Example sentences of "[conj] i think [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way I can think of , or I think as far as anyone else can think of , deciding whether it has in fact been important in speciation , is to look for pairs of closely related species which differ in some striking morphological trait , but are still sufficiently similar genetically for you to be able to carry out a genetic analysis , i.e. to cross them , to get offspring , to get F two 's and it 's then possible , it 's obviously not — I 'm not going to explain the details of the technique to you now — but it 's possible to work out whether the difference is due largely , or in part , to some single large gene , or whether it 's on the whole due to quite a lot of small ones . |
| 2 | Except I think just to emphasize one or two minor issues but the savings from last year , that was the underspendings from ninety two ninety three were , as you recall last year er used to support this year 's budget er those savings underspending are no longer available and therefore have been taken out of the consideration The staff costs for T S G schemes that are mentioned at the bottom of page five erm , the programme this year which is actually listed over the page at table two does erm indicate that erm we are now contemplating link road and bypass next year and staff available are needed to complete that work or fortunately we 've been able to secure a start on which enables some of the staff to be transferred to work on that scheme . |
| 3 | That 's possible , although I think not likely , and if that happened , it would be a major development . |
| 4 | They both date from the late 1970s , the beginning of what many climbers consider to be Pembroke 's ‘ golden age ’ , although I think just as many would probably say this age is still with us . |
| 5 | I prevailed with the gaoler ( the sheriff denying me ) to take some of the seamen that I thought most dangerous [ i.e. the likeliest to try to escape ] a week ago , and , notwithstanding the strength of the place , from a turret … four men slipped away by a cord in a minute … |
| 6 | I sent him a bundle of clippings that I thought amply documented my charge . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't believe , ’ she replied again , evasively , ‘ that I thought much about happiness until I met my husband . ’ |
| 8 | Not that I thought much about it , why should I ? |
| 9 | Aviation was one of them and I was completely fascinated by the thrill of flying , so much so that I thought seriously of giving up journalism and becoming an aviator . |
| 10 | Because when that parcel came from Gwyneth you said that I think probably two thousand three hundred mini-bites in it . |
| 11 | Can I just say then that I think either it 's got to be blocked completely so they ca n't jump over the bridge , or it 's got to be unblocked . |
| 12 | Now my view is that I think rather like your comment on Christian doing concerts , Scottish Amicable er Standard Life Scottish Hydro , Scottish Power , Scottish Nuclear I do n't necessarily see it as making influence to make a decision to make a purchase or to recommend a purchase to the third party in another part of Scotland |
| 13 | In fact , now that I think over what you just said , I 'm sure he 'll refuse . |
| 14 | I certainly Mr Chairman welcome this paper erm and I know today that I think possibly the main reason being erm , I could be deemed also been through and through today responding to our local issue and that maybe due to May fever , I do n't know , erm , in really accepting acknowledging as I have done in the past your efforts , erm the county surveyor 's efforts for this part of Suffolk I do again bring to your attention and I do n't think is being critical in that the Barnet by bypass is part of a far bigger jigsaw and that jigsaw I say not |
| 15 | That I think perhaps is one of the striking differences between that and living in a house in Harlow , where you may or may not know your immediate neighbours . |
| 16 | So if you 've got children looking at mortgages , just tell them to be careful and that I think really my advice would be to , for anyone starting off a new mortgage now , to definitely go for repayment , until they 've sorted out what they 're doing , because if you cash an endowment within two years , if you ca n't keep up the payments , if you lose your job , then y you get nothing back . |
| 17 | and that I think really have more of an influence , cos they 're not going to change themselves into an individual |
| 18 | Mostly , I feel so inadequate that I think almost anyone could do the job better than I. I mean , Karen 's trained and Edna s had a lifetime s experience . |
| 19 | But now that I think further about it , I am not sure Miss Kenton spoke quite so boldly that day . |
| 20 | Well we were a better er service , they were a better ser I 'm not saying that I think so , I know they were a better service don does n't does n they 're not quite proof , there were in an tramcar Edinburgh Corporation tramcars were running , they were running at a , a , every year a profit . |
| 21 | It has given me an insight into the way that I behave and that the way that I think definitely affects my actions . |
| 22 | It 's more difficult than I thought actually . |
| 23 | It is and I mean it gon na change again so I thought well this is the opportunity to have a change |
| 24 | I says probably Monday so I thought well I give it time any way in case you get in |
| 25 | ‘ It was such a cold day , ’ said Ianthe , ‘ and you 're not allowed to eat in the Public Record Office , so I thought just for once … = ’ She stopped , feeling that too much attention was being drawn to her and that they ought to be getting on with their work , especially as the Ash Wednesday service had made them late coming back from lunch . |
| 26 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 27 | Sooner or later you will want to knit a pattern not in the book so I thought today we might explore some of the possibilities of the cards and reader . |
| 28 | And I 'm angry that I 'm not doing anything , ’ so I thought maybe for once I could use my name — my fame — in a constructive way and maybe make it heard above that dreadful silence . |
| 29 | ‘ Thomas seems to know him well , so I thought maybe he was a cousin of yours or something . ’ |
| 30 | were quite pale and I thought here we go it 's me next . |