Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [pron] think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A special frisson seems to be guaranteed for readers who think they are readers if the object of the mystery is itself a literary ( or artistic ) artefact — the manuscript in The Name of the Rose , the novel in Francesca Duranti 's The House on Moon Lake ( 1987 ) , the unwriting writer in Del Giudice . |
| 2 | After the first couple of minutes I thought we were going to be in for a really entertaining game . |
| 3 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 4 | When Jessamy reached the house she collected her painting materials , rough sketches and a couple of books she thought she might need , then made her way to the drawing-room where she was going to work . |
| 5 | Er I think a court of referees I think they called it . |
| 6 | and another morning there 's a stream of cars I think it 's being one minute ear early or one minute late |
| 7 | I feel like I 'd , I could take an axe to them oh look at that look oh dear , probably seen his mother butchered ah see that big fat body just then a pair of feet I thought it was his , did you see that ? |
| 8 | This general argument was in the interests of large users of telecommunications who thought they were subsidizing small and local users . |
| 9 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 10 | After a couple of glasses I think you 'll be ready for round two . ’ |
| 11 | She said she just bought me a mixture of things she thought I would like . |
| 12 | ‘ Ari there are a couple of things I think we should talk about , ’ Leila said , settling down on the cushions beside the girl . |
| 13 | I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’ |
| 14 | But sometimes , because he does n't have hundreds of depots I think he 's not regional , but that 's my own fault . |
| 15 | In describing her daily life every woman interviewed outlined the kind of standards she thought it important to stick to in housework , and the type of routine she used to achieve this end . |
| 16 | On the other side are the managers of enterprises who think they have a commercial future . |
| 17 | The King graciously stood godfather ; the baby of course was named George and was given a silver bowl inscribed ‘ The gift of His Majesty King George to his godson , George Lamb , Anno Dom 1725 ’ A story has grown up from this — for years I thought it was true — that Henry James saw this bowl — it had become by legend , golden — and the sight was the seed that led to his novel , The Golden Bowl . |
| 18 | With shoes I think you 're going to know pretty quickly . |
| 19 | the things that we used to use as verbs , they use as nouns I think I must |
| 20 | The programme prompted a huge stream of calls from viewers who thought they may know the man who abducted Stephanie and held her captive for eight days before escaping with a £175,000 ransom . |
| 21 | Each time the mother tried to contact the girl 's father by phone she got some evasive reply from premises she thought he might have reached — either he had left the day before , or was busy with the accountant , so the poor woman set off herself to track him down . |
| 22 | But the police are worried if it happens again and again , they 'll simply become jailers to offenders who think they 're getting off lightly . |
| 23 | He is prepared for sceptics who think he 's a crank . |
| 24 | And , of course , like so many palaeontological matters , they stir up arguments between specialists who think they have a way of solving the enigmas . |
| 25 | ‘ I have done so much with Middlesbrough that at times I think it might be nice to go elsewhere and start afresh . |
| 26 | " She does n't say so , but at times I think she expects me to although she knows I ca n't . |
| 27 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 28 | At Barlow Clowes approximately £190m was lost by investors who thought they were investing in safe gilts , whereas in fact very few gilts were bought . |
| 29 | The military claimed that his killing , in the national penitentiary , was the work of Aristide supporters , but this version was disputed by analysts who thought it marked the settling of old scores between Lafontant and his opponents within the army . |