Example sentences of "[coord] think [pron] might " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crushed some of the flowers and rubbed them on my forehead as I 'm told it has an invigorating effect on cabbages and thought it might do the same for me . |
| 2 | I saw this little cutting and thought it might encourage some of us who have passed our sell by date stage . |
| 3 | Have you ever come out in a rash after working in the garden , and thought it might have been caused by a plant you were handling ? |
| 4 | ‘ I had just turned 60 and thought I might be written out and in need of a break . |
| 5 | Hallin also represented producer , Chris Allison , and thought he might form a partnership with the band . |
| 6 | He could n't touch her , she really was too young ; he imagined the pale peach cheeks of her child 's cunt and the runny sweetness inside , and thought he might duck back to the hut and toss himself off . |
| 7 | The cry that escaped from Rosalba made Caterina 's throat tighten ; she dropped Rosa 's hand from her grasp , and thought she might weep in sympathy with the funny sound , half-sob , half-gasp , that issued from her sister . |
| 8 | She 'd noticed an attractive country hotel on her way through Issigeac , and thought she might as well return there . |
| 9 | You may not feel comfortable with this style of influencing , because you find you are tentative about expressing enthusiasm and think it might be interpreted as naivety . |
| 10 | ‘ And to think I might have sailed up it had I not chosen to be independent . |
| 11 | Only hours before she had been trying to pull herself together and thinking she might be winning ; now the future was an aching black void . |
| 12 | Strange times we live in , he said , when he finds himself looking over his shoulder and thinking he might be safer in Sarajevo . |
| 13 | A moment 's thought will convince the reader that the crossed reading is prohibited here : this sentence can not be used to describe a situation where Arthur knows that the animal in question is an alsatian , but is unsure of its sex , while Mike knows that it is female , but thinks it might be a wolf . |
| 14 | ‘ I saw the Dateline ad. and thought of joining other smaller agencies , but thought I might as well get the best . ’ |
| 15 | I have finished with the Birds magazine , but thought you might be interested , especially in the article on page 32 . |