Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [pron] think [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some days I think I 'm only young — I fell straight away for her [ the baby ] — I used to think before I was married I 'd better get all the clothes I want now because I 'll never get them when I 'm married — but I was wrong , because I can really have all I want now … |
| 2 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 3 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 4 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 5 | I mean , some films I think they 're pathetic in so much that the story |
| 6 | I suppose in some ways they thought I would not buckle , so they put even heavier pressure on some of the new MPs . |
| 7 | In some ways I thought it had been too easy for me . |
| 8 | But there will obviously be sort of an ongoing training and so on because I , I know that in some ways I think it 's been very mixed and I qu I put |
| 9 | Knew that she had warmed to him , that she wanted to ease his grief , and for a dangerous few seconds he thought he would cry . |
| 10 | ‘ There were some papers I thought you ought to see . |
| 11 | Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him . |
| 12 | For a few moments she thought she was trapped , with no way through the high walls that surrounded this part of the garden . |
| 13 | For a few moments she thought he had no intention of answering her as her whole being quivered with indignation that he should have the nerve to pass judgement on her when not even her closest friends knew her innermost thoughts and longings . |
| 14 | By December 1987 , having lost three successive general elections , plus some by-elections it thought it should have won , Labour was quite desperate . |
| 15 | The warts are all there too for without a few blemishes I think it would be a rather dull story . |
| 16 | He never put me on a heavy job until at such times he thinks I was fit . |
| 17 | ‘ We want to deter these gangs who think it is fun to put others lives at risk , ’ said Mr Baker . |
| 18 | As she uttered these words she thought they sounded snide and insinuating , sarcastic even , though she had not meant them like that . |
| 19 | In these circumstances I thought it would better serve the interests of air safety generally if a properly appointed accredited representative had the right to do the same thing . |
| 20 | In these circumstances I think it clear , given the diversity of immunities and of the policies underlying them , that it is not enough to ask simply whether Parliament can have intended to abolish a long-standing right of silence . |
| 21 | These days I think I 'd be a useful regular guest . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's all the same with these women who think they 're heading for the top . |
| 23 | Goram said : ‘ Not many people in England believed we could beat Leeds and I do n't suppose there are many Frenchmen who think we can beat Marseille either . |
| 24 | Once again I have attracted the wrath of many supporters who think they know more about football than the eleven ‘ Stiffs ’ they profess to follow . |
| 25 | The lessons of A Course In Miracles provide many wonderful affirmations such as — ‘ There is nothing to fear ’ , ‘ I could see peace instead of this ’ , ‘ All that I give is given to myself , ‘ All things I think I see reflect ideas ’ , ‘ Let me be still and listen to the truth ’ , ‘ Light and joy and peace abide in me ’ , ‘ Today I will judge nothing that occurs ’ , and ‘ The past is over . |
| 26 | erm in many ways I think she is . |
| 27 | But in many ways I think I 'm okay . |
| 28 | This has happened to the many theorists who thought they had a simple explanation for the confusion of thought which led to the surrender of judgment metaphor . |
| 29 | There were many women who thought they knew him intimately , and each believed that she alone could unravel the knot of his heart . |
| 30 | After witnessing their performance I am not sure those supporters who thought they spotted four or five Danish internationals in the side ( probably on a hiking tour of Britain ) , were mistaken . |