Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] think i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I do n't think I want that new pair of jeans . |
| 2 | Now I have nothing against Terry as a person , although I do not think I would cross the road to help him if he were run over by a lorry , but that is neither here nor there . |
| 3 | Although I do n't think I was mentally ill for most of the time I was anorexic , I find Lomas 's remarks illuminating in my own case and pertinent to anorexia nervosa in general . |
| 4 | ‘ And although I do n't think I 've played as badly as people have said , I think I can get more out of myself , and more out of others around me , if I play in a midfield alongside Gazza . ’ |
| 5 | I wanted a Knitmaster , but my husband insisted that this must be a better buy , although I do n't think I paid more than £42.00 for it . |
| 6 | I think , as I said before , the pro The idea of Europe , the profile of Europe is important , and although i do n't think I should be campaign , if I win tonight , on things that interest me and do n't interest others , I 'm not afraid to say that I do want to make it , to a degree at least , a genuine European campaign . |
| 7 | I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose I mean that I do n't think I ought to have them . ’ |
| 9 | I 've been waiting for this for so long that I do n't think I can wait any longer — ’ |
| 10 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 11 | I took my godson , Dominic Robinson , round my laboratory the other day , which is a physics laboratory , and he enjoyed it immensely and asked a number of questions , and was absolutely intrigued and fascinated by the various bits of wires and plugs and so on like that , and he asked me the sort of questions that I do n't think I would expect sometimes my undergraduates to ask . |
| 12 | I am afraid that I must say frankly that I do not think I can open the columns of the Q.R. — at any rate , at present — to any one associated publicly with such a publication as Blast . |
| 13 | I replied that I did n't think I would be a very good secretary but that one day I would like to run my own gallery . |
| 14 | Well I do n't know it the way you two do the work it looks so fine that I did n't think I could see it properly . |
| 15 | How often declared that I did not think I could possibly deserve my Pamela till I could show her a purity as nearly equal to hers . |
| 16 | It 's only a minor op , after all , and snipping off a polyp , so I do n't think I shall bother to go up tonight — we 're far too busy here , and anyway , my father will be there , and I do n't really think she 's expecting me , so I 'll wait until tomorrow — ’ |
| 17 | And I do not think I 'll make it to inspector ( to inspector ) |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think I am a born light entertainer and I do n't think I 'm a born serious political interviewer , ’ Sue explains . |
| 19 | It certainly was my worst nightmare , and I do n't think I will ever get over it . |
| 20 | I would have written far sooner , only — to be quite frank — I feared a snub , and I do n't think I could have borne it … |
| 21 | We lived a fairly isolated life , and I do n't think I 've ever learnt how to be at ease socially . |
| 22 | I enjoyed my life with them and I do n't think I could have coped in the beginning without them . |
| 23 | When Shanti had been with us for a few days , a friend said to me , ‘ I saw Michael out with the baby in the pram , and I do n't think I 've seen a man look happier in my life . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's not my game and I do n't think I would like it much . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not your average 21-year-old and I do n't think I 'd be able to maintain the sort of life I lead if I was n't so mature . ’ |
| 26 | I began broadcasting when I was twenty-one — it was what I wanted to do more than anything , if you do n't count an early ambition to be Hopalong Cassidy or Flash Gordon — and I do n't think I 've had many happier moments than acting in my first radio play . |
| 27 | And I do n't think I need point out that I am in the most awkward situation of all . |
| 28 | And he was looking forward again : " I do n't feel I 've ever got to the point I aim at and I do n't think I ever will , but I would like to feel that I was getting a little nearer to it each time . " |
| 29 | I 've made a complete fool of myself and I do n't think I can bring myself to ask what I came to . " |
| 30 | I do n't recall any real feelings of resentment , and I do n't think I fully appreciated the future implications . |