Example sentences of "[adv] think [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only thinks he can beat you . ’ |
| 2 | And I had foolishly thought it would be the easiest fee I 'd ever earned . |
| 3 | I only thought I might be able to help . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I only thought it might be useful to address this gentleman in his own tongue , ’ said the wizard gently . |
| 5 | So thought we 'd go for a ride in the morning . |
| 6 | ‘ And so thought it would be amusing for us to meet before you came up here ? |
| 7 | ‘ I suddenly thought they 'd shut me in there . |
| 8 | There was the sound of a busy office and she suddenly thought he would not speak to her . |
| 9 | I was out there in er , and I suddenly thought I 'd er go |
| 10 | There was a pause , and he obviously thought we would go . |
| 11 | The are very variable they obviously thought we could afford a |
| 12 | Look , I 'm sorry … ’ she agreed stiffly , ‘ You obviously thought you 'd grab a quick break in the sun , and now you 've found your privacy invaded . |
| 13 | Well that just er to be honest with you I mean after , after looking at it we , we could n't believe it really that , that amount of people could be affected by that , we obviously thought it would n't happen to us but after seeing that , at the age we are , I really think it 's a super plan and I 'm sure we 'll feel a lot better |
| 14 | But for our last point we had to rely on being half-right about two issues : we rightly predicted a Common Market between the US and Canada — but wrongly thought it would also include Mexico and Venezuela ; and we predicted that unemployment would rise sharply in the West , causing more flexible working patterns — but were over-optimistic about the implications , seeing masses of people returning to school in middle life and then starting a new career . |
| 15 | Were naive enough to think they could get through it without having an appraisal system , which I could not believe . |
| 16 | enough to think you might arrive , |
| 17 | I was fool enough to think you might want to see me . ’ |
| 18 | She nudged me , and I , innocent enough to think I could have a boyfriend like her , accepted the dress and the make-up . |
| 19 | I find it easier to get angry at the stuff happening around me these days because I 'm no longer naive enough to think it 'll simply sort itself out . |
| 20 | That 's why er people who come to our company and then after a year or so think they can go away and do this on their own , ca n't do it . |
| 21 | Perhaps Nutty had second thoughts along the same lines , for she then said , quite nicely for her , ‘ You only think you ca n't do these things , Hoomey . |
| 22 | You obviously think you can do what you like with women , and perhaps that 's the fault of those who 've let you treat them this way in the past . |
| 23 | The fact of the matter , at the same time , erm , as you yourself have said , Chairman , we are in a situation where we have four communication rooms coming down to two next year hopefully , I personally think it should come down to one , but lets recognise that they 're costing the police authority one point six million pounds , they 're tying up forty-one uniformed police officers , and something like fifty er , civilian officers on those exercises . |
| 24 | I personally think you would need |
| 25 | I personally think you must be a very unhappy man if you have to go to such lengths to find fault with things . ’ |
| 26 | I bought in think I 'd get it |
| 27 | He may condescend perhaps to think I may be good enough for his harlot and these things do n't disgrace men that ruin poor women as the world goes . |
| 28 | ‘ And you naturally think you should read them , ’ said Sir George . |
| 29 | I spend a lot of time gloomily thinking I could n't possibly write about that , and then eventually I do it . |
| 30 | Trouble was , Sidney decided to go back to get the sentry 's rifle , obviously thinking it might come in useful . |