Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [be] think " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've all been thinking , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Though , it 's just that , one of the things that Caroline actually , er working on with Warwick University is a way of re-looking at public services and how there funded right , it 's basically to help David to make the case with Margaret Margaret for more money with the local Government , but erm I mean the sort of things we 've been getting into is like when you considering paying for public services , should you , should you pay like in advance like through the National Insurance System or like , like I mean the French Health Service for example , people pay it for ambulances when they use them , though they pay on a differential rate , but I mean it 's an issue to debate , it 's right , and I 've just been thinking about lavatory while you 've been speaking . |
| 3 | I 've just been thinking about you . " |
| 4 | If like one or two of us who are thinking about it you 've already been thinking about it you 've got two or three of these complete already . |
| 5 | I know but you 've not been thinking of me . |
| 6 | You 've not been thinking . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've really been thinking hard , have n't you ? ’ said Dorcas . |
| 8 | One example of this " sham reading " is brought to our notice when we realise , on reaching the bottom of a page , that we have not been thinking about what the text means . |
| 9 | A consequence of this unquestioning enthusiasm is that the implications of change have not been thought through , and may yet have a sting or two in the tail . |
| 10 | Because some reforms are hidden from public view over the horizon does not mean that they have not been thought out and designed . |
| 11 | It is a very common feature in the first questions drafted by students in schedule designing to ask questions which patently have not been thought about from the respondents ' point of view . |
| 12 | In Britain , ever since the foundation of the grammar schools in the middle ages , schools have always been thought to have the function of bringing disadvantaged children up to the level of those whose homes are more educative and cultured . |
| 13 | Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters . |
| 14 | LAW and gospel have traditionally been thought to be opposed to one another . |
| 15 | ‘ We have n't been thinking anything of it — that load of prats . |