Example sentences of "be that [pers pn] think [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the part they play in the community depending on your political statistical or whatever leisure interest viewpoint may be that you think they have n't got the combination right but that 's obviously a very subjective thing , but I think that I mean the visibility and the social responsibility implements I would have thought are two of the most important for people . |
| 2 | It may be that you think my association with a certain person will prevent me from doing anything about Geoffrey . |
| 3 | It could be that you think he 'll say ‘ no ’ or that he 'll raise doubts and practical concerns . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's that I think you 're gay ! |
| 5 | The basic premise is that they think they know better than anyone else . |
| 6 | But one thing about our Asian men is that they think it a matter of pride that their women must not go out to work . |
| 7 | I mean the thing that they latch onto all the time is that they think it 's perfectly reasonable that they should compliment a young woman and so on , and I do see , Bill , that this is a problem because these men have been brought up like this and they think of themselves as being polite and courteous and , you know , a little flirtatious and doing all the things that actually they were taught women like and is rather nice . |
| 8 | ‘ The greatest irony is that I thought he could help me in my research on rape , ’ she says . |
| 9 | ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months . |
| 10 | No excuses , as I 've said , and the only explanation I can offer is that I thought you loved Jones . |
| 11 | ‘ All I 'm saying is that I think we need to be apart for a while , come down to earth , if you like . |
| 12 | So , I mean what I 'm saying is that I think we should have a league table if you like of , of attendances , I , I recognise that that may not be popular , but I think it 's going to be one way of sorting out those people who attend every opportunity , and sometimes just to pat an officer on the back . |
| 13 | What I will say , though , is that I think we killed off Kilmarnock 's challenge at the week-end and , if we do n't go up now , we should be put up against a wall and shot . ’ |
| 14 | There 's another aspect to what we do , and that is that I think we are part of a very powerful developing movement in education , and it is based on the concept that education should not stop with the terminal rituals of school and college , and that education should be as much part of life , wanting to know , to find out , to get to grips with the body of information and knowledge that 's available in society . |
| 15 | One of the nice aspects of a task such as that is that I think we , as professional physicists — and I 'm a physicist too erm we , as professional physicists , feel there 's a right way of doing something because it 's the way we learnt and we 've got used to , and we tend to instil this idea into other people . |
| 16 | What does worry me though , is that I think he still thought it was a ‘ female sex aid device ’ ! |
| 17 | I would say : if you want to talk of my thinking it in such circumstances then the least misleading thing to say is that I think it in saying it . |
| 18 | All I know is that I think it 's a safe distance for me to drive behind that car at any given time . |
| 19 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
| 20 | Well , that 's , that 's up to you , but the , what , the point I 'm trying to make is that I think it 's important that you actually consider that before the interview is , is ever , ever takes place , because otherwise you could be caught very flat-footed . |
| 21 | ‘ What I mean , ’ said Robert , feeling a direct approach was required , ‘ is that I think I am having a nervous breakdown . ’ |
| 22 | Gravedigger Jose Molina said : ‘ What scares me is that I think I 'll be her first victim . ’ |
| 23 | All I know is that he thought you would be pleasantly surprised . ’ |
| 24 | The impression we got was that they thought it was pretty much his own fault . |
| 25 | And with Rentakil , and if you remember at that time , as he rightly said last night the idea of going with Rentakil , was that we thought they were a reputable firm , |
| 26 | The only difference her success made was that she thought her an incompetent fool who was lucky enough to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ … and the pathetic thing was that he thought he had just recovered from a long period of madness . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ When I told him , his reply was that he thought I had liked going there , and he burst out with , ‘ Thank goodness you told me . |
| 29 | ‘ The issue for you was that you thought I was after his money . |
| 30 | The most frightening thing was that I thought it would never stop . |