |
| 8 | He looked me up and down and with a twinkle in his eye said ‘ Oh ! dear , I think I shall have to let you know after all . ’ |
| 9 | I think I 'll stop using it for a bit . |
| 10 | I think I 'll have to abandon it with you around . |
| 11 | I think I 'll have to put her down again then . |
| 12 | I did n't want to put the new stuff on top of the old until er knew whether we 'd finished or not , yes I think I 'll have to open it |
| 13 | Er well I think I 'll have to show you . |
| 14 | I 'm sure he 's going to be fine , but I think I 'll have to make it clear that I did actually have a life before he came along , and I do n't particularly want to do everything with him ! |
| 15 | Charlie , is on his last legs , has been for years and , might as well have him put down , as that Nick keep saying , I think I 'll have to have him put down he , when he takes him for a walk he collapses . |
| 16 | But I think I may have to extend it — just like the politicians — because I have n't achieved anything in all the time I have been in my new home . |
| 17 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I think I may have seen it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think I may have heard it as a bedtime story when I was a small child . ’ |
| 19 | Again , I think I may have underestimated it hearing it on Yuri Bashmet 's disc straight after his amazing performance of the Viola Concerto . |
| 20 | It conditioned my hair really well but I think I may have used it too often because my hair became a little TOO soft to style after a while ! ’ |
| 21 | My lady wife behaved exceptionally badly , as I think I may have told you . |
| 22 | Then I think I 'd like to see her , and would that be a demand ? |
| 23 | You know , I think I 'd like to meet him . ’ |
| 24 | I think I could bear losing you a line better if you had belonged to me , even for a short while . " |
| 25 | ‘ I think I know the reason for his death and I think I could have stopped it . |
| 26 | I think I could afford to pay you a rhinu a day . ’ |
| 27 | The wolves were real enough , although there are times when I think I must have imagined them . |
| 28 | I think I must have watched it or listened to it or something like that . |
| 29 | I think somebody must have told him . |
| 30 | Eddie shook her head and added wistfully , ‘ I think she would have told me . ’ |