Example sentences of "[adv] think it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had foolishly thought it would be the easiest fee I 'd ever earned . |
| 2 | ‘ I only thought it might be useful to address this gentleman in his own tongue , ’ said the wizard gently . |
| 3 | ‘ And so thought it would be amusing for us to meet before you came up here ? |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Trouble was , Sidney decided to go back to get the sentry 's rifle , obviously thinking it might come in useful . |
| 9 | But he scarcely thinks it will come to that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Just thought it might be something tasty to eat . |
| 11 | ‘ Mmm , ’ she said shiftily , ‘ I just thought it might be amusing . ’ |
| 12 | comes along or not , but I just thought it might be nice to give him a break away from home and he wo n't go on his |
| 13 | But I just thought it might be . |
| 14 | There 's always that barrier to be got over , when you are going to sleep with someone for the first time , and I just thought it would be a good time to get it over with . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , that too , but I just thought it would be nice to have actually met a member of the family , even if you did n't know who he was . |
| 16 | And erm for summer then we put some here and some seaweed and it made it look kind of queer like but Mr Davis our art teacher just thought it would make it look more interesting . |
| 17 | Erm , I would like to close by saying that erm I just thought it would be just a nice idea that I would invite any of you members of the Council and wives who have n't got anything else to do on Christmas morning , if you fancy popping up to my house for a glass of sherry or whatever , just on a casual basis as a little thank you for what you 've done over the erm over the last twelve months , I extend that invitation to you all and District Councillors if they wish to come and I would like to say , on behalf of the Council , that I hope you all have a , this is the last full meeting , and to everybody here I hope you have a very nice happy peaceful Christmas and I hope we all go into the new year with renewed vigour . |
| 18 | I just thought it would have saved time . |
| 19 | No , I just thought it would of made Jan 's night like . |
| 20 | I was in this club up in London and she just thought it 'd be really funny . |
| 21 | Just think it ca n't have . |
| 22 | because I just think it would , it 's so important to get that bit , that bit goes along with the all the application bit , if we tie those two up together |
| 23 | I was just thinking it would be quite convenient would n't it ? |
| 24 | Yes , I was just thinking it 'll be hilarious . |
| 25 | Well I 'm just thinking it could be three years cos I 'm thinking what I borrowed what did I borrow , fifteen hundred ? |
| 26 | Did n't you ever think it might be a shabby move lifting it off the album — a lot of people have mentioned this to me . |
| 27 | Did n't you ever think it could be me who was sending the money ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Perhaps because I 've always thought it might be nice to have a honeymoon in Venice . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've always thought it might be worth trying , ’ said Dorcas , ‘ but is this the right time ? ’ |
| 30 | In fact , I have always thought it would make a great spectacle for television if performed in surf with three contestants confined to a small area , all trying to knock each other of their boards . |