Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] think [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I asked her why he was n't married , and she did n't want me thinking there was anything wrong with him , so she told me .
2 Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off .
3 We do n't want them thinking they 've been sold short or rumbled . ’
4 As you can see we 've got three children who will be going to the school and I do n't want them to think they have to get in a car every time they travel anywhere .
5 Well do you want them to think your mother 's cuckoo ?
6 ‘ It angers me to think he is still on remand . ’
7 The 20th Century Fox logo always made me think we were about to see a war film , as the searchlights that had woken us in London in the blitz always preceded an air-raid .
8 Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance .
9 ‘ I lay down for a rest after lunch and was about to drift into sleep when there was a definite pop inside me , which made me think my waters had broken .
10 And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness .
11 His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help .
12 In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail !
13 But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's .
14 ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’
15 what made me think you see it 's right at the top where the morning then
16 It made me think I was going to abuse my own kids .
17 The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear .
18 I suppose the , the sort of things that made me think I might be suitable for social work have been coming from working with the young .
19 It shows signs of spreading , which made me think it must be lead and , therefore , a .22 .
20 ‘ I just said , it looked to me at first as though it was a woman , then just something made me think it might be a man . ’
21 It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley .
22 ‘ The first time we met I thought she was gorgeous but I did n't ask for her phone number because I imagined every man must do that .
23 I do n't think I think I have set a new Ashmore record .
24 I mean , where did he think I thought he got his new car and his loft extension and his fridge-freezer ?
25 ‘ I — um — um do n't think I thought you would .
26 We did not we think I think we thought it would be seen merely as a gesture .
27 Okay I think that 's very good really I I do n't think I think you 're writing is very nice as well .
28 No , it should come off , I do n't think I think you might make a hole in it
29 but I do n't think , I do n't think I think you have to pay a candidate fee as well as the course fees so you
30 Are you suggesting I think she s immoral ?
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