Example sentences of "[not/n't] think [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 Do you not think we 'll need another extra coach on the the Manchester ?
2 They do not think we may mean the " inner stars " .
3 Do you not think we should have an anti-arrhythmic agent rather than £600 worth of thrombolysis in our medical bag ?
4 In the phonetic/phonological dimension , I do not think we should speak too readily of Early Modern ‘ Standard ’ English .
5 It is not necessary for us in the present case to decide whether this distinction is a legitimate one and I do not think we should assume to do so .
6 I do not think we should decide , in the present case , more than we need .
7 It could lead to unjustifiable situations resulting in a great number of injustices and I do not think we should continue with it . …
8 Where there is a large number of transactions — the notice mentions 30,000 records — I do not think we should simply consider an isolated case where it would be impossible to say whether there had been a direct benefit from the acquisition of the wrappers or not .
9 His statement implies that we are not yet out of the recession , so let us borrow some more , increase the PSBR , and do the Keynesian thing which , a few years ago , we did not think we should do , and perhaps that will get us out of the recession by the time of the election .
10 Anyway , I do not think we should discuss the young Duke of Ross , should we ? ’
11 From one point of view I agree — I do not think we should be concerned about teaching a basic kit of factual information .
12 I do not think we can profitably continue Question Time .
13 It is only a game Raymond so do not think we will be upset with you .
14 I do not think we could justify turning our backs . ’
15 I did not think we could invade this year .
16 The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council .
17 I do not think we could bid for the money part as Japan has the reputation of trying to get its own way by money .
18 ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’
19 ‘ Presumably they did not think we could add anything .
20 Nutty did not think they would win .
21 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 .
22 ‘ I admit I did not think they would do that . ’
23 Saddam is now more reliant than ever on other clans , which do not think they would survive his overthrow .
24 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 .
25 The children were terrified when the flood happened and I just do not think they would want to come back . ’
26 Other publishers do not think they must follow Reed 's initiative to regain lost ground .
27 But I do not think they will believe it necessary to dilute our sense of national identity in order to play a full-hearted role in Europe .
28 For I do not think they will talk to me , not without encouragement .
29 The Americans are telling East Europeans that they should not think they can join NATO — that would break the ‘ do n't gloat ’ rule — and they do not mean to imply , either , that NATO 's security perimeter has been extended to the Soviet-Polish border .
30 When , not too long afterwards , an emissary came to ask me how much money I wanted not to look too closely into Thieme 's affairs , I knew what many an ‘ investigative ’ journalist knows : for some people , there are no rules , no codes they do not think they can break .
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