Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] think that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I little thought that fresh intrusions would interrupt and spoil my solitudes . |
| 2 | I naïvely thought that we had something special going for us . |
| 3 | ‘ I rather thought that was it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I rather thought that was pretty sensational . |
| 5 | ‘ I rather thought that was the object of the exercise . ’ |
| 6 | Whether that would have been , at that time , for the benefit of the mass of the Chinese people we 're talking about erm I do n't think I , I rather think that the er turn that Mao took probably in the long run , in the long term , was to the benefit of the mass of people erm the peasantry , the workers in China because I think the alternative would have been erm international exploitation . |
| 7 | I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time . |
| 8 | We landed Phil at Yarmouth , Isle of Wight , to receive a mild rebuke from the Senior Naval Officer about lack of communication and swanning around without lights , but I rather think that Phil gave as good as he got . |
| 9 | Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services . |
| 10 | Erm you probably all know Murphy 's law that what can go wrong will go wrong , when I looked at the Oil Service Industry in last year , I rather think that Murphy was a bit of an optimist myself . |
| 11 | I rather think that they are concentrating on the main task which is to see that the children are properly provided for . |
| 12 | erm , I think it 's in the future care , I rather think that perhaps the future care ought to have been five hundred and nineteen , not five hundred and seventeen |
| 13 | I rather think that he still lives in and as Marg said coyly to me one year , he had given her a lovely little candle in a special little bowl with , with water |
| 14 | You can cut all that out … ’ or ‘ The Christian replies [ to some Aunt Sally which Lewis has conveniently erected ] ‘ Do n't talk damned nonsense … ’ or ‘ I personally think that next to Christianity Dualism is the manliest and most sensible creed on the market . ’ |
| 15 | Richard continued , ‘ I personally think that there is a lot of hypocrisy surrounding this subject . |
| 16 | But it 's a , it 's a problem that , that you 've put your finger on , and this is why I personally think that a lot of this literature is of such a poor quality . |
| 17 | I mean I personally think that we 've , that with that third session , looking at things , certain topics have come out |
| 18 | I personally think that ANYTHING is game for a joke . |
| 19 | Because A you 're not wasting the time , you 're not worrying about the post sort , you 're getting the stuff quicker , you 've got the thing logged in and logged out erm so to , to a great extent , I mean er we should be ab I personally think that we should actually s be trying s we should be expecting to see an advantage but let's just take that as as , as , as neutral so that you have n't got a er a worsening situation and you have n't taken adva taken advantage of any |
| 20 | It 's just that I have n't had time to think about it and I only thought that with all those shepherds in the area there was bound to be some traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb . |
| 21 | I suddenly thought that on the advert that 's gone in |
| 22 | ‘ As the full-time mother of pre-school twins , I just thought that I had to put up with Sam 's barely concealed fling with a neighbour , ’ says Tina . |
| 23 | I always shop on Sunday and I just thought that it was nice to see in the paper today it looks like we will have legalized Sunday trading everywhere for all of us fairly soon . |
| 24 | ‘ I just thought that Ken was right for the part , ’ said Gerald Thomas . |
| 25 | Erm but I just thought that it is appropriate in the circumstances because we have basically provided this facility , that there should be erm |
| 26 | But I just thought that if you could afford it |
| 27 | I just thought that it seemed to be , you know ? |
| 28 | and , I did n't so much I just thought that it happened to me |
| 29 | That 's okay I just thought that you should know that . |
| 30 | ‘ Keep your hips square ! ’ until I just think that suicide is the quickest way out . |