Example sentences of "[adv] think [pron] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had foolishly thought it would be the easiest fee I 'd ever earned . |
| 2 | ‘ And so thought it would be amusing for us to meet before you came up here ? |
| 3 | There was the sound of a busy office and she suddenly thought he would not speak to her . |
| 4 | There was a pause , and he obviously thought we would go . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I personally think you would need |
| 8 | Nutty did not think they would win . |
| 9 | I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express . |
| 10 | ‘ I admit I did not think they would do that . ’ |
| 11 | Saddam is now more reliant than ever on other clans , which do not think they would survive his overthrow . |
| 12 | All the dancing that she had ever done had been at three school dances , and in sessions for instruction in the art of the polka , the mazurka , and the tarantella , and she did not think they would be much help to her now . |
| 13 | The children were terrified when the flood happened and I just do not think they would want to come back . ’ |
| 14 | We believe it is important that we participate fully in all these discussions as we think we have an important contribution to make from the substantial experience that we have , and I do not think you would find it acceptable for JARs to be binding on UK industry without us being in on every stage of their development . |
| 15 | I did not think you would be here so promptly . ’ |
| 16 | And no , she did not think it would jeopardise the marriage although he would , no doubt , be miffed at missing out on the latest freebie to the investing classes . |
| 17 | Like Ulysses , I had , by my standards then , made un beau voyage , but I did not think it would result in my being content to stay at home thereafter . |
| 18 | The band could probably have signed to IRS but Hallin does not think it would have been the right move . |
| 19 | ‘ I am thrilled , ’ said Marcelle , ‘ I did not think it would be as easy as this to make friends with an English gentleman . ’ |
| 20 | Pentium is the name Intel Corp has chosen for what would otherwise have been the 80586 microprocessor , the company announced last week : reason is that it did not think it would be permitted to claim 586 as a trade mark . |
| 21 | ‘ … I did not think it would come so quickly , ’ he told Tom Jones on 4 November . |
| 22 | I do not think it would be helpful to try to define the point at which the court should be prepared to disregard the 16- or 17-year-old child 's wishes to refuse medical treatment . |
| 23 | The ward sister had actually drawn her aside and asked her whether she did not think it would be a good idea to let her husband see his children more often in the future . |
| 24 | I do not think it would be reasonable to pretend that the cost of paying people , recruiting them and retaining them is the same in the south-east as in other parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | I do not think it would be appropriate for a statement , but I shall draw his comments to the attention of my right hon. Friend . |
| 26 | Substantial assets are held in this way , and the Government do not think it would be right for this to pass to individual beneficiaries entirely tax free . |
| 27 | Do you do you not think it would be better for us both to speak to ? speak to her and say obviously you were upset about not getting the job but this non- communication thing is not really erm going to you know be good for the sales office in the long term . |
| 28 | er which goodness erm , we believe that we are spending substantial sums of money in areas of traffic calming town and parks and and various other areas that have er been er touched upon er we do not think it would be prudent |
| 29 | They hope to sell the house as soon as possible but did not think it would go to a Vic Reeves fan . |
| 30 | I did not think I would stay with the band forever . |